Kinaxis Solution Architect

TN United Kingdom; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the UK is seeking a certified Kinaxis Solution Architect to enhance supply chain planning. The role involves translating business needs into software specifications, leading implementations, and ensuring best practices in supply chain management. This position offers a hybrid working model and emphasizes the importance of diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Employee wellbeing programs

Mental Health Champions

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Certified Kinaxis Solution Architect or completed requirements for certification.
• Experience in Advanced Planning Solutions like o9, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis.
• First-hand experience in leading full lifecycle implementations.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into Kinaxis RapidResponse software specifications.
• Perform detailed discovery sessions with business users.
• Lead solution blueprinting and design activities.

Skills

Supply Chain Planning

Kinaxis RapidResponse

Team Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in operations research, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Analytics, Computer Science

Kinaxis Solution Architect certification

Job description

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We are seeking a certified Kinaxis Solution Architect with a thorough understanding of supply chain planning concepts, processes (demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, S&OP, etc.), KPIs, and best practices in supply chain planning.

Hybrid working: The places that you work from day to day will vary according to your role, your needs, and those of the business; it will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home; noting that you will be unable to work at home 100% of the time.

If you are successfully offered this position, you will go through a series of pre-employment checks, including:
identity, nationality (single or dual) or immigration status, employment history going back 3 continuous years, and unspent criminal record check (known as Disclosure and Barring Service).

Your Role

• Translate business requirements into Kinaxis RapidResponse software specifications, following supply chain industry trends and best practices.
• Perform detailed discovery sessions with business users to understand and document RapidResponse configuration requirements, including: the customers’ supply chain network, operating model, system landscape, planning processes, as well as objectives and targets for Kinaxis implementation.
• Select standard functionalities in RapidResponse and design data model changes, solution configuration, and customizations.
• Lead solution blueprinting and detailed design activities.
• Assign configuration tasks to project members according to their skills, review deliverables, and track completion.

You can bring your whole self to work. At Capgemini, equity, diversity, and inclusion are part of everyday life and will be part of your working reality. We have built an inclusive and welcoming environment for everyone.

Your Skills and Experience

• Certified as a Kinaxis Solution Architect or has completed all requirements for Kinaxis Solution Architect certification. Bachelor’s degree in operations research, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, Business Analytics, Computer Science, or related fields with a concentration in operations or analytics.
• Experience implementing any supply chain Advanced Planning Solutions like o9, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, OMP, E2Open, etc.
• First-hand experience in leading a team through at least 2 full lifecycle implementations of a supply chain planning solution including business requirement gathering, solution design & development, testing, go-live/cutover, hyper care, and value realization.

Your Security Clearance

To be successfully appointed to this role, you will need to undergo Baseline Personnel Security Standard checks.
There are no nationality or residency restrictions, although if you have resided outside of the UK within the last 3 years, further checks may be required.
Throughout the recruitment process, you will be asked questions about your security clearance eligibility such as, but not limited to, country of residence and nationality.

What does ‘Get The Future You Want' mean for you?

You’d be joining an accredited Great Place to work for Wellbeing in 2024. Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organization. We see a healthy and happy workforce as a critical component for achieving our organizational ambitions.
We have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas and invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

You’ll be bringing your unique skills and perspectives to the team, inspiring and taking inspiration from your teammates as you unlock value in everything you do. You’ll be joining a professional community of experts who have your back and will support you every step of the way.

Capgemini. Get The Future You Want.

Why you should consider Capgemini

Growing clients’ businesses while building a more sustainable, more inclusive future is a challenging task. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a thriving company and become part of a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs, and industry experts. We find new ways technology can help us reimagine what’s possible. It’s why, together, we seek out opportunities that will transform the world’s leading businesses, and it’s how you’ll gain the experiences and connections you need to shape your future. By learning from each other every day, sharing knowledge, and always pushing yourself to do better, you’ll build the skills you want. You’ll use your skills to help our clients leverage technology to innovate and grow their business. So, it might not always be easy, but making the world a better place rarely is.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner, helping organizations to accelerate their dual transition to a digital and sustainable world, while creating tangible impact for enterprises and society. It is a responsible and diverse group of 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries. With its strong over 55-year heritage, Capgemini is trusted by its clients to unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market-leading capabilities in AI, cloud, and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.