Position: Lead/ QA Resource Requirements Kinaxis & Supply Chain Planning

Location: Plano, TX (Onsite)

Duration: 12 months

Required Knowledge & Skills

Kinaxis Platform QA Expertise

Proven experience validating Kinaxis Rapid Response implementations across demand, supply, inventory, and control tower modules.
Ability to design and execute end-to-end test scenarios covering planning cycles, exception management, and whatif simulations.
Strong understanding of Kinaxis data models, planning logic, and configuration dependencies to support accurate test coverage.
Demand Planning & Forecast QA

Ability to validate:

Statistical forecasting logic and model outputs
Demand data maintenance processes
Customer and internal input workflows
Capability to assess the impact of forecast accuracy on:
Inventory levels
Manufacturing and transportation costs
Warehousing costs
Customer service performance
Experience testing forecast overrides, consensus demand, and approval workflows.
Supply, Inventory & Network Planning QA

Validation experience in:

Tiered inventory strategies and safety stock logic
Inventory cost optimization aligned with servicelevel targets
Supply plans aligned to corporate and financial objectives
Ability to test supply network, material planning, and capacity planning models across tactical and strategic horizons.
Exposure to global inventory management scenarios, including multisite and multiregion planning.
Pharma Supply Chain QA (Preferred)

Experience validating pharmaceutical demand and supply planning processes, including:

Product lifecycle considerations
Regulatory and lot/batchdriven planning constraints
Understanding of qualitycritical planning impacts relevant to Pharma environments.
Analytics, Reporting & KPI Validation

Ability to validate planning metrics, KPIs, and dashboards, including those supporting:

S&OP / IBP processes
Customer service performance
Inventory and cost optimization
Skill in translating complex optimization outputs into clear, testable business outcomes.

QA Leadership & Process Capabilities

Ability to define and execute:

Test strategies (SIT, UAT, regression, performance)
Traceability between business requirements, test cases, and defects
Experience establishing QA standards and best practices for supply chain planning programs.
Process Assessment & Continuous Improvement

Capability to assess current supply planning processes and systems and identify:

Gaps
Risk areas
Opportunities for quality and performance improvement
Experience supporting process, people, and system validation during transformations.
Collaboration & Execution

Strong collaboration skills to work with:

Business stakeholders
Functional planners
IT and implementation partners
Ability to manage testing detail while maintaining endtoend supply chain context.

Analytical & Professional Skills

Strong quantitative and analytical skills for test data creation, scenario analysis, and defect rootcause analysis.
Critical thinking and structured problemsolving capabilities.
High attention to detail with the ability to link test outcomes to overall supply chain performance.

Senior QA Resource Requirements Kinaxis & Supply Chain Planning (Lead)

Key skills