Kinaxis Solution Architect - Supply Chain Planning

Westerndigital; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Western Digital is seeking a senior Kinaxis Architect to own the coherence, scalability and evolution of the enterprise planning solution across demand, supply, capacity, material, procurement and factory planning domains.

You will translate strategy into an integrated solution architecture, govern design standards and drive a multi-release roadmap with cross-functional partners. This role blends hands-on platform depth with enterprise architecture judgment.

Qualifications

• Significant hands-on Kinaxis Maestro / RapidResponse experience in architecture, design or leadership.
• Ability to architect enterprise-scale planning solutions spanning multiple domains (demand, supply, capacity, materials).
• Full lifecycle experience from discovery to deployment and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of integrated supply chain planning, planning hierarchies and optimization concepts.
• Experience establishing standards, design governance, architecture reviews and reusable patterns in a complex enterprise platform.
• Ability to connect business-process requirements with data, integration, security and performance.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end Kinaxis Maestro solution architecture and multi-release roadmap for the enterprise planning environment.
• Translate planning requirements into integrated functional and technical designs with Business and Technology partners.
• Establish and govern solution standards for workbooks, scenarios, workflows, reports, hierarchies and optimization logic.
• Lead architecture decisions and design reviews across demand, supply, capacity, material, procurement and scheduling domains.
• Ensure design consistency across planning domains and prevent fragmentation or maintenance issues.
• Provide architectural direction to transformation engineers, solution experts, IT teams and delivery partners.
• Partner with IT architecture and engineering to ensure integrations with Oracle Cloud ERP, MES, PLM, data platforms are coherent and secure.
• Guide data leaders to define authoritative data requirements and governance.
• Direct optimization architecture, scenario design and model tuning to meet end-to-end planning outcomes.
• Govern release architecture, environment strategy, regression testing and production readiness.
• Evaluate Kinaxis releases and translate innovation into a prioritized adoption plan.
• Build internal expertise through documentation, standards and knowledge transfer.
• Lead root-cause analysis for defects and performance concerns.

Skills

Kinaxis Maestro / RapidResponse

Enterprise architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Solution architecture

Data integration

Performance optimization

Stakeholder influence

Kinaxis certification (preferred)

Tools

Oracle ERP

MES

PLM

Cloud data platforms

SQL databases

Job description

Western Digital is building a world-class enterprise planning capability enabled through process transformation, connected data, and deployment of the Kinaxis Maestro platform. We are seeking a senior Kinaxis Architect to own the coherence, scalability and evolution of this business solution across demand, supply, capacity, material, procurement and factory-planning domains.

You will translate supply chain strategy and end-to-end planning requirements into an integrated solution architecture, governed design standards and a multi-release roadmap. This role combines hands‑on platform depth with enterprise architecture judgment, cross‑functional influence and the ability to build durable internal capability.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Own the end-to-end Kinaxis Maestro solution architecture, capability model and multi-release roadmap for the enterprise planning environment.
• Translate supply chain strategy, planning-process requirements and cross‑functional use cases into integrated functional and technical designs in close collaboration with Business and Technology partners.
• Establish and govern solution standards for workbooks, scenarios, workflows, reports, hierarchies, planning parameters, closed loops, optimization logic, security and reusable design patterns.
• Lead architecture decisions and design reviews spanning demand, supply, capacity, material, procurement, master scheduling, factory scheduling and scenario-based decision support.
• Ensure design consistency across planning domains, resolve trade‑offs and prevent local configurations from creating fragmentation, performance issues or unsustainable maintenance.
• Provide architectural direction to transformation engineers, functional and technical solution experts, IT teams and delivery partners throughout requirements, build, test and deployment.
• Partner with IT architecture and engineering to ensure integrations with Oracle Cloud ERP, MES, PLM, data platforms and downstream execution processes are coherent, performant, secure and supportable.
• Partner with business data leaders and data stewards to define authoritative data requirements, business rules, hierarchies, quality controls and planning‑output governance.
• Guide optimization architecture, scenario design, planning policies and model tuning, validating changes against end‑to‑end planning outcomes and business acceptance criteria.
• Govern release architecture, environment strategy, configuration transport, regression testing, production readiness and design integrity across development, QA, training and production.
• Evaluate Kinaxis releases, APIs, extensibility, automation and emerging capabilities, translating relevant innovation into a prioritized roadmap and governed adoption plan.
• Build sustainable internal expertise through architecture documentation, design standards, coaching, communities of practice, certification pathways and structured partner knowledge transfer.
• Lead root‑cause analysis for complex defects, performance concerns and design issues, prioritizing durable corrective actions over short‑term workarounds.

Required qualifications

• Significant hands‑on Kinaxis Maestro / RapidResponse experience in solution architecture, functional design, configuration or technical leadership across multiple planning domains.
• Demonstrated ability to architect enterprise‑scale planning solutions spanning demand, supply, capacity, materials, procurement, manufacturing or master scheduling.
• Full solution lifecycle experience covering discovery, requirements, architecture, configuration oversight, testing, deployment, stabilization and continuous improvement.
• Strong understanding of integrated supply chain planning, planning hierarchies, scenarios, constraints, optimization concepts, planning policies and closed‑loop execution.
• Experience establishing solution standards, design governance, architecture reviews and reusable patterns within a complex enterprise platform.
• Ability to connect business‑process requirements with data, integration, security, performance and supportability considerations.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams and influencing business leaders, process owners, IT architects, engineers, vendors and systems integrators without relying solely on formal authority.
• Strong analytical judgment and communication skills, including the ability to explain complex solution decisions to executive, business and technical audiences.
• A self‑directed learning orientation and demonstrated habit of tracking platform releases, emerging capabilities and planning‑industry practices.

Preferred qualifications

• Kinaxis certification in one or more functional, authoring, integration or architecture disciplines.
• Experience with concurrent planning, supply optimization, master scheduling, scenario management, workbook authoring, analytics, Control Tower or Command Center use cases.
• Experience integrating Kinaxis with Oracle Cloud ERP, MES, PLM, cloud data platforms, SQL-based environments, P