IT Kinaxis Solution Engineer - Senior

DESCRIPTION

Key Responsibilities:

• Assess and optimize Kinaxis Maestro functionality to improve business processes and capabilities.
• Partner with stakeholders, process owners, and enterprise architects to gather and document functional, architectural, and technical requirements.
• Design optimal application setup, high-level and detailed technical solution architectures.
• Configure and validate Kinaxis for demand, supply, and sales & operations planning requirements.
• Lead the design and development of integration customizations, workflows, and extensions.
• Serve as a subject matter expert for Kinaxis-related processes, procedures, and functionalities.
• Conduct analyses to enhance the utilization of standard application functionalities.
• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and trends in Kinaxis solutions and recommend functional enhancements.
• Identify and recommend solutions to address application functionality gaps.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with relevant vendors, working closely with them to enhance application functionality and resolve issues.
• Develop and manage functional specifications for projects to ensure efficient implementation of solutions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Business, or a related field , or equivalent relevant experience.
• This position may require licensing to comply with export control or sanctions regulations .

Competencies :

• Business Insight: Leverages market and business knowledge to drive organizational goals.
• Customer Focus: Builds and nurtures strong customer relationships to deliver impactful solutions.
• Global Perspective: Approaches challenges with a broad, international outlook.
• Manages Complexity: Navigates complex information and conflicting priorities to drive effective decision-making.
• Manages Conflict: Resolves disputes efficiently while maintaining a collaborative work environment.
• Optimizes Work Processes: Implements efficient and effective workflows with a focus on continuous improvement.
• Tech Savvy: Embraces digital innovations to enhance business and IT operations.
• Solution Configuration: Customizes and validates commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications to align with business, technical, and compliance requirements.
• Solution Design: Defines and develops solution designs, ensuring they meet business and security requirements.
• Solution Functional Fit Analysis: Evaluates system components to ensure holistic interaction and functionality alignment.
• Solution Modeling: Creates technical models and documentation using industry standards.
• Solution Validation Testing: Ensures solution accuracy and alignment with SDLC standards.
• Values Differences: Appreciates and leverages diverse perspectives to drive organizational success.

QUALIFICATIONS

Skills and Experience:

• 3+ of experience working with Kinaxis, specializing in Kinaxis Integrations or Demand and Supply Planning IT configurations.
• Strong expertise in configuring and optimizing Kinaxis Maestro for demand and supply planning.
• 5+ years of system analysis and design experience , including the development of functional requirements for enterprise-level applications.
• Experience in full software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing solutions using AGILE methodologies .
• Functional domain knowledge in demand and supply planning software applications, along with relevant technical domain expertise.
• Experience working with Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization solutions (preferred).
• Kinaxis certifications : Level 2 Author, Solution & Integrations Expert, and/or Administrator (preferred).

Job Systems/Information Technology

Organization Cummins Inc.

Role Category Hybrid

Job Type Exempt - Experienced

ReqID 2416134

Relocation Package No