TEKsystems is a global technology consulting and workforce solutions company serving enterprise organizations. Its work spans cloud, data and AI, automation, application development, Agile and DevOps transformation, technology operations, and digital experience. The company also provides talent acquisition, recruitment, and managed services, supporting technology teams and large-scale workforce programs across sectors including financial services, healthcare, the public sector, telecommunications, retail, manufacturing, and energy. Its broad service model creates opportunities across consulting, engineering, technology operations, and recruitment-focused roles.
Senior Kinaxis Maestro Functional Consultant - Idaho Remote Contract
Lead Kinaxis Maestro functional consulting for TEKsystems clients across North American demand and supply planning. Guide solution design, integrations, production support, and continuous improvement with limited travel.
Description
- Own functional expertise for North American demand and supply planning processes
- Maintain an end-to-end view of planning decisions, business rules, horizons, master data, KPIs, ownership, decision rights, handoffs, and standard work
- Convert business process needs into functional requirements, solution alternatives, acceptance criteria, and test scenarios
- Provide internal Kinaxis Maestro expertise across planning models, workbooks, dashboards, task flows, scorecards, controls, alerts, scenarios, rules, master data, integrations, reporting, and user experience
- Lead or support functional design work and review or approve Kinaxis solution designs and configurations
- Track Kinaxis capabilities and releases and recommend relevant improvements for adoption
- Coordinate with architecture, data, integration, security, delivery, and application teams on cross-system effects and enterprise standards
- Lead functional activities from discovery and design through configuration, testing, deployment, stabilization, and ongoing improvement
- Create or review process flows, solution decisions, configuration records, test evidence, release materials, support procedures, and knowledge-transfer content
- Lead resolution of complex production incidents and recurring problems, ensuring corrective actions address root causes
- Oversee managed-service providers and implementation partners by evaluating estimates, designs, deliverables, service levels, and knowledge retention
- Support business readiness, super-user training, release communications, and adoption efforts
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, business, information technology, engineering, or a related field, or equivalent education and experience
- At least seven years of relevant experience in supply chain planning, enterprise planning technology, IT functional consulting, or a related discipline
- Proven process expertise in both demand planning and supply planning
- Required experience implementing, enhancing, or supporting Kinaxis RapidResponse or Kinaxis Maestro in production
- Strong knowledge of statistical forecasting, forecast review, accuracy and bias analysis, demand consensus, supply and production planning, capacity and material constraints, inventory planning, scenario analysis, exception-based planning, and planning master data
- Experience converting business processes and requirements into functional designs, configuration decisions, acceptance criteria, test scenarios, and sustainable support practices
- Experience with ERP platforms, master data, integrations, enterprise data environments, reporting, and cross-functional advanced-planning processes
- Experience across the systems development lifecycle, including testing, release management, incident and problem management, and enterprise application change control
- Experience overseeing systems integrators, managed-service providers, or software vendors and assessing their estimates, designs, configurations, documentation, and results
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, facilitation, and communication abilities
- Ability to work effectively with planning executives, planners, IT teams, and external partners
- Ability to influence without formal authority, recommend sound functional approaches, balance business results with platform integrity, and resolve issues
- Experience in a global manufacturing, agriculture, consumer products, or food and beverage setting is preferred
- APICS or ASCM, Kinaxis, or another recognized supply chain planning or platform certification is preferred
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Critical illness, accident, and hospital coverage
- 401(k) plan with pre-tax and Roth after-tax contribution options
- Life insurance, including voluntary life and AD&D coverage for employees and dependents
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Health Savings Account
- Transportation benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Paid time off, vacation, or sick leave