Business Consulting Manager

Location US-Remote
ID 2026-34298
Category
Sales
Position Type
Full-Time
Remote
Yes

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About Kinaxis 

Elevate your career journey by embracing a new challenge with Kinaxis. We are experts in tech, but it’s really our people who give us passion to always seek ways to do things better. As such, we’re serious about your career growth and professional development, because People matter at Kinaxis.   

 

In 1984, we started out as a team of three engineers based in Ottawa, Canada. Today, we have grown to become a global organization with over 2000 employees around the world, and support 40,000+ users in over 100 countries. As a global leader in end-to-end supply chain management, we enable supply chain excellence for all industries. We are expanding our team in the US and around the world as we continue to innovate and revolutionize how we support our customers.  

 

Kinaxis has a well-established team of Sales and Professional Services professionals across the US. Our newest office is based in Irving’s Las Colinas development and will serve as a centralized hub where employees and customers from across the US can come together to work towards solving some of the biggest challenges facing supply chains.  

Location

This is a remote position.  You can work from home and be located anywhere in NA

About the team/role

As the Manager of Business Consulting, you will lead a team of Business Consultants, working in
tandem with the sales organization to focus on all activities that will ensure target sales achievement
and total customer satisfaction. 
You will lead the charge in architecting value-driven solutions by managing an elite team of Pre-Sales Business Consultants dedicated to winning market share and securing long-term customer success. You will act as the bridge between technical mastery and commercial strategy, ensuring every sales motion is backed by deep business insight and flawless execution.

 

What you will do


￿ Lead a team of Business Consultants in North America, who partner with our sales team to
provide demo support.
￿ Act as a resource to Business Consultants and provides mentorship and coaching.
￿ Build expertise in the Kinaxis Maestro solution to be able to effectively showcase its value and
impact for customers and to support your team in delivering customer presentations and
demos.
￿ Where necessary create and deliver supplementary presentation materials in support of
customer-specific demonstrations.
￿ Assist in identifying the customer’s needs and key stakeholders in the purchase decision-making
process.
￿ Consistently follow the sales process which includes ensuring that key deliverables are
delivered.
￿ Proactively provide effective feedback to product management on product gaps and
improvement areas

 

What we are looking for


￿ Minimum 7-10 years of supply chain management and consulting and/or enterprise pre-sales
experience and domain expertise in one or more of the 5 key industries served (Automotive,
High-Tech, Pharma/Lifesciences, Aerospace and Defense, CPG)
￿ Desired 4+ years direct or indirect experience managing a team.
￿ Strong knowledge of supply chain fundamentals, industry best practices, and available solutions
in the SCM / ERP space.
￿ Post-secondary diploma or degree in business, supply chain, computer science or process
engineering. Graduate degree (MBA or MS) preferred.
￿ Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate the value of supply chain
management solutions through compelling presentations. Experience in developing and
presenting concise point of views to convey the value of technology solutions and services.
￿ Adaptable with strong sense of initiative
￿ Ability to manage multiple priorities and perform well in a fast-paced environment
￿ Consultative sales savvy – appropriately position software capabilities and interact across all
levels of the internal and external organizations.
￿ Demonstrated ability to work jointly cross functional (sales, consulting, support, product
management) with internal teams to achieve desired revenue and customer satisfaction goals
 

 

Desired Leadership Traits

 

Comfortable developing people, building effective teams, making critical decisions, and being a
champion of change.


Leading Others:
￿ Builds teams with appropriate and diverse mix of styles, perspectives, and experience.
￿ Establishes common objectives and a shared vision.
￿ Creates strong team morale.
￿ Manages conflict and fosters open dialogue amongst the team.
￿ Challenges team to higher performance goals and establishes an environment where they hold
themselves –and each other– accountable for results.


Developing People – Grows professionals under leadership to meet both their career goals and the
organization’s goals
Building Effective Teams – Builds and maintains healthy teams that apply their diverse skills and
perspectives to achieve common goals.
Decision Making – Makes good and timely decisions that keep the organization moving forward.
Championing Change – Advocates and facilitates change when needed, while providing support for in
the change management process.
Driving Vision & Purpose

 

 

#Intermediate

#LI-DF1

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.

 

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