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We have a new exciting opportunity for a Supply Chain Planning Center of Excellence - Process Lead Kinaxis.
Location: This position is fully remote and can be based anywhere in the EMEA region.
What you’ll do:
As part of Eaton’s supply chain digital transformation, we are seeking a highly motivated expert contributor to join our Kinaxis CoE team as Global Process Lead (user experience), with solid Kinaxis experience – to help drive the deployment of best-in class advanced planning solution across the Enterprise and help end-users adopt the solution through training and process reinforcement.
Eaton is deploying the Kinaxis end-to-end concurrent planning solution across all businesses to plan and deliver materials, inventory and factory / supplier capacity across the end-to-end supply chain in order to meet customer expectations and achieve profitable sales growth.
The Process Lead / User experience will work with SCM, Operations and IT teams across businesses, as well as with other Process Leads on the Kinaxis CoE to define and harmonize long-term planning decisions, with excellent problem-solving skills, experience interfacing with users and documenting business processes, and the ability to influence others and foster teamwork.
Responsibilities:
- Design and deploy Kinaxis solutions, ensuring standardization and collaborating with CoE Process Leads and Eaton businesses.
- Act as gatekeeper on the central governance board, managing requirements and improvement pipelines.
- Partner with stakeholders to address pain points, propose solutions, and lead solution design for global templates.
- Develop playbooks, manage training sessions, and ensure process adherence and standardization.
- Support training efforts, build a community of supply chain professionals, and ensure solution consistency.
- Conduct fit-gap analysis, support long-term solution design, and travel 10-25% as needed.
Qualifications:
- Bachelors or Master’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Analytics, or equivalent.
- Experience in Supply Chain Planning or Operations Management (Demand Planning, Supply & Capacity Planning, Production Planning, Materials Management, Inventory management, Supplier Collaboration etc.)
- Previous experience implementing Kinaxis RapidResponse is a must
- Experience in large supply chain transformation projects
- Deep knowledge of end-to-end supply chain processes from planning to execution & SIOP
- Experience in Project Management, preferably with Agile Methodology or Scrum Framework
Skills:
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Good communication and interpersonal skills, able to train large groups virtually or in-person
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Collaborative meeting skills and ability to work in a virtual work environment
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Critical thinker with strong analytical skills
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Digital skills to help build a supply chain that is collaborative and connected with advanced solving capabilities
What we offer:
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Competitive compensation and benefits package including Pension, Health Insurance, Wellness scheme and more
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Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
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We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
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We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
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