Supply Planner at Kimberly-Clark

Job Description

You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.  

We’re looking for a Supply Chain Planner to join our vibrant, dynamic and highly social team.

This is a fast paced environment offering you exposure to a number of different business areas and an opportunity to work in an ever-changing environment with innovative products.

As a Supply Chain Planner you will have responsibility for a particular product family, which will normally be linked to Kimberly Clark sites and external vendors, within the 0 to 4 month time horizon.  The role will require daily tracking of stock levels and sales forecasts provided by the Customer Business Units (CBU’s) and liaison with a variety of business functions such as Customer Service, Demand Management, Logistics Operations, Strategic and Procurement teams etc. to ensure optimal product supply, utilizing the SAP Planning system and transactional processes.

In this position, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Contributing to the preparation of daily/weekly production plans within a portfolio.
• Optimisation and rapid day to day communication of change to production and deployment to best meet customer service and inventory objectives.
• Optimise system capability through reporting, planning and transactional systems to deliver objectives, maintaining accurate master data and inventory requirements.
• Execution of product/packaging rollovers, introductions and discontinuations.
• Lead projects to continuously improve planning and supply chain processes.
• Identify, monitor and advise on risks, opportunities and priorities to aid tactical and strategic decision making.
• Management of day to day inventory issues

About You 

You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fuelled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

Do you have what it takes?

• Previous experience as a Supply Chain Planner/Tactical Planner/Supply Optimiser/Production Planner
• Background in FMCG or similar 
• Bachelor’s Degree (BA, Bsc) or equivalent is desirable.
• Experience in SAP is desirable.
• Proven track record of building successful cross-functional relationships.
• Fluent in English is essential (additional language skills would be advantageous), together with first class communication and analytical skills.