Kinaxis Architect

Job Description:

• Total Experience: 15+ years.
• Kinaxis Experience: 10+ years (end-to-end implementations & transformations).
• Role Depth: Architect / Lead Designer / Technical Functional Authority.
• Program Type: Large global rollouts, complex landscapes, COE models.

Core Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Kinaxis solution architecture across demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and S&OP/IBP.
• Define target state architecture aligned to business strategy and planning maturity.
• Drive architectural decisions covering:
• Data model design.
• Planning logic & scenarios.
• Integration patterns.
• Performance & scalability.
• Lead solution design authority across projects and operations.
• Review and approve functional and technical designs.
• Establish architecture standards, best practices, and governance models.
• Ensure consistency across enhancements, rollouts, and regional deployments.
• Own Kinaxis integration strategy with ERP and upstream/downstream systems.
• Define data flow, latency, reconciliation, and error handling principles.
• Ensure high availability, performance, and platform stability.
• Partner with business leaders to translate enterprise planning needs into scalable Kinaxis designs.
• Guide delivery teams through complex implementations and upgrades.
• Oversee UAT strategy, cutover planning, and go-live readiness.
• Support post go-live stabilization and value realization.
• Act as primary Kinaxis architectural advisor to senior stakeholders.
• Support roadmap definition, solution evaluation, and estimations.
• Provide thought leadership on supply chain planning transformations.

Mandatory Skills

• Kinaxis RapidResponse Architecture (Technical + Functional).
• End-to-end Supply Chain Planning.
• Enterprise Solution Design.
• Data Modeling & Integration Architecture.
• Performance & Scaling Strategy.
• Stakeholder & Executive Communication.

Functional Knowledge (Strong)

• Demand Planning.
• Supply & Capacity Planning.
• Inventory Optimization.
• S&OP / IBP.
• Scenario & What-If Planning.

Technical Knowledge (Strong)

• Kinaxis data model & schema design.
• Interface & integration frameworks.
• Large data volume handling.
• Performance tuning & optimization.
• Upgrade & release management.

Good to Have

• Kinaxis certification(s).
• SAP ECC / S/4HANA integration experience.
• COE / Global template ownership.
• Manufacturing.
• Pre-sales or solution strategy exposure.

Key Responsibilities

• To bridge the gap between client needs and business goals by gathering requirements, crafting innovative solutions with deep domain/technology expertise, and driving successful implementations that propel strategic initiatives.
• To spearhead the architecture, design, and development (through a high-performing team) of innovative solutions for product/project & sustenance delivery, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• To ensure knowledge up-gradation and work with new technologies so that the solution is current and meets quality standards and the client requirements.
• To review architecture and design deliverables and ensure solutions adhere to industry best practices, architectural standards, simultaneously establish and enforce governance/compliance measures.
• To train and develop team so as to ensure that there is an adequate supply of trained manpower in the said technology and delivery risks are mitigated.