Associate – Kinaxis Maestro - Integrated Planning

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Job Description & Summary

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced and forward-thinking Associate - Kinaxis Maestro, Supply Chain Planning to join our Operations and Supply Chain Solutions practice.

The ideal candidate will bring strong analytical and problem-solving skills, combined with a detailed understanding of end-to-end supply chain planning processes and hands-on experience with Kinaxis Maestro (formerly RapidResponse) - either as an author, or through implementation experience. In this role, you will help clients design, configure, and implement Kinaxis Maestro to transform their supply chain planning capabilities

This role offers the opportunity to work on Kinaxis-led digital planning transformation programs for leading organizations across industries, collaborating closely with client stakeholders, Kinaxis teams, and internal consulting teams.

Key Responsibilities

Supply Chain Planning Blueprinting & Process Design

• Support client engagements in the design and improvement of integrated planning processes across demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, and S&OP/IBP.

• Perform analytical assessments to evaluate planning performance, forecast accuracy, service levels, capacity utilization, and inventory health.

• Develop data-driven insights and models that support scenario analysis, planning optimization, and decision-making within Kinaxis Maestro.

• Support cross-functional workshops with client teams to define requirements, validate findings, and co-develop future-state planning processes.

• Support solution blueprinting and design activities for Kinaxis Maestro implementations, including defining the future-state planning architecture, process flows, and functional design documents aligned to client requirements.

• Contribute to business case development, quantifying the potential impact of process and planning improvements

• Prepare high-quality deliverables, including analytical reports, presentations, and process documentation

Kinaxis Maestro Configuration & Authoring

• Translate business requirements into Kinaxis Maestro configuration needs, including planning logic, scenario modeling, and master data setup.

• Support authoring activities within Kinaxis Maestro, including building and maintaining workbooks, worksheets, profile variables, insert definitions, alerts, filters, hierarchies, forms, and dashboards.

• Support configuration of Kinaxis Maestro planning modules such as Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, Capacity Planning, and S&OP

Data Integration & Testing

• Support development of data mapping documents, linking source system fields (ERP/legacy systems) to the Kinaxis Maestro data model.

• Assist in building and maintaining integration test cases to validate data flows between ERP, data lake, and Kinaxis Maestro

• Collaborate with data and digital teams to ensure that analytics solutions and tools are aligned with business planning needs

Practice Building

• Participate in internal capability-building initiatives, such as developing Kinaxis accelerators, reusable frameworks, proposal content, and thought leadership on integrated planning and analytics.

Education

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

• Nice to Have: MBA or Master’s degree in a relevant field.

• Certifications Kinaxis Maestro certifications are strongly preferred. Relevant certifications include:

• Certified Maestro Author - Level 2 / Level 3

• Certified Maestro Administrator - Level 1 / Level 2

Required Skills

• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain planning processes, including demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, capacity planning, and S&OP/IBP.

• Hands-on experience with Kinaxis Maestro (or RapidResponse) as contributor, or author, including familiarity with the platform’s navigation, data model, workbooks, worksheets, and scenario management.

• Proficiency in data analysis and visualization tools (e.g., Excel, Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx, or Python).

• Ability to work with large, complex, and unstructured datasets, performing cleaning, transformation, and validation.

• Excellent attention to detail, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Comfortable working in fast-paced consulting environments and managing multiple priorities.

Nice to Have

• Experience supporting end-to-end Kinaxis Maestro implementations, including requirement gathering, configuration, data integration, testing, and go-live support

Travel Requirements

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