27 days ago
Chennai, IndiaSenior
Responsibilities
- Design scalable Kinaxis supply and demand planning solutions aligned with enterprise planning strategies.
- Lead requirements discovery and translate business objectives into detailed Kinaxis configurations.
- Create planning data models, workflows, hierarchies, forecast models, scenario simulations, and control mechanisms.
- Configure demand planning, supply planning, capacity planning, inventory optimization, and supply allocation capabilities.
- Analyze planning data flows, integration points, data readiness, model health, and system performance.
- Conduct fit-gap assessments and recommend process changes, enhancements, and solution options.
- Coordinate with planners, operations teams, IT partners, stakeholders, and testing teams throughout delivery.
- Define testing strategies and scenarios and validate configured solutions under realistic planning conditions.
- Maintain architecture diagrams, configuration decisions, and planning process documentation.
- Support user adoption and continuous improvement by explaining system behavior, scenario outcomes, and proposed refinements.
Requirements
- Deep hands-on experience configuring and designing Kinaxis supply planning solutions for production use.
- Strong proficiency in Kinaxis demand planning, including forecast models, demand sensing, and scenario-based planning.
- Knowledge of Kinaxis data models, master data readiness, system performance, and configuration governance.
- Practical understanding of manufacturing operations and supply chain planning, including network constraints, lead times, and service objectives.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, stakeholder communication, and structured collaboration skills.
- Experience supporting complex enterprise or multinational supply chains with Kinaxis-based architectures is preferred.
- Kinaxis RapidResponse certification or equivalent Kinaxis platform accreditation is preferred.
Benefits
- Hybrid work model with collaboration across on-site and remote team members.
- Opportunity to work with global manufacturing and supply chain clients on enterprise planning transformations.
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Cognizant
Cognizant is a public IT services and consulting firm that designs, builds, and runs enterprise technology, including digital engineering, cloud modernization, data/AI, and managed services. It sells consulting, systems integration, and outsourcing on multi-year engagements to large enterprises in healthcare, banking, retail, communications, and manufacturing. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Teaneck, New Jersey, Cognizant is NASDAQ-listed (CTSH) and a Fortune 500 company.