Application Solution Architect

Role Description

The Application Solution Architect is a senior role within Kinaxis’s Professional Services, Innovation and Data Science Services team. You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across Product, R&D, Data Services, and Professional Services to deliver end-to-end customer projects for Enterprise Scheduling and other advanced planning capabilities.

In this role, you will help customers solve complex supply chain challenges by designing scalable, high-quality solution architectures. This role requires deep supply chain domain expertise, including a strong understanding of how supply planning and detailed scheduling interact across the broader supply chain landscape. The architect must ensure these processes are designed cohesively so planning logic, material feasibility, capacity assumptions, and shop-floor scheduling work together seamlessly to support feasible and efficient operational execution.

• Define and own the ES solution architecture—including functional design, data structures, constraint models, integrations, and system behavior.
• Facilitate detailed scheduling blueprint sessions that translate manufacturing requirements into scalable configurations.
• Identify risks throughout the project lifecycle and develop mitigation strategies to ensure successful deployments.
• Troubleshoot complex scheduling behavior and resolve data configuration issues, providing root-cause analysis and recommending appropriate configuration patterns.
• Provide functional leadership and help to solve complex supply chain challenges and implementation support.
• Provide mentorship and technical oversight to consultants and partners on solution quality, scheduling implementation methods, repeatable architecture patterns, and deployment best practices.
• Collaborate with Product teams on feature gaps, capability extensions, and areas requiring architectural guidance.
• Support services sales opportunities by articulating solution approaches and value to stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or master's degree in industrial engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Research, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Statistics, Information Technology or related field.
• Minimum 8 years of broad experience in software implementation consulting in the supply chain planning or supply chain execution space.
• 3+ years as a solution architect or lead functional consultant for enterprise-scale supply chain transformation projects.
• Excellent facilitation and communication skills; able to guide customer discussions across planners, schedulers, project teams, and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to work in fast-paced, matrixed environments with strong initiative and leadership capabilities.
• Advanced problem-solving and critical thinking skills with the ability to synthesize complex information.
• Proven interpersonal, leadership, and mentoring skills within cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Subject matter expert in supply chain concepts and best practices.
• In-depth experience with supply chain solutions and scheduling applications (such as OMP, SAP PPDS, Blue Yonder, or o9 Production Scheduling).
• Experience producing detailed blueprints that translate scheduling requirements into technical specifications during software implementations.
• Technical leadership experience in data integration, data management, system configuration and system deployment for supply chain software implementations.
• Proficiency with SQL, JavaScript, or scripting languages used in solution configuration.
• Willing and able to travel between 50% to 75% annually.

Benefits

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide days off).
• Flexible work options.
• Physical and mental well-being programs.
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes.
• Mentorship programs, training, and career development.
• Recognition programs and referral rewards.
• Hackathons.