Associate Solution Consultant - IND

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 Chennai and around the world as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.

Our journey in India began in 2020 and we have been growing steadily since then! Building a high-trust and high-performance culture is important to us and we are proud to be Great Place to Work® CertifiedTM. Our state-of-the-art office, located in the World Trade Centre in Chennai, offers our growing team space for expansion and collaboration.

Location

Chennai

About the team

As part of our Professional Services team, you will apply your expertise to help businesses solve theirsupply chain planning challenges through the successful implementation of Maestro solutions. You willsupport Senior consultants and Architects for end-to-end product implementations, delivering advancedplanning capabilities across diverse, multi-industry supply chainsAssociate Solution Consultant is an entry level position within Kinaxis’s Professional Services (Consulting)organization. You will work closely with other team members in order to deliver customer projects usingKinaxis Maestro software.

What you will do

• Participate in in-depth discovery sessions with customers to understand business requirements and assist the Solution Architect/ Senior Consultants in developing detailed specifications.
• Collaborate closely with delivery, product, and services teams to configure and implement Maestro software solutions tailored to customer needs.
• Support senior team members in translating business requirements into Maestro solution specifications and designing creative solutions for complex user requirements while aligning with supply chain industry standards and Kinaxis best practices.
• Participate in data management and integration activities, including data transformation, loading, cleansing, and validation from source systems.
• Provide technical support to end users and resolve issues of the configured solutions, escalating to senior team members as needed.
• Support the validation and testing of the solution and capture user feedback for continuousimprovement

What we are looking for

• Min 2 - 4 years of overall experience in the supply chain industry or in end to end product implementation projects.
• Sound domain expertise in Supply Chain concepts and advanced planning business processes such as statistical forecasting, inventory management, MRP, scheduling, etc
• A passion for working in customer facing roles with high level of interpersonal, communication, facilitation and presentation skills.
• Candidates with results-oriented mindset, focusing on improving client satisfaction and providing a very high standard of service, contributing to Kinaxis’s success.
• Strong intent to learn and master our first in class product “Maestro”
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced project environment and co-ordinate effectively with stakeholders at all organization levels.
• Highly adaptable professional, able to embrace teamwork in diverse and evolving work environments.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to solve complex problems, think critically, and make sound decisions
• Ability to articulate complex ideas clearly and effectively in English, both verbally and in writing.
• Tech savvy with a good understanding of Agentic AI, data models, SQL, R, Java Script, Python, etc. is preferred
• Implementation experience with advanced planning solutions such as SAPAPO, Blueyonder, ERP etc. is an added advantage

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 Ford, Unilever, Yamaha, P&G, Lockheed-Martin, 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.

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