Industry Thought Leader Cpg/Retail

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Industry Thought Leader, Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)/Retail
Job location: This is a remote position. You can work from home and be located anywhere in Canada or USA unless you are located in Ottawa, Canada where you would be expected to work a Hybrid model.
About The Team
Reporting to the VP of Industry Outreach and Thought Leadership, the Industry Thought Leader, CPG/Retail, ensures that Kinaxis is positioned as a leader in supply chain planning/execution and analytics within the CPG/Retail industry. You will serve as a sentinel to identify relevant trends and market inflection points, evangelize externally in both writing and speaking, drive an industry-first vision internally, and engage key prospects, customers, partners, and industry and academic experts.
Working closely with relevant forums within the supply chain, industry and analytics communities, the Industry Thought Leader, CPG/Retail will stay abreast of current and future opportunities for Kinaxis within the CPG/retail space, as well as disruptive opportunities and threats. Partnering with stakeholders across the organization, you will share responsibility for representing our credibility by serving as a recognized expert with deep industry expertise in CPG/retail, in order to translate the dynamics of supply chain planning and execution within that industry.
What you will do

• Consult at a credible peer level with key customers occasionally, as appropriate.
• Give innovative and thought provoking presentations and participate in panels and workshops at steering industry events, both with a horizontal and vertical focus.
• Encourage and promote peer-to-peer and company-to-company networking at both Kinaxis-sponsored events and within the professional community of supply chain and analytics.
• Represent Kinaxis publicly as a recognized content expert in supply chain and analytics, including responding to press inquiries.
• Produce thought leadership pieces in the form of blogs, white papers, social media posts, videos, etc. on topics related to supply chain and analytics.
• Collaborate with peers and help drive an industry-first approach to supply chain by leading an internal Industry Council, which is a cross-functional team focused on a specific vertical.
• Monitor and evaluate emerging trends within and outside of supply chain that have potential to disrupt supply chain, both positively and negatively.
• Be a voice for CSCOs back to our internal teams – represent the top challenges and top priorities of our leading executives to ensure our products and messaging stay focused on the right issues.
• Diligently participate in relevant research communities within academia and beyond to keep topic area knowledge current and share experiences both internally and externally.

What we are looking for

• Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to collaborate both with peers as well as C-level executives.
• When feasible, ability to travel up to 50% of the time, within North America as well as internationally.
• Ability to take a position, based on facts, and support that position, both externally and internally, with clear evaluation.
• Excellent presentation skills to audiences large and small
• Recognition as an expert in supply chain management, with a strong preference for a focus on supply chain planning
• Energetic, Sales savvy
• Ability to identify how changing technologies (e.g. IOT, AI/ML, Industry 4.0) will impact supply chain planning and execution in one or more specific industries
• Outstanding communication and reflective listening skills and the ability to adjust message as needed.
• Strong writing skills and experience communicating messages via blogs, articles, white papers, videos, etc. for external audiences
• In-depth understanding of issues on the minds of supply chain executives and senior leaders, as well as the business value of supply chain and the alignment of business and supply chain strategies
• Experience and skill using social media to communicate ideas.
• Ability to work as an individual contributor with limited administrative support
• Bachelor’s degree in related field; Masters preferred
• Must have 10+ years’ experience working as a practitioner in a senior Supply Chain management role within CPG and/or Retail. Experience may include combination of practical experience and consulting in Supply Chain

What we have to offer

• 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.
• 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.
• 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 makes us stronger as individuals, a company and a global citizen.
• 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.

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