Associate – Kinaxis Maestro - Integrated Planning

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

Not Specified

Job Posting End Date

October 30, 2026