Kinaxis™ RapidResponse is a single on-demand service that empowers multi-enterprise manufacturers with integrated demand-supply planning, monitoring, and collaborative response capabilities. RapidResponse embraces human judgment to enable planners and front-line responders to handle unpredictable changes. Global leaders such as Casio, Honeywell, Jabil, Qualcomm, and Raytheon use RapidResponse to achieve breakthroughs in sales and operations planning (S&OP), demand management, supply management, and supply chain risk management. The results are superior customer service, improved operations performance, and a competitive market advantage. For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at www.21stcenturysupplychain.com.

If you are looking to make a difference, enjoy challenging work, and want to be part of an industry leading team, then Kinaxis is the place for you! Our success and growth means we are expanding. We are currently looking for:

Business Consultant, Solutions

As a member of our consulting team, you understand our customers’ most pressing business performance challenges and you are committed to helping our customers solve complex challenges in the distributed value chain that is prevalent in manufacturing today.

Working with new and existing customers, you will provide expert guidance in leveraging our product offerings and deliver value in the following ways:

• Leading Deployment Workshops to help customers achieve immediate value from their investment;
• Facilitating business process design and development that leverages RapidResponse capabilities;
• Configuring RapidResponse resources to satisfy customer-specific processes and business requirements;
• Providing guidance and education to users to help build their resource authoring skills;
• Assisting in pre-sales engagements when called upon;
• Providing high levels of customer service whenever the opportunity arises.

Qualifications

• A post secondary degree in a related discipline with 10+ years relevant experience in manufacturing and demand management, and/or business software consulting
• Experience in electronics/high-tech manufacturing industries such as EMS, OEM hardware, etc.
• Excellent communication, presentation, facilitation, time management and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent customer relationship skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform well in a fast-paced environment while maintaining a high level of customer satisfaction.
• Sound personal computing skills and a working knowledge of the Windows environment including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project and Outlook
• Ability to travel a minimum of 50%.

Assets

• Lean Manufacturing training/experience.
• Knowledge of relational databases.
• Project management skills.