Total Experience: 10+ years

- Kinaxis Experience: 10+ years (end to end implementations & transformations)

- Role Depth: Architect / Lead Designer / Technical Functional Authority

- Program Type: Large global rollouts, complex landscapes, COE models

Core Responsibilities Architecture &

- Solution Ownership

- Own end to end Kinaxis solution architecture across demand, supply, inventory, capacity, and S&OP;/IBP.

- Define target state architecture aligned to business strategy and planning maturity.

- Drive architectural decisions covering:

- Data model design

- Planning logic & scenarios

- Integration patterns

- Performance & scalability Design &
- Governance

- Lead solution design authority across projects and operations.

- Review and approve functional and technical designs.

- Establish architecture standards, best practices, and governance models.

- Ensure consistency across enhancements, rollouts, and regional deployments. Integration &

- Platform Strategy

- Own Kinaxis integration strategy with ERP and upstream/downstream systems.

- Define data flow, latency, reconciliation, and error handling principles.

- Ensure high availability, performance, and platform stability. Delivery &

- Transformation

- Partner with business leaders to translate enterprise planning needs into scalable Kinaxis designs.





- Guide delivery teams through complex implementations and upgrades.

- Oversee UAT strategy, cutover planning, and go live readiness.

- Support post go live stabilization and value realization. Stakeholder &

- Leadership Engagement

- Act as primary Kinaxis architectural advisor to senior stakeholders.

- Support roadmap definition, solution evaluation, and estimations.

- Provide thought leadership on supply chain planning transformations.

Mandatory Skills

- Kinaxis RapidResponse - Architecture (Technical + Functional)

- End to end Supply Chain Planning

- Enterprise Solution Design

- Data Modeling &
- Integration Architecture

- Performance &

- Scaling Strategy

- Stakeholder &

- Executive Communication

Functional Knowledge (Strong)

- Demand Planning

- Supply &
- Capacity Planning

- Inventory Optimization

- S&OP; / IBP

- Scenario &

- What If Planning

Technical Knowledge (Robust)

- Kinaxis data model & schema design

- Interface & integration frameworks

- Large data volume handling

- Performance tuning & optimization

- Upgrade & release management

Good to Have

- Kinaxis certification(s)

- SAP ECC / S/4HANA integration experience

- COE / Global template ownership

- Manufacturing

- Pre sales or solution strategy exposure

📌 Kinaxis Architect (Canada)
🏢 W3Global
📍 Canada