Logistics Sr. Specialist

Logistics Sr. Specialist

Job Description

Candidate must reside in the Neenah, WI or Dallas, TX area

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. 

As a Logistics Senior Specialist, you’ll be a part of the North America Logistics Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and Process Team.  In this role, you’ll provide functional expertise and support for WMS, SAP and related tools used in shipping office operations within the North America network of Kimberly-Clark distribution centers.  The position supports ongoing shipping office operations, troubleshooting and continuous improvement initiatives like the shipping office automation program.  This role will also support shipping office operations for strategic site projects as needed.  You’ll serve as a Distribution systems functional expert and help ensure standards and appropriate training are in place, with primary focus on shipping office personnel.

In this role you will:

• Provide ongoing operational support for shipping office operations as a technical/process subject matter expert

• Support the development of new task automation capabilities that simplify shipping office tasks

• Support scope includes testing and deployment of new capabilities

• Work with other members of the WMS Process Support Team, provide onsite support for shipping office team members during Distribution projects that impact the shipping or receiving operations at a site

• Support standardization of processes, including automation, and utilization of metrics to identify and improve operational gaps in the network

• Understand key differences between conventional/non-automated distribution centers vs. automated distribution centers to provide site-specific support

• Support ad hoc and structured training initiatives for our network shipping office coordinators to maintain adequate shipping office proficiency

• Drive and/or support other shipping office continuous improvement initiatives

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:

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

• Bachelor’s degree and/or 5+ years of relevant prior experience in Supply Chain, Engineering or Operations disciplines

• Ability to provide technical support, including troubleshooting or recommendations for resolving break/fix issues

• Ability to influence without authority, orchestrate projects across multiple cross-functional team members, and provide leadership to Mill/Staff Logistics teams

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially around complex topics – ability to train users on these topics

• Applies advanced Logistics knowledge and skills with unde