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.
This position is a member of the WCE/MEA Planning leadership team and a key resource for Supply Planning and S&OP within the cluster. The WCE Supply Planning Team Leader manages a large team of Supply Planners, responsible for supporting the day to day running of operations in our large WCE Personal Care Facilities, through effective Mill Planning (Materials and Asset Scheduling), Tactical Planning and Deployment.
In this position, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
1. Support and develop a highly engaged and high performing team in collaboration with local HR / EM HR / EM WCE AME Supply Planning leadership. Key processes - People capability building, Objectives, Succession planning, D&I and driving engagement.
2. Manage the development and execution of EM inventory management strategies and tools required to achieve the agreed business objectives for both Inventory and service within supported EM mills.
3. Own and support the WCE S&OE process, via Tactical Planning and Deployment team members, to ensure the short- term needs of business operations are delivered and optimised.
4. Own the deployment of Finished Product from our WCE Personal Care Facilities into receiving markets.
5. Lead an effective Mill Planning process within our facilities ensuring minimal material driven downtime, efficient asset scheduling whilst delivering to our Customer Service objectives.
6. Drive supply chain collaboration with Cluster/region affiliates including service, availability, inventory.
7. Provide support for statistically managed inventory process (SMI) and activities required to deliver annual year on year inventory reductions.
8. Be an influential leader within Product Supply and functional resources toward driving best practice and standardized capacity planning processes.
About Us
Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You
You 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.
In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the centre. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
9. At least 5 years experience in fields of demand & supply planning / Inventory management/ Logistics execution.
10. A good coach and trainer for ensuring the capability flow through the organization.
11. Strong analytical skills to evaluate root cause analysis, thoroughness and problem-solving skills; ability to collaborate and influence based on data.
12. Ability to operate under pressure in a fast-changing environment.
13. Ability to influence and shape decisions across the functions and with senior management.
14. Excellent communication skills.
15. A positive, enthusiastic and motivated team player who is able to work with a variety of individuals and cross-functional teams to take initiatives to problem solve.
16. CI mindset essential.
17. Experience in working closely with commercial teams.
Please note that only CVs in English will be considered.
Total Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see .
To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.
And finally, the fine print….
Primary Location
Walton Oaks
Additional Locations
Litovel Mill, No K-C Work Site - Czech Republic, No K-C Work Site - UK NSE, No K-C Work Site-Ukraine, No K-C Work Site UK South East, Prague Office, Ukraine- Flexible Location, Ukraine- Kiev
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time