Team Manager, Professional Services - IND

About Kinaxis

As a member of our Consulting Team, you understand our customers’ most pressing business performance challenges and you are committed to helping our customers solve complex challenges in the distributed value chain that is prevalent in manufacturing today.

The Team Manager in our Professional Services organization is a billable people leader, with dual responsibility-acting as  a  trusted  resource  on customer projects and providing Line management to  a  team  of delivery practitioners. Supporting  PS Leadership, you will  help with hiring  decisions, support  employee goal  setting  and development plans, conduct regular 1:1s and be responsible for mentorship, ongoing coaching,  and performance management of your team. You will guide the team to achieve individual and team objectives, while continuing to meet your own individual targets.


What You Will Do:

• Be accountable for a broad range of people management responsibilities such as fostering team engagement and  building  team culture,  leading  one-on  one  meetings,  setting  performance  and  career  development objectives, driving continuous performance discussions, including the year-end review, participating in annual compensation reviews, supporting the development of employee growth plans, acting as an ambassador of key company  policies  and  initiatives  and  building  employee  recognition.  You  will  also  be  calledon  to  handle important  administrative  duties  like  expense  approvals,  Kantata  review, time  off  requestsand  offboarding.   Leverage support from senior leadership and/or HR where necessary.
• Actively  engage  in  the  hiring  process:  provide  insight  into  skill  and  resource  requirements,  participate  in interviews, be part of selection decisions, and see to a smooth and effective onboarding process for your new hires.
• Provide  insight  to our  PS  Resource  Management  and  next  level  PS  leaders on key skills  within  their  team  to support optimized staffing of customer projects.
• Guide your team, as required, on a variety of topics to support them to be as productive as possible.
• Cascade  relevant  business  news  or  messaging  to  team  members  and  help  them  to  understand  the  broader company strategy and/key focus areas.
• Support next level leadership initiatives, including practice contribution forums, training and development, and promotion recommendations.  
• Proactively address individual performance concerns, coaching as needed.
• Continue to act in a billable capacity on projects in the current area of expertise and specialization.

What are we looking for

• Typically,  at  least 5years  of  experience  as  amid-senior level PS consultant  with experience  in multiple deployment cycles.
• Ideally 2-4 years of management experience, obtained through previous people or project roles.
• Ability to lead diverse teams in an inclusive environment.
• Support the team in balancing priorities and foster an environment of collaboration.
• Excellent communication and listening skills.
• Organized and able to multitask and priorities.
• People focused individuals who are able to balance the needs of the team and business. 

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Work With Impact: Our platform directly helps companies power the world’s supply chains. We see the results of what we do out in the world every day—when we see store shelves stocked, when medications are available for our loved ones, and so much more. 

Work with Fortune 500 Brands: Companies across industries trust us to help them take control of their integrated business planning and digital supply chain. Some of our customers include Ford, Unilever, Yamaha, P&G, Lockheed-Martin, and more. 

Social Responsibility at Kinaxis: Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee weighs in on hiring practices, talent assessment training materials, and mandatory training on unconscious bias and inclusion fundamentals. Sustainability is key to what we do and we’re committed to net-zero operations strategy for the long term. We are involved in our communities and support causes where we can make the most impact.

People matter at Kinaxis and these are some of the perks and benefits we created for our team:

• Flexible vacation and Kinaxis Days (company-wide day off on the last Friday of every month)
• Flexible work options
• Physical and mental well-being programs
• Regularly scheduled virtual fitness classes
• Mentorship programs and training and career development
• Recognition programs and referral rewards
• Hackathons

For more information, visit the Kinaxis web site at www.kinaxis.com or the company’s blog at http://blog.kinaxis.com.

Kinaxis welcomes candidates to apply to our inclusive community. We provide accommodations upon request to ensure fairness and accessibility throughout our recruitment process for all candidates, including those with specific needs or disabilities. If you require an accommodation, please reach out to us at recruitmentprograms@kinaxis.com. Please note that this contact information is strictly for accessibility requests and cannot be used to inquire about application statuses.

Kinaxis is committed to ensuring a fair and transparent recruitment process. We use artificial intelligence (AI) tools in the initial step of the recruitment process to compare submitted resumes against the job description, to identify candidates whose education, experience and skills most closely match the requirements of the role. After the initial screening, all subsequent decisions regarding your application, including final selection, are made by our human recruitment team. AI does not make any final hiring decisions.