Sr. IT Manager and Kinaxis Solution Architect

You will report directly to our Director of IT, and you'll work out of our Charlotte, NC location on a Hybrid work schedule.

Hybrid Work Schedule Note: For the first 90 days New Hires must be prepared to work 100% onsite Monday - Friday., + Lead the end-to-end design, solutioning, and delivery of Kinaxis RapidResponse implementations, integrations, and enhancements - ensuring scalable, high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives.

• Drive transformation of global supply chain planning processes. Continuously evaluate and introduce new planning solution capabilities, innovations and features to enhance planning accuracy, maturity, efficiency, standardization, automation and system performance.

• Provide leadership and governance for a team of Kinaxis consultants and developers, including technical guidance, solution oversight, design reviews etc. As a people manager, adhere to organizational people management policies and processes.

• Partner with business stakeholders across supply chain, IT, and operations. Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on planning transformation initiatives. Provide thought leadership on best-in-class supply chain planning practices.

• Own the full lifecycle of Advanced Planning solutions - including application roadmaps, multi-year strategy, system architecture, solution design, project delivery, and day to day support; act as the IT Service Owner for Kinaxis, ensuring platform stability, performance, scalability, and strong vendor and partner management.

We are seeking a highly experienced Senior Kinaxis Solution Architect with 8+ years of expertise in supply chain planning solutions and deep hands-on experience with Kinaxis RapidResponse.

This role is accountable for the end-to-end lifecycle management of the Advanced Planning solution landscape, including roadmap definition, architecture, solution design, integration, delivery, and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate brings a strong blend of functional supply chain expertise, deep Kinaxis technical architecture capabilities, and proven leadership experience, along with a solid understanding of SAP ECC/S/4HANA integrations. Success in this role requires exceptional stakeholder engagement, vendor partnership, and team leadership skills to drive scalable, business-aligned planning solutions., + 8+ years of experience in supply chain planning systems and implementations.

• Must have hands-on experience with Kinaxis Rapid Response

• Proven experience in end-to-end Kinaxis implementations, architecture and strategy.

• Strong knowledge of supply chain planning processes across Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, Sales & Operations Planning, Integrated Business Planning etc.

• Experience integrating Kinaxis with SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA and other Enterprise platforms.

• Strong understanding of Data modeling, System integration architectures (APIs, middleware, ETL), Supply chain master and transactional data

WE VALUE

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or related field.

• Kinaxis certification

• Experience in large-scale global transformation programs.

• Knowledge of cloud-based architectures and SaaS deployments.

• Familiarity with Kinaxis integration tools and technologies

• Experience in Agile delivery methodologies.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management

• Leadership and team mentoring capabilities

• Ability to bridge business and technical domains

• Strategic thinking with execution focus

• High level of ownership and accountability

In addition to a competitive salary, leading-edge work, and developing solutions side-by-side with dedicated experts in their fields, Honeywell employees are eligible for a comprehensive benefits package. This package includes employer subsidized Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance; Short-Term and Long-Term Disability; 401(k) match, Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, EAP, and Educational Assistance; Parental Leave, Paid Time Off (for vacation, personal business, sick time, and parental leave), and 12 Paid Holidays. Learn more (https://benefits.honeywell.com/)

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