Looking for a Principal Solution Architect for one of the leading Autombile OEM .

Key Responsibilities

- Own the end-to-end Kinaxis platform strategy, architecture, governance, and roadmap,

ensuring alignment with organisation's supply chain transformation objectives and business priorities.

- Serve as the enterprise solution authority for Kinaxis across Demand Planning, Supply

Planning, Inventory Planning , S&OE; , Supplier Collaboration and Order Fulfilment, ensuring scalable, sustainable, and future-ready solutions.

- Drive continuous improvement and value realization by identifying process optimization

opportunities, enhancing planning effectiveness, and improving forecast accuracy,

inventory performance, service levels, and planner productivity.

- Partner with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Procurement, Sales, Logistics, and IT

leadership to translate evolving business requirements into strategic Kinaxis capabilities and transformation initiatives.

- Lead the Supply Chain Planning Digital Programs by building internal capabilities,

establishing best practices and mentoring teams.

- Establish and enforce architecture standards, design principles, release governance, and

quality controls to ensure secure, compliant, and high-performing Kinaxis solutions.

- Govern platform health, adoption, performance, and business outcomes, proactively

resolving systemic issues and ensuring operational stability of the planning ecosystem.





- Drive data and integration strategy by ensuring robust master data governance, planning

data quality, and seamless interoperability between Kinaxis and related enterprise systems.

- Provide executive-level guidance on supply chain planning transformation, technology

investments, solution trade-offs, risks, and business impact to support informed decision-

making.

- Define and track platform success metrics and business KPIs, ensuring measurable

returns from enhancement initiatives, digital transformation programs, and ongoing platform investments.

Mandatory Qualifications

Bachelor s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering,

Computer Science, or related discipline.

MBA or Master s degree preferred.

Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Ability to influence senior leadership and drive strategic decision-making.

Experience

15 years of experience in Supply Chain Planning solutions and transformation programs.

8 years of hands-on Kinaxis RapidResponse experience.

Experience leading Supply Chain Planning CoEs, platform ownership, or enterprise architecture teams.

Experience supporting large-scale Kinaxis environments post implementation.

Proven experience in solution architecture, governance, roadmap management, and enterprise planning transformations.

Location : Pune / Bangalore

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