Industry Principal

At Kinaxis, who we are is grounded in our common belief that people matter. Each one of us plays an important part in accomplishing our work, building our culture and making a global impact.

Every day, we’re empowered to work together to help our customers make fast, confident planning decisions. This is how we create a better planet - for each other, for our customers and for generations to come. Our cloud-based platform RapidResponse ensures that the products we need - everything from medicine and cars, to day-to-day items like toothpaste - make it to market and into our hands when we need them with mínimal ecological footprint.

We make the world better, and you can too.

**Industry Principal - Supply Chain Planning**:
**Job Location**:This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in Singapore _. _

**What you will do**:
With a background in value selling and process/solution consulting, you will be perceived as an industry solution and value engineering expert. You will use a consultative approach to create a clear roadmap for technology and process improvements, and the unique value Kinaxis can deliver. You will possess sound knowledge of the industry and customer-specific business challenges, and articulate how the right combination of process and Kinaxis solutions can address customer-specific needs. This position will require domestic and international travel.
- Acts as pursuit manager on key opportunities working collaboratively with sales, pre-sales and services to position the right solutions to new prospects and existing customers.
- Works closely with pre-sales in the discovery phase to uncover differentiated value drivers.
- Provides key objectives for demonstrations and works with sales/pre-sales to align on demo flow.
- Generates and presents business case analyses (typically conducted collaboratively with prospects/customers) to highlight the unique and differentiated value and ROI of our solutions.
- Understands key industry challenges and trends, connects those to the customers' unique business dynamics, and translates that to the appropriate Kinaxis solutions.
- Creates industry and customer-specific messaging to support sales cycles.
- Understands Kinaxis solutions offerings, and those of our competitors, at a depth to be able to communicate our differentiation and how it ties to a unique value.
- Assesses how existing and emerging Kinaxis solutions can support supply chain efficiencies and transformation.
- Develop and fosters a strong relationship as a trusted industry and solution expert with customers in areas such as business, finance, and IT.
- Demonstrates strong supply chain and technology domain expertise - Demand Planning, S&OP, Supply Planning, Supplier Collaboration, Business Analytics / Reporting, and Infrastructure Technologies.

**What we are looking for**:

- 10+ years of consulting and/or pre-sales with industry experience in the area of supply chain management.
- Strong knowledge of supply chain fundamentals, industry best practices, and available solutions in the SCM / ERP space.
- Ability to articulate the value of supply chain management solutions through compelling presentations. Experience in developing and presenting a concise point of views to convey the value of technology solutions and services.
- Consultative sales savvy - appropriately positions software capabilities and interacts across all levels of the organization.
- Effective public speaking/communication skills with the ability to convey necessary concepts, and overcome objections.
- Demonstrated ability to work jointly cross-functional (sales, consulting, support, product management) with internal teams to achieve desired revenue and customer satisfaction goals.
- Graduate degree (MBA or MS) preferred
- Finance background/experience a plus

**What we have to offer**:

- **Challenging Work - **We love solving highly complex problems. And as the global leaders in our industry, we never stop innovating—our work is never “done. That’s because across our teams and in all roles, every employee is empowered to bring their best ideas forward and to jump in and solve the problems they’re passionate about.
- **Great People - **We take our work seriously, but we don’t take ourselves too seriously It’s in our DNA to celebrate, laugh, and have fun. We are stronger, together, when we are open, honest, and above all, real. Every person is valued here and plays an important role in our shared success.
- **Global Impact - **As a global team spanning continents, boundaries, and cultures, every day we are inspired by the impact our work has on our colleagues, our customers, our communities, and the world at large.
- **Diversity, Equity and Inclusion**:

- Diversity, equity and inclusion are more than words to us. They are the guiding principles for building a culture where we celebrate each others’ differences, continuously strive for equality and recognize that inclusion m