Kinaxis Global Process Lead – Supply Chain

eTeam; United States; Remote; USD 116,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

eTeam is seeking a Kinaxis Global Process Lead for Supply Chain to bridge business planners and technology solutions. You will translate requirements into scalable Kinaxis designs across Make, Buy and Transfer, and drive adoption through training and change management.

Ideal candidates have extensive Kinaxis experience, deep supply planning knowledge, and proven ability to explain complex solutions to non-technical users.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of supply chain planning experience.
• 5+ years Kinaxis experience, including solution design or implementation.
• Experience with at least two Kinaxis transformations in multinational networks.
• Strong knowledge of SAP planning, procurement and inventory processes.

Responsibilities

• Global Supply Planning process leadership across Make, Buy and Transfer.
• Govern design, build, testing, deployment and stabilization.
• Identify gaps across process, data, configuration, and adoption.
• Coach SMEs and drive Kinaxis adoption and change management.

Skills

Kinaxis expertise

Supply planning

Change management

Training delivery

Data fluency

Stakeholder management

Business engagement

Tools

Kinaxis

SAP

ePPDS

Job description

Job Title: Kinaxis Global Process Lead – Supply Chain

Location: Remote

Duration: 2 months (but will most likely be extended 6-12 months)

Pay Range: $(84.00 – 85.71)/hr on W2 all-inclusive without benefits

Job Description:

• We are seeking an experienced Kinaxis Global Process Lead for Supply Planning to serve as the critical bridge between business planners and the technology solution. This is not simply a Kinaxis configuration role. The successful candidate must combine deep Supply Planning and Kinaxis expertise with exceptional business engagement, data fluency, change leadership, training and adoption capabilities.
• The individual will work closely with Supply Planners, Production Planners, Material Planners, Procurement teams and business SMEs to understand planning requirements, translate them into scalable solution designs, and explain the resulting solution in clear business terminology. Success will be measured by whether planners understand, trust and consistently use Kinaxis to make better planning decisions.

Most Important Selection Criteria

• Business-to-Solution Translation and Planner Engagement
• This is the single most important requirement for the role. The candidate must be able to:
• Partner directly with planners and business SMEs to understand current processes, pain points, decision needs and business requirements.
• Translate business requirements into practical, scalable Kinaxis process and solution designs across Make, Buy and Transfer scenarios.
• Explain the solution back to business users in planner-friendly language, without relying on technical terminology.
• Clearly articulate what the solution does, why a recommendation was generated and what action the planner should take.
• Facilitate requirements, design and solution-confirmation workshops while connecting business needs to standard Kinaxis capabilities.
• Constructively challenge requests that replicate legacy processes, spreadsheets or local workarounds when standard capabilities provide a stronger solution.
• Build credibility with business leaders and planners and serve as the primary functional bridge across Business, Kinaxis, SAP, ePPDS, Data and implementation teams.
• Planner Adoption, Change Management and Training
• The candidate must be a strong change leader who can influence planners to adopt Kinaxis capabilities and new ways of working. Key expectations include:
• Demonstrate Kinaxis capabilities using realistic planning scenarios that are relevant to a planner’s daily responsibilities.
• Influence and convince planners to use standard Kinaxis capabilities rather than reverting to spreadsheets, legacy tools or offline workarounds.
• Explain the business value of the solution and connect system capabilities to improved planning decisions and outcomes.
• Determine whether resistance is caused by a true solution gap, data issue, process issue, training need or broader change‑adoption challenge.
• Develop and deliver practical role‑based training for Supply Planners, Production Planners and Material Planners.
• Coach planners on exceptions, alerts, scenarios, recommendations and decision‑making until they can use the solution independently.
• Build planner confidence and trust in system‑generated outputs through transparent explanations and hands‑on support.
• Partner with the Change Management team while personally taking an active role in communication, training, coaching and adoption.
• The candidate must understand how master and transactional data shapes the Kinaxis planning model and must be able to explain the complete chain in business terms:

Required knowledge includes the impact of:

• Demand, forecasts and customer requirements.
• Inventory, safety stock and inventory policies.
• Material masters and planning parameters.
• BOMs, recipes and component effectivity.
• Sourcing rules, production versions and supply methods.
• Lead times, lot sizes, planning calendars, horizons and time fences.
• Production resources, capacity and constraints.
• Purchase orders, requisitions and supplier commitments.
• Planned, production and process orders.
• Stock transfer requirements and orders.
• Material availability and transportation or transfer lead times.
• The individual must be able to diagnose unexpected recommendations, identify the relevant data and planning logic, and explain cause and effect to the planner. For example: “Kinaxis is recommending this production quantity and date because of the demand requirement, available inventory, component availability, sourcing rules, lead time and capacity constraints.”

Core Responsibilities:

• Global Supply Planning Process Leadership
• Own and govern the global Supply Planning design across Make, Buy and Transfer processes.
• Serve as the global functional and solution authority through design, build, testing, deployment and stabilization.
• Ensure the solution follows the Global Process Model and global design principles, with local deviations introduced only where justified.
• Evaluate gaps and distinguish between process, data, configuration, integration, adoption and system‑capability issues.
• Drive design decisions based on business outcomes, scalability, planning effectiveness and standard capabilities.
• Partner across Demand Planning, Inventory, Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, Data, SAP, Integration and Technology teams.
• Kinaxis Functional Expertise
• Provide deep practical expertise in Make and production planning, Buy and procurement planning, and Transfer and deployment planning.
• Lead solution design for material requirements, capacity and constraints, supply‑demand balancing, shortages, prioritization, allocation, scenarios and exception management.
• Understand how master and transactional data drives planning results and planner workflows.
• Diagnose unexpected planning outcomes and determine the root cause in the process, data, configuration or integration.
• Ensure the solution supports explainable, actionable and sustainable planner decisions.
• End-to-End Planning, SAP and ePPDS
• Define and explain the appropriate responsibilities of Kinaxis, SAP and ePPDS across tactical planning, detailed scheduling and execution.
• Understand integration for demand, inventory, materials, BOMs and recipes, resources, planned orders, production or process orders, purchase requisitions, purchase orders and stock transfers.
• Identify disconnects between Kinaxis recommendations and downstream SAP manufacturing, procurement and logistics execution.
• Apply strong understanding of SAP planning and manufacturing processes and working knowledge of SAP ePPDS or PP‑DS concepts.
• Testing, Deployment and Adoption
• Support solution confirmation, SIT, UAT, end-to-end validation, cutover and post-go-live stabilization.
• Define representative business scenarios and acceptance criteria across Make, Buy and Transfer flows.
• Validate both system functionality and the quality, explainability and usability of planning outputs.
• Support business users in understanding exceptions, recommendations and required actions.
• Coach regional and local SMEs and help build sustainable process capability.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• 8+ years of supply chain planning experience, with substantial Supply Planning responsibility.
• 5+ years of hands‑on Kinaxis experience preferred, including significant solution‑design or implementation responsibility.
• Experience with at least two major Kinaxis implementations or transformations in complex multinational supply networks strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise across Make, Buy and Transfer planning.
• Strong understanding of material requirements, production and capacity planning, procurement planning, deployment, inventory, allocation and constraint management.
• Strong knowledge of planning master and transactional data and how it impacts Kinaxis outputs.
• Strong SAP planning, manufacturing, procurement and inventory‑process knowledge.
• Working knowledge of SAP ePPDS or PP‑DS and detailed production scheduling concepts.
• Experience translating business requirements into Kinaxis process and solution designs.
• Demonstrated ability to explain complex solutions to non‑technical business users in clear business language.
• Proven experience training, coaching and influencing planners and driving adoption of planning technology.
• Strong workshop facilitation, stakeholder management and global process‑governance capability.