Kearney Activate Kinaxis Business Architect

As a Kinaxis Business Architect at Kearney Activate, you will play a critical leadership role in driving supply chain planning transformation while expanding Kearney Activates footprint through business development and client engagement. This role operates at the intersection of business strategy, supply chain transformation, and technology enablement, partnering closely with clients and internal teams to deliver impactful, scalable planning solutions.

Operating in a global, matrixed consulting environment, the Business Architect collaborates with senior client stakeholders, Kearney consulting teams, and technology partners to shape and deliver end-to-end planning transformations across platforms such as Kinaxis, o9, and similar solutions. This role is uniquely positioned as a hybrid of delivery leadership and commercial growth, responsible for both executing transformation programs and originating new opportunities.

This role is both strategic and hands-on, balancing business architecture vision with practical execution across planning processes, data, and client-facing solutions.

Working alongside a dedicated and diverse set of people, you will broaden your knowledge and experience in an open, agile, and collaborative environment. With the freedom to be yourself and recognition for what you bring to the table, you can put your purpose into action and help build a future that works for everyone, everywhere as a Kearney Original.

Key Responsibilities

Client Delivery

• Lead blueprinting activities that translate business requirements into scalable solution designs across supply chain planning platforms, including process flows, planning logic, data requirements, user roles, and decision support needs.
• Facilitate workshops and design sessions with stakeholders to define current-state challenges, future-state processes, and functional requirements.
• Design end-to-end business processes across supply chain planning domains including demand planning, supply planning, inventory planning, S&OP / IBP, capacity planning, and order fulfillment.
• Translate business needs into functional solution designs, configuration requirements, and implementation roadmaps across platforms such as Kinaxis, o9, and similar tools.
• Act as the primary liaison between business stakeholders and technical teams to ensure solutions align with operational and strategic goals.
• Conduct assessments of existing planning processes and systems to evaluate value realization, adoption, and operational effectiveness.
• Support end-to-end transformation initiatives by aligning planning capabilities with broader digital supply chain strategies and maturity goals.

Sales & Business Development

• Partner with Kearney consulting teams to identify and develop opportunities within existing client accounts, aligning planning capabilities to broader transformation agendas.
• Proactively identify, qualify, and shape new opportunities for planning assessments, implementations, and transformation initiatives.
• Lead client-facing workshops and discovery sessions to diagnose planning challenges, quantify value potential, and position solutions.
• Collaborate with Kinaxis and other ecosystem partners to co-develop account strategies and support deal progression through the sales lifecycle.
• Contribute to early stage solutioning, including defining scope, approach, value proposition, and commercial framing.
• Support and lead proposal development, client presentations, and solution demonstrations, bringing together business and technology perspectives.
• Build and maintain senior client relationships to identify expansion opportunities and drive account growth.
• Act as a thought partner to clients, bringing insights on supply chain trends, planning platforms, and transformation best practices.
• Collaborate with internal leadership to develop go-to-market offerings, assets, and points of view that strengthen Kearney’s positioning in supply chain planning.

Who you are

After nearly 100 years, we know this business is fundamentally about making connections between insights, strategy, technology, and people. That’s why we look for collaborative, insightful, and client-focused leaders who thrive at the intersection of business and transformation.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Operations, or a related field required.
• Advanced degree preferred.

Experience

• Proven experience in supply chain planning, business architecture, consulting, or transformation roles.
• Experience leading blueprinting efforts that translate business requirements into functional solution designs.
• Experience assessing supply chain planning processes and tools for value realization and operational effectiveness.
• Experience supporting client pursuits, pre-sales activities, or revenue-generating engagements.
• Strong experience facilitating workshops, managing stakeholders, and delivering client-facing engagements.

Business & Functional Expertise

Deep expertise across several of the following areas:

• Supply chain planning processes including demand, supply, inventory, S&OP / IBP, scenario planning, and fulfillment
• Business process design and operating model development
• Planning transformation and digital supply chain strategy
• Value realization, ROI modeling, and performance improvement
• Stakeholder engagement and workshop facilitation

Technology & Platform Experience

• Experience with supply chain planning platforms such as Kinaxis, o9, or similar tools
• Understanding of supply chain data structures, integrations, and planning metrics
• Familiarity with enterprise system design and functional solution architecture

Leadership & Communication

• Strong ability to translate business requirements into actionable solution designs
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
• Experience building relationships and driving alignment across cross-functional teams
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced, client-facing consulting environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in consulting, pre-sales, or quota-supporting roles
• Certifications in supply chain planning platforms or related disciplines
• Experience in change management and transformation delivery

Industry Experience

Experience in one or more of the following industries is strongly preferred:

• Consumer Packaged Goods / FMCG
• High Tech
• Industrial
• Life Sciences

Ability to apply industry-specific planning considerations such as demand variability, service levels, inventory trade-offs, product lifecycle complexity, and supply constraints to solution design.

The expected salary range for this role is $160k-$200k annually. Compensation may vary based on experience and qualifications. It is important to note that at Kearney, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the top of the range for their role. Individual salaries within each range are determined through a wide variety of factors, including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, and skills. Kearney reviews compensation regularly and may adjust base salaries to reflect market competitiveness. In addition to salary, individuals may be eligible for a discretionary performance bonus. Our full suite of benefits includes paid time off, paid sick leave, 401(k) match and profit sharing, medical, dental, and vision coverage, healthcare concierge services, backup child/adult care, annual employer HSA contributions, a home office stipend, subsidized gym membership, an annual wellness program, and leaves of absence when needed to support employees’ physical, mental, and emotional well-being.

Read more about our benefits and how you can make your mark, your way at Kearney.com/careers.

Equal employment opportunity and non-discrimination
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