Kinaxis Planning Architect - Supply Chain Transformation

kearney; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement contributions

Medical insurance

Learning opportunities

Talent mobility

Job summary

Kearney seeks a Kinaxis Business Architect to bridge business strategy, supply chain transformation, and technology execution. You will lead blueprinting across planning domains and translate requirements into scalable designs within Kinaxis Maestro.

In this delivery-focused role, you’ll assess value realization, drive adoption, and support business development as opportunities arise, while coordinating with stakeholders and technical teams to ensure alignment with client goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• Experience in supply chain planning, business architecture, consulting or transformation roles with advanced planning platforms.
• Knowledge of planning processes including demand, supply, inventory, S&OP, and scenario analysis.
• Experience leading blueprinting efforts and translating requirements into designs.
• Experience assessing value realization, adoption, and effectiveness of planning solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead blueprinting translating business requirements into scalable solution designs.
• Facilitate workshops to define current-state challenges and future-state processes.
• Design processes and solution architecture across planning domains.
• Translate business needs into functional designs and roadmaps.
• Act as liaison between business users and technical teams.
• Define governance, data requirements, and standards for platform adoption.
• Support end-to-end transformation aligning capabilities with strategy.
• Assess value delivery and user adoption of planning solutions.
• Identify opportunities to improve performance and data quality.
• Guide testing, training, and change management for deployments.
• Monitor ongoing effectiveness and suggest continuous improvements.

Skills

Supply chain planning

Business architecture

Consulting

Transformation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, information systems, operations, or related field

Tools

Kinaxis

SAP

Oracle

Blue Yonder

Job description

Kearney seeks a Kinaxis Business Architect to bridge business strategy, supply chain transformation, and technology execution. You will lead blueprinting across planning domains and translate requirements into scalable designs within Kinaxis Maestro.

In this delivery-focused role, you’ll assess value realization, drive adoption, and support business development as opportunities arise, while coordinating with stakeholders and technical teams to ensure alignment with client goals.