Supply Chain Product Designer - Kinaxis Rapid Response Specialist

Ford Motor; Chennai; On-site; INR 1,800,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Ford Motor in Chennai is seeking a Kinaxis Expert to lead planning solution design and rollout across S&OP, demand and supply planning. You will configure Rapid Response workbooks, validate data models and automate processes to improve supply chain responsiveness.

Collaborating with COE teams and business units, you will implement best practices, develop test plans and ensure successful user acceptance testing.

Qualifications

• Deep functional knowledge of Kinaxis modules and implementation experience.
• Supply chain planning foundations and integration with PDO/Upstream systems thru Informatica.
• Knowledge of Kinaxis scripts and automation.
• Rollout or implementation experience.
• Knowledge of Java/SQL is an added advantage.

Responsibilities

• Document Kinaxis project planning core model and ensure localization.
• Support Kinaxis rollout and apply core Rapid Response model.
• Ensure Kinaxis best practices in processes and enhancements.
• Interact with COE teams, monitor activities and provide functional expertise.
• Automate manual processes and leverage inbuilt RR functionalities.
• Configure workbooks, worksheets, reports, forms and scripts in RR.
• Understand Kinaxis data model and analytics.
• Develop RR analytics-based solutions for custom apps.
• Integrate legacy data and data management in RR.
• Develop test plans, perform unit testing and user acceptance testing.
• Maintain Kinaxis solution and integration via DSM and Shell scripts.
• Expose to supply chain planning processes (demand, supply, S&OP, capacity).

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Self-starter

Cross-cultural

Communication

Tools

Kinaxis Rapid Response

Informatica

Java

SQL

DSM & Shell scripting

Job description

Product Designer

An agile, inclusive and responsible culture is the foundation of our company where diverse people are offered excellent opportunities to grow, learn and advance in their careers.

We are committed to encouraging our employees to reach their full potential, while valuing and respecting them as individuals As an Kinaxis Expert, you are in charge on your functional/technical scope to :

• Ensuring that Kinaxis Project planning/Supply chain planning Core Model (Solution + processes & rules) is well documented, evolves consistently and is not jeopardized by localization.
• Supporting Kinaxis Roll-out and ensuring that Core model of Rapid Response is applied.
• Ensuring Kinaxis best practice is exercised in process and enhancements.
• Interacting with COE teams (support) by monitoring and validating their activities & providing functional expertise when needed.
• Automate the manual process followed currently and switch it inbuild functionalities of RR.
• Ability to provide out of the box solutions from the production/capacity system to RR.
• Ability to configure workbooks, worksheets, Reports, Forms and Scripts in Rapid Response based on best practice solution design documents.
• Foundational level understanding of Kinaxis Rapid Response data model, key control settings and analytics.
• Experience with RR analytics-based solution for the exiting custom built applications.
• Experience with integration of legacy data, or spreadsheets and data management in Kinaxis Rapid Response.
• Development of test plans and test cases, unit testing of solution, issue resolution and user acceptance testing.
• Exposure in maintenance of Kinaxis solution and integration thru data model, DSM and Shell script configuration.
• Exposure to supply chain planning processes (demand planning, supply planning, S&OP, capacity planning etc.).

Your Functional/Technical scope contains following :

• S&OP Capacity planning
• Constraint Planning
• Demand planning
• Supply chain planning Foundation
• Automobile BOM and Feature managements

BEHAVIORAL COMPETENCIES :

You are an action-oriented person with strong analytical and problem-solving skills. You are a self-starter and result-oriented person. Excellent written, verbal and interpersonal skills are a must because you will need to work autonomously in a worldwide & multicultural environment. You should be agile to handle multiple tasks efficiently, keeping the big picture, and effectively delivering outcomes in a fast-paced environment.

TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES & EXPERIENCE:

• Deep functional knowledge in Kinaxis modules provided below, and experience implementing/working with the same.
• Supply chain planning Foundation Knowledge in integration with PDO/Upstream System thru informatica
• Knowledge in Kinaxis scripts, automation etc..
• Rollout or Implementation experience.
• Knowledge on Java/SQL is an added advantage