Senior Technology Consultant - IND
Remote Canada
Full Time Posted 15 days ago
Job Type
Full Time
Job Details
Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis. In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers based in Ottawa, Canada. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, and support 40,000+ users in over 100 countries. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries. We are expanding our team in Chennai and around the world as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers. Our journey in India began in 2020 and we have been growing steadily since then! Building a high-trust and high-performance culture is important to us and we are proud to be Great Place to Work® CertifiedTM. Our state-of-the-art office, located in the World Trade Centre in Chennai, offers our growing team space for expansion and collaboration. Location Chennai, India. As a member of the consulting team within Kinaxis’s Professional Services, Innovation and Data Science Services organization, Your advanced expertise in operations research and optimization models will contribute to delivering end-to-end customer projects related to innovative applications, such as optimization models within Kinaxis’ RapidResponse product, in close collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team. What you will do
- Participate in customer business requirements discovery sessions and help develop requirements and technical specifications documentation.
- Understand customer’s supply-planning needs related to Supply Chain optimization use cases (inventory, waste management, raw material, production systems) and manage customer-facing discussions.
- Use mathematical optimization (Linear programming, optimization algorithms, statistics, machine learning) to solve complex business problems, reduce costs and improve decision-making speed and quality for our customers.
- Support data management and data integration related activities as required.
- Support workflow and process optimization by advising and guiding customers and/or internal teams on best approach for gathering inputs, analyzing results and adjusting optimization parameters to meet customers’ business needs.
- Manage the validation and testing of the models’ performance and capture user feedback while making the required adjustments.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams such as Product Management or R&D to implement and enhance optimization application at customers.
- Prepare reports, presentations, and documentation to communicate optimization results and recommendations to stakeholders.
- Act as a main point of contact for customers throughout the implementation, effectively articulating complex information in a relatable fashion and at times, managing challenging conversations.
- Proficiency in MatLab, Python, SQL, Mixed Integer Linear Programming and decision models.
- Experience in Optimization Solvers
- Prior experience in RapidResponse, JDA or SAP a strong asset.
- Degree in one of the following fields: Operations Research, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related quantitative field.
- 5+ years of experience of consulting, implementing optimization models in client production environments.
- 5+ years of experience in Supply Chain Planning or Management.
- Exceptional interpersonal, communication (both in written and in oral formats), facilitation and presentation skills.
- Interest for new technologies and fast learner.
- Self-starter with strong problem-solving skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform well in a fast-paced environment.
- Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
- Flexible work options
- Physical and mental well-being programs
- Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
- Mentorship programs and training and career development
- Recognition programs and referral rewards
- Hackathons
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