IT Kinaxis Solution Engineer - Senior

Job Summary:

The IT Kinaxis Solution Engineer - Senior will be responsible for evaluating, configuring, and optimizing Kinaxis Maestro (formerly RapidResponse) Cloud application functionality to enhance business processes, capabilities, and overall value delivery at Cummins. This role requires collaboration with key stakeholders, process owners, and enterprise architects to define solutions that meet functional and technical requirements. The successful candidate will drive integration customizations, oversee solution design, and ensure effective implementation aligned with industry best practices

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.

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+ years 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).