SME - Kinaxis Rapid Response

Kinaxis Planner Roles — Expanded (3+ Years Experience, YASH Technologies Context)    Demand Planner (Kinaxis Rapid Response)
Professionals with 3+ years of experience typically demonstrate strong analytical capability, cross‑functional alignment, and scenario‑based decision making.
Core Responsibilities
Maintain, tune, and adjust statistical forecasts using appropriate demand models, segmentation logic, and historical cleansing techniques.
Incorporate customer signals, POS data, distributor inputs, and long‑lead‑time constraints into the demand plan.
Manage demand exceptions including spikes, pushouts, pull‑ins, overrides, and last‑minute customer commits.
Monitor forecast accuracy, bias, stability, and demand variability; drive root‑cause analysis and continuous improvement.
Facilitate demand reviews with commercial, customer service, finance, and SIOP teams to align on consensus demand.
Build and run what‑if scenarios to evaluate demand shifts, new product introductions, and customer allocation strategies.
Support demand planning KPIs and dashboards within Rapid Response, ensuring data quality and planning calendar adherence.
Experience Indicators (3+ Years)
Hands‑on experience with statistical forecasting, demand sensing, and causal factor modeling.
Ability to challenge commercial inputs with data‑driven insights.
Comfortable leading monthly demand review cycles and presenting forecast drivers to leadership.

Supply Planner (Kinaxis Rapid Response)
A 3+ year supply planner is expected to manage constraints, collaborate across functions, and drive feasible supply responses.
Core Responsibilities
Convert demand plans into feasible, constraint‑aware supply plans using Rapid Response supply planning worksheets.
Identify material shortages, capacity risks, and expedite requirements; propose mitigation actions.
Optimize material availability, replenishment strategies, and supplier allocations.
Collaborate with procurement, manufacturing, engineering, and logistics to resolve constraints and execution gaps.
Run constrained and unconstrained supply scenarios to support SIOP, NPI, and risk‑mitigation discussions.
Manage supply exceptions, late POs, supplier delays, and BOM changes.
Support supply planning KPIs such as OTIF, supply adherence, and capacity utilization.
Experience Indicators (3+ Years)
Strong understanding of multi‑echelon supply networks and constraint‑based planning.
Ability to drive cross‑functional alignment and influence decisions with scenario outputs.
Experience supporting SIOP cycles and presenting supply risk summaries.

Inventory Optimization Planner (Kinaxis IO)
At 3+ years, planners are expected to balance service levels with working capital and drive inventory strategy.
Core Responsibilities
Set and maintain safety stock, reorder points, and buffer strategies using Kinaxis IO or Rapid Response IO modules.
Analyze inventory drivers (variability, lead time, MOQ, service targets) and recommend optimization actions.
Reduce excess, slow‑moving, and obsolete inventory through structured root‑cause analysis.
Model inventory policies for long‑lead‑time, critical, and high‑variability components.
Provide inventory projections, risk assessments, and scenario analysis for SIOP and financial planning.
Partner with procurement and supply planning to align stocking strategies with supplier capabilities.
Maintain inventory dashboards and ensure data integrity across planning parameters.
Experience Indicators (3+ Years)
Proven ability to balance service levels vs. working capital.

Experience with inventory segmentation (ABC/XYZ), variability analysis, and policy simulation.
Ability to explain inventory drivers to leadership in simple, business‑friendly language.

Master Production Scheduler (Kinaxis MPS)
A 3+ year MPS professional is expected to stabilize production, manage constraints, and ensure execution readiness.
Core Responsibilities
Translate demand, supply, and capacity inputs into a stable, executable Master Production Schedule.
Manage frozen, slushy, and flexible planning zones to ensure production stability.
Sequence production based on capacity, constraints, changeover rules, and scheduling agreements.
Ensure MPS aligns…