Customer Logistics Senior Specialist – Walmart

Customer Logistics Senior Specialist – Walmart

Job Description

You are not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we are 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 will bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you will help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

As a Customer Logistics Senior Specialist, you’re responsible for optimizing replenishment and maximizing instocks/OSA through the analysis of retailer forecasts, inventory and replenishment strategies, and Kimberly-Clark plans. This role interacts directly with the Walmart replenishment manager and internal K-C teams (sales, supply/demand planning and others) to enable best-in-class replenishment execution.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the development of accurate sales forecasts and inventory plans with Sales, Walmart (Replenishment Mgr, Buyer and Planner) and Sales Planning for a category(s) by SKU/week/national for 0-6 months

• Lead and facilitate weekly Demand Review Meetings with Sales, Finance, Sales Planning and Walmart

• Own and manage forecast and inventory policy recommendations in Walmart’s CPFR site

• Lead the cross-functional coordination of promotional events and Walmart modular relays

• Utilize Top-Down Forecasting, POS vs. Ship Analysis and consumer take-away in order to identify forecast bias and trends to improve accuracy at or above objective

• Drive suggestions for improving the volume forecasting process and the performance of the demand forecasting tools and systems

• Perform thorough analysis to provide potential volume opportunities via on going collaboration with Marketing, Planning, and Sales Planning team members during month Assumption Review Meetings

• Develop forecasting subject matter expertise through experience with processes and systems (internal IBP/TPM forecasts, Walmart GRS and Supply Plan) that allow for efficient and effective forecasting

• Maintain effectiveness of varying environments with different tasks, responsibilities and people. Set priorities and strategically identify issues, underlying problems and potential solutions to develop plan of action

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 fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. 

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.  

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 center.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree

• 5+ years experience in Supply Chain, Finance, or Customer Development with previous assignments in one of the following areas: forecasting, replenishing, planning, and advanced analytics

• Candidate must be able to work independently with demonstrated proficiency in oral & written communication, analyzing, influence, collaboration, motivating, business intuition and results orientation

• Prioritization and time management, cross-functional collaboration, change management, project and team management, active listening, adaptability and interpersonal skills

• Demonstrated LEAN thinking & capability