Senior Solution Consultant

Kinaxis; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Kinaxis, a leader in supply chain management, is seeking a Senior Solution Consultant to lead implementations and optimize client supply chain performance. This remote role requires strong expertise in software deployment and customer interaction, backed by a degree in a related field and several years of relevant experience. Candidates should demonstrate excellent problem-solving skills, critical thinking, and the ability to lead and mentor junior staff, contributing to exciting supply chain solutions for major clients.

Benefits

Flexible vacation and company-wide day off

Flexible work options

Mental well-being programs

Regular virtual fitness classes

Mentorship programs

Recognition programs

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software implementation or deployment.
• 2-3 years in functional leadership capacity for system configuration.
• Passion for customer-facing roles with excellent communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead business requirements discovery sessions for complex implementations.
• Execute product configurations based on customer needs.
• Guide junior consultants throughout the project lifecycle.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Critical Thinking

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering

Tools

SQL

R

Java Script

Job description

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About Kinaxis

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.

About Kinaxis

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers based in Ottawa, Canada. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, and support 40,000+ users in over 100 countries. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries. We are expanding our team in Europe and around the world as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Our regional offices serve as centralized hubs where employees and customers from across Europe and the UK can come together to work towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains.

Location

This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in the UK.

What You Will Do

• Independently lead business requirements discovery sessions for implementations of advanced complexity, multi-phase workstreams and broad scope.
• Partner with Solution Architect in the process design and technical direction of complex configurations.
• Execute product configurations of advanced complexity, according to customer needs and approved solution architecture.
• Act as the first level of escalation and oversee the troubleshooting and resolution of complex configuration issues for the project team.
• Apply advanced mathematical models, optimization techniques and artificial intelligence algorithms to complex supply chain planning scenarios to improve customer supply chain performance and achieve business objectives.
• Execute the validation and testing of the solution, capture user feedback and develop recommendations for escalations, roadblocks, and documentation.
• Independently lead complex deployment workshops with a focus on training and guiding customers on how the solution was configured and how to achieve immediate value from their investment.
• Provide technical leadership and recommendations to the Associate, Entry and Intermediate Solution Consultants during project milestones and critical deployment escalations.
• Guide and mentor more junior consultants throughout the project lifecycle.
  
  

What we are looking for

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Research, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Information Technology, or a related field.
• 5 + years of in-depth experience in software implementation or deployment within the supply chain planning or supply chain execution space or business experience in supply planning, demand planning, inventory management, manufacturing.
• 2 to 3 years’ experience in a functional leadership capacity for system configuration or system deployments.
• 2 to 3 years’ experience in business process design for supply chain software implementations.
• Passion for working in customer-facing roles and able to demonstrate strong interpersonal, communication facilitation and presentation skills.
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills, able to synthesize a high volume of complex information to determine best course of action.
• Self-starter who shows initiative in their work and learning and can excel in a fast-paced work environment.
• Proven leadership skills within a team as well as a successful track record with customers and executive sponsors.
• Ability to work in a collaborative matrixed environment with multiple team members.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively, both verbally and in writing.
• Advanced level knowledge and hands-on application of supply chain best practices and concepts as it relates to forecasting, MRP (Material Requirements Planning), Constraint Management, and Production Scheduling.
• Ability to lead complex business requirements gathering sessions with customers and system end users.
• Experience working with supply chain processes and manufacturing planning solutions such as RapidResponse, SAP, Oracle or Blue Yonder applications to support supply chain activities.
• Proficiency in SQL, R and/or Java Script.
• Open to travel 75% on average and 100% occasionally and can work effectively when working remotely from client sites.
  
  

#Intermediate, #Senior

Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more.

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Lockheed Martin, Yamaha, P&G, Honda, and more.

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs and training and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons
  
  

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com .

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at [e-mail]. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.

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