IT Engineer 6, Kinaxis Factory Planning Lead

LAM Research•Fremont, CA

41d

About The Position

Architect and lead Kinaxis deployments across modules including Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, Capacity & Factory Planning, Order Fulfillment, and S&OP Model semiconductor-specific constraints such as long lead times, multi-stage BOMs, and fab-to-assembly flows Planning implementations related to Engineer to Order and Configure to order business processes Integrate Kinaxis with ERP (SAP ECC & S/4 Parallel landscapes), MES, PLM, and CRM systems Enable scenario planning, control tower visibility, and predictive analytics for proactive decision-making Collaborate with engineering, procurement, and operations teams to align planning with product lifecycle and NPI Drive change to implement optimized business processes across different functions Assist the leadership in establishing the center of excellence to bring incremental values through innovations to the deployed digital transformation solutions Implementation of tools and AI to support and optimize various business functions across portfolio management, supply chain planning, factory and manufacturing optimizations products to spares as well as efficient cost tracking during product development Driving business transformation with departmental leaders, change management through employees, and enhanced future ready connected process and systems Be a cultural change agent in the company to drive transformation and continuous improvement and reimagine processes to streamline and drive efficiencies Develop digital tools to enable streamlined process and connectivity. Enable new business models to drive new revenue streams. Increase customer value through better outcomes Drive change to increase data accuracy through up front processes, governance, and closed loop accountability. Partner across the data team to strategize completion of design data objects, dependencies, and to drive business value through insights and decision making Advise leadership team on data and analytics value, opportunities, and strategy

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or related field.
Minimum 14+ years of proven experience in operations consulting, strong knowledge of operational processes, systems, and tools implementation experience, and improvement initiatives including experience in process digitalization and digital transformation in leading/fast growth companies
Experience in Large scale transformation implementations and drive teams in a matrix team environment towards deliverables
Drive innovation through center of excellence program in reaching organization transformation goals and beyond
Deep experience in digital design tools including primary skill set on Kinaxis and interfaces using Talend and Data Fabric to SAP S/4 HANA, SAP ERP, PLM, MES, CRM connected business processes and applications
Experience in upstream market analytics for new tools and process improvements for complex, high growth companies along with downstream impact on supply chain, planning, logistics, and finance. Order processing and customer service.
Storyteller with an ability to drive organizational change management.
Consistently shows exponential thinking and incremental execution.
Understanding of best practices in the industry and application to real life
Proficient knowledge of the systems implementation and product development life cycles.
Deep understanding of cross functional business processes and connectivity.
Demonstrates a growth mindset and has an eye to the art of the possible
Influences and drives change by driving partnerships and alignment across the orgs.
Deep experience in requirements to product design and commercialization.
Experience in consulting firm
Experience in high growth, complex companies

Nice To Haves

MBA or master's preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

Architect and lead Kinaxis deployments across modules including Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, Capacity & Factory Planning, Order Fulfillment, and S&OP
Model semiconductor-specific constraints such as long lead times, multi-stage BOMs, and fab-to-assembly flows
Planning implementations related to Engineer to Order and Configure to order business processes
Integrate Kinaxis with ERP (SAP ECC & S/4 Parallel landscapes), MES, PLM, and CRM systems
Enable scenario planning, control tower visibility, and predictive analytics for proactive decision-making
Collaborate with engineering, procurement, and operations teams to align planning with product lifecycle and NPI
Drive change to implement optimized business processes across different functions
Assist the leadership in establishing the center of excellence to bring incremental values through innovations to the deployed digital transformation solutions
Implementation of tools and AI to support and optimize various business functions across portfolio management, supply chain planning, factory and manufacturing optimizations products to spares as well as efficient cost tracking during product development
Driving business transformation with departmental leaders, change management through employees, and enhanced future ready connected process and systems
Be a cultural change agent in the company to drive transformation and continuous improvement and reimagine processes to streamline and drive efficiencies
Develop digital tools to enable streamlined process and connectivity.
Enable new business models to drive new revenue streams.
Increase customer value through better outcomes
Drive change to increase data accuracy through up front processes, governance, and closed loop accountability.
Partner across the data team to strategize completion of design data objects, dependencies, and to drive business value through insights and decision making
Advise leadership team on data and analytics value, opportunities, and strategy