Digital Kinaxis Lead
OpellaDigital SC Planning Kinaxis End-to-End Solution Lead
Grade: L3
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Hiring Manager: Sonia Poy
Opella is the self-care challenger with the purest and third-largest portfolio in the Over-The-Counter (OTC) & Vitamins, Minerals & Supplements (VMS) market globally.
Our mission is to bring health in people’s hands by making self-care as simple as it should be. For half a billion consumers worldwide – and counting.
At the core of this mission is our 100 loved brands, our 11,000-strong global team, our 13 best-in-class manufacturing sites and 4 specialized science and innovation development centers. Headquartered in France, Opella is the proud maker of many of the world’s most loved brands, including Allegra, Buscopan, Doliprane, Dulcolax, Enterogermina, Essentiale and Mucosolvan.
B Corp certified in multiple markets, we are active players in the journey towards healthier people and planet. Find out more about our mission at www.opella.com.
About the job:
Our Team:
The Kinaxis End-to-End Solution Lead will be integrated in the Opella Digital Business Solutions Supply Chain Planning team, which is managing the Supply Chain Planning solution portfolio, roadmap and projects globally. This mainly includes Kinaxis and the integration layer with the existing and future solutions for integrated functions (i.e. Finance and Manufacturing ERP, Commercial TPM, Analytics) and partners (i.e. Distributors). Overall Supply Chain Planning includes S&OP / IBP, Downstream and Upstream Planning processes supported mainly (but not only) by Kinaxis which also enables what if scenario for strategic or tactical decision.
Main responsibilities:
The Digital SC Planning Kinaxis End-to-End Solution Lead mandate is:
Plays a critical role within our Supply Chain planning landscape. This position is responsible for end-to-end functional design, solution governance, advanced configurations, and ensuring alignment between business requirements and Kinaxis capabilities. It also requires close coordination with SAP, integration teams, and business stakeholders to ensure that planning processes are robust, scalable, and aligned with global standards.
Act as the intermediary between the business and Digital, using a deep understanding of business processes and technology to help business stakeholders achieve their desired outcomes
He/she acts as a E2E Supply Chain Planning expert and project lead on critical business initiatives, driving the work of other functional experts and external consultants.
Butterfly Program* will be launched, He/she will play a central role as a E2E Kinaxis Solution lead.
*Butterfly is a strategic transformation program named Butterfly, aimed at building a standalone, future-ready digital ecosystem.
Deliver Functional or /and technical analysis and expertise for Supply Chain Planning solutions for Projects, Products or Solution within their area of expertise. S(H)e also leverages specialized, functional, or technical expertise for solving complex functional or technical problems as individual or as team member.
S(H)e leads and executes Functional /Technical expertise all along the lifecycle (plan, design, build, run) of Digital Product belonging to his/her domain of expertise
As key job responsibilities:
As an intermediary between the business and Digital, the Kinaxis End-to-End Solution Lead:
We are looking for a passionate and hands-on Kinaxis expert to join our Digital Supply Chain Planning organization.
Provides support and incident management for complex solutions or fixes that cannot be handled by AIMS, ensuring issues are resolved with the right balance of speed, quality, and sustainability.
Collaborates with technical teams, developers, and external partners when required.
Identifies and analyzes business needs and coordinates between stakeholder groups to address them and deliver prompt, efficient, and high-quality service.
Creates prototypes and co-designs innovative solutions.
Works with Digital and Business stakeholders to elicit high-level requirements, capture business needs, understand the customer journey, and define user requirements.
Engages with Digital and Business stakeholders, influences project decisions, assesses risks of different solutions, and prioritizes competing business demands.
Promotes architectural consistency and usability standards; defines and executes test cases.
Support cross-functional design and troubleshooting in integrated scenarios (detailed scheduling , MRP…)
Proactively monitors industry, functional, and technology trends.
As technical expert of the solution:
Ensures end-to-end delivery of expertise.
Acts as the authority in his/her domain of functional / technical expertise.
Owns standards and practices related to his/her domain of functional / technical expertise.
Provides and ensures a broad and strategic vision of the domain, including conducting regular studies and technology/functional watch activities.
Collaborate with other architects and business analysts to ensure end-to-end process integration and consistency, ensuring compliance with architecture standards and guidelines, and guarantees correct interfaces between applications.
Proposes total cost of ownership optimizations for his/her technical domain.
Supports Opella during audits and inspections involving computerized systems.
Contributes actively to operational excellence by facilitating risk management, performing or contributing to root cause analysis, and acting as L3 support within his/her domain of expertise.
Proactively upskills in the domain, developing sustainable functional competencies to support the business and deep expertise in the technical solution configuration in Kinaxis.
About you
Experience:
9+ years of work experience in digital
Significant experience in industry or consulting in supply chain planning area.
Experience in pharma or consumer goods industry or Information Technology department as a major differentiator.
Project management experience and ability to manage multiculture teams.
Understanding of Agile methodologies (Jira, Confluence)
Experience with multi-geography, multi-tier service design and management
Ability to translate functional specifications into technical design documents, support the construction of efforts and cost estimates, and manage delivery the desired functionality
Soft skills:
Experience managing environments with significant change management needs
Capacity to reconcile multiple change workstreams and structure into concrete project dependencies
Leadership and coordination capabilities
Strong written/spoken communication with ability to articulate advanced supply chain concepts
Results and processes oriented with analytical mind-set
Dynamic, creative and receptive to new ideas
Teamworking ability and mindset
Transversal collaboration
Business Acumen
Problem solving
Willingness to learn and put “hands-on” in technical topics
Technical skills:
Information technology knowledge and mindset
Expertise on Supply Chain Planning System/APS such as Kinaxis (8 years+ experience) + SAP APO/IBP, o9, BlueYonder, OMP… as a must.
Supply Chain Planning business process
Kinaxis knowledge is a major differentiator
Application Design and integration
Agile practices as a plus
Infrastructure engineering as a plus
Continuous improvement as a plus
Education:
Engineering degree (industrial engineering, information technology)
Languages: Fluent spoken and written English. Spanish or French is a plus.
Why us?
At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.
We Are Challengers.
We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:
All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.
Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.
Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.
Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.
Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.
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