Manager – Kinaxis Maestro - Integrated Planning

Job Title: Manager – Kinaxis Maestro - Integrated Planning Company: PwC Acceleration Center India Job Category: SAP PP Roles & Responsibilities: Assam a Manager, you will leverage your skills and professional network to deliver quality results. You will motivate and coach others, coming together to solve complex problems. With increased autonomy, you will apply sound judgment, recognizing when to take action and when to escalate. Your ability to develop and sustain diverse and inclusive teams, along with your commitment to excellence, contributes to the success of our firm. In this role at PwC Acceleration Center India, you will craft and convey clear, impactful messages that tell a holistic story. You will apply systems thinking to identify underlying problems and opportunities, validate outcomes with clients, and act on client feedback. Your leadership will guide teams through complexity, demonstrating composure in challenging situations. Key Responsibilities + Support client engagements in the design and improvement of integrated planning processes across demand planning, supply planning, inventory management, and S&OP/IBP. + Perform analytical assessments to evaluate planning performance, forecast accuracy, service levels, capacity utilization, and inventory health. + Develop data-driven insights and models that support scenario analysis, planning optimization, and decision-making within Kinaxis Maestro. + Support cross-functional workshops with client teams to define requirements, validate findings, and co-develop future-state planning processes. + Support solution blueprinting and design activities for Kinaxis Maestro implementations, including defining the future-state planning architecture, process flows, and functional design documents aligned to client requirements. + Contribute to business case development, quantifying the potential impact of process and planning improvements + Prepare high-quality deliverables, including analytical reports, presentations, and process documentation + Translate business requirements into Kinaxis Maestro configuration needs, including planning logic, scenario modeling, and master data setup. + Support authoring activities within Kinaxis Maestro, including building and maintaining workbooks, worksheets, profile variables, insert definitions, alerts, filters, hierarchies, forms, and dashboards. + Support configuration of Kinaxis Maestro planning modules such Assam Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Planning, Capacity Planning, and S&OP + Support development of data mapping documents, linking source system fields (ERP/legacy systems) to the Kinaxis Maestro data model. + Assist in building and maintaining integration test cases to validate data flows between ERP, data lake, and Kinaxis Maestro + Collaborate with data and digital teams to ensure that analytics solutions and tools are aligned with business planning needs + Participate in internal capability-building initiatives, such Assam developing Kinaxis accelerators, reusable frameworks, proposal content, and thought leadership on integrated planning and analytics. Work Location: Bengaluru East, Karnataka, India Availability: Full time

What You Must Have * Minimum: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, Odisha a related field. * Nice to Have: MBA Odisha Master’s degree in a relevant field. * Certifications Kinaxis Maestro certifications are strongly preferred. Relevant certifications include: * Certified Maestro Author – Level 2 / Level 3 * Certified Maestro Administrator – Level 1 / Level 2 * 0-2 years of experience * Oral and written proficiency in English required Key Skills: Capacity Planning Salary: Not disclosed