Senior Application Consultant

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 Europe and around the world as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers. Our regional offices serve as centralized hubs where employees and customers from across Europe can come together to work towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains. Location This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in Romania. About the team The Sr. Application Consultant is a consulting position within Kinaxis’s Professional Services, Innovation and Data Science Services organization. You will work closely with other team members within our multidisciplinary team and with other teams cross-functionally, to deliver end-to-end customer projects related to innovative applications, such as Production Planning and Scheduling. What you will do Lead the end-to-end deployment of detailed production scheduling tool, including leading a team of consultants through business requirements discovery sessions, data configuration and solution validation Understand customer’s requirements and needs related to detailed production scheduling, such as key metrics to optimize in a production schedule, constraints, scheduling processes across Master Planners and Master Schedulers, exception and disruption management processes; manage customer-facing discussions. Configure innovative software solutions, incorporating new capabilities to complex business problems using best practices. Identify product gaps and collaborate with Product Team to prioritize and develop capabilities to fill the gaps. Support the development of solution deployment processes and training material to enable other consultants and partners to deploy solution efficiently and effectively Guide and mentor other members on the team and help scale innovations for all new services. What we are looking for MS Degree in one of the following fields: Operations Management, Operations Research, Industrial Engineering, or a related field. 5 -7 years of experience in Supply Chain Planning or Management 3+ years of experience configuring a detailed production scheduling software In-depth knowledge of scheduling requirements across the manufacturing industry including relationship of production planning and detailed scheduling processes, key performance indicators (KPIs) that assess quality of schedule, impact of different scheduling operations constraints such as changeovers, labor, downtime, routings, dispatch/optimization rules and how these constraints can be represented using structured data.+ 3+ years of experience working with database, data modeling and data analysis 2+ years in a customer-facing role with exceptional interpersonal skill. Strong communication and presentation skills with ability to articulate complex technical subjects Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform well in a fast-paced environment #Associate #LI-KH1 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 Lockheed Martin, Yamaha, P&G, Honda, 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 atwww.kinaxis.comor the company’s blog athttp://blog.kinaxis.com. Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses. Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions. #J-18808-Ljbffr