Job Title: Kinaxis RapidResponse – Global Supply Planning Lead

Location: Remote – India

Engagement: Contract (Initially 2 Months, with a solid possibility of 6–12 months extension)

Working Hours: Flexible, with availability for APAC business-hour meetings

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Kinaxis RapidResponse – Global Supply Planning Lead to support a large-scale global supply chain transformation program involving Kinaxis RapidResponse and SAP S/4HANA.

This is a senior functional and business process leadership role, ideal for someone with extensive hands-on Kinaxis implementation experience and deep expertise in Supply Chain Planning, Production Planning, Inventory Optimization and Material Requirements Planning.

The successful candidate will act as a bridge between business stakeholders, supply chain planners and technology teams, helping define future-state planning processes, translate business requirements into scalable Kinaxis solutions, and drive business adoption across global operations.

This is NOT a pure technical development or configuration role. We are looking for a business-facing functional expert who understands how supply chains operate and can lead planning process design, solution validation, testing, training and adoption.

Key Responsibilities

1. Kinaxis & Supply Planning Leadership

- Lead global Supply Planning process design across Make, Buy and Transfer scenarios.
- Translate business requirements into scalable Kinaxis RapidResponse functional solutions.
- Support supply-demand balancing, production planning, material availability, capacity planning and exception management.
- Drive planning process standardization and future-state operating model development.
- Identify process gaps, risks, dependencies and opportunities for improvement.

2. Business Process & Stakeholder Engagement

- Work directly with Supply Planners, Production Planners, Material Planners, Procurement teams and business SMEs.
- Facilitate business requirements, solution design and process validation workshops.
- Explain Kinaxis planning recommendations and system outputs in clear business terminology.
- Challenge legacy processes and recommend standard Kinaxis capabilities where appropriate.




- Act as the functional bridge between business, SAP, Kinaxis, data and implementation teams.

3. SAP S/4HANA & Integration

- Understand integration between Kinaxis RapidResponse and SAP S/4HANA.
- Support planning processes involving material masters, BOMs, inventory, purchase orders, production orders and stock transfers.
- Identify discrepancies between Kinaxis planning recommendations and downstream SAP execution.
- Apply knowledge of SAP PP, MM, MRP and manufacturing processes.
- Understand SAP ePPDS / PP-DS concepts and detailed production scheduling.

4. Testing, Deployment & Validation

- Support SIT, UAT, end-to-end testing, deployment and post-go-live stabilization.
- Define business scenarios and acceptance criteria across Supply Planning processes.
- Validate planning outputs, exceptions, recommendations and business usability.
- Support defect analysis and root-cause identification across process, data, configuration and integration.

5. Change Management & Planner Adoption

- Develop and deliver role-based training for Supply, Production and Material Planners.
- Demonstrate Kinaxis capabilities using real-world planning scenarios.
- Coach business users on exceptions, alerts, recommendations and scenario planning.
- Drive adoption of standard Kinaxis processes and reduce dependency on spreadsheets and legacy workarounds.
- Build planner confidence and trust in system-generated recommendations.

Mandatory Skills & Qualifications

- 8–10+ years of overall Supply Chain Planning experience.
- 5+ years of hands-on Kinaxis RapidResponse experience preferred.
- Proven Kinaxis RapidResponse implementation or transformation project experience.
- Kinaxis certification is highly desirable.
- Strong functional expertise in Supply Planning and Production Planning.
- Experience across Make, Buy and Transfer planning processes.
- Strong knowledge of MRP, DRP,



Inventory Optimization and Deployment Planning.
- Strong understanding of SAP planning, manufacturing, procurement and inventory processes.
- Experience translating business requirements into functional solution designs.
- Excellent stakeholder management, workshop facilitation and communication skills.
- Experience supporting global supply chain transformation programs.

Preferred / Additional Skills
- SAP S/4HANA implementation or integration experience.
- SAP PP, SAP MM and SAP ePPDS / PP-DS knowledge.
- Experience with global Kinaxis RapidResponse deployments.
- Experience in intercompany and intracompany planning.
- Knowledge of capacity planning, constraint management and supply-demand balancing.
- Experience with master data governance and planning parameters.
- Experience in CPG, Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals or other complex global supply chain environments.
- Experience in training, change management and business adoption.

What Makes You a Strong Fit? We are particularly interested in candidates who:

- Have personally participated in multiple Kinaxis RapidResponse implementation projects.
- Can independently lead functional workshops and supply planning discussions.
- Understand how planning master data and transactional data influence Kinaxis recommendations.
- Can explain complex planning scenarios to business users without relying on technical terminology.
- Have experience driving global process standardization and planner adoption.
- Can bridge the gap between business requirements and technology solutions.

Interested Candidates If you have strong hands-on Kinaxis RapidResponse implementation experience combined with Supply Planning expertise and SAP S/4HANA knowledge, we would like to hear from you.

Please apply with your updated resume highlighting:

1. Total years of Supply Chain Planning experience.
2. Years of hands-on Kinaxis RapidResponse experience.
3. Number of Kinaxis implementation projects completed and your role in each.
4. Kinaxis certification details, if applicable.
5. SAP S/4HANA / SAP PP / SAP MM / ePPDS experience.
6. Experience in Supply Planning, Production Planning, MRP, DRP and Inventory Optimization.

📌 Kinaxis RapidResponse – Global Supply Planning Lead (India)
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