Customer Logistics Sr. Consultant - Costco

Customer Logistics Sr. Consultant - Costco

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.  

This role will drive the execution of Kimberly-Clark’s Indispensable Partner customer supply chain engagement strategies with customers. Collaborate with cross-functional teams and have regular face-to-face discussion with key customers to facilitate strategic supply chain actions. The incumbent will have accountability to deliver service and cost excellence that is measured and assessed on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly, and annual basis. Scope of influence for this position includes Supply Chain and Merchandising functions at Customer, Senior Sales Management, Customer Solutions, Demand Management, Distribution, Customer Development Leadership and Customer Business Partners.

In this role, you will: 

• Lead the development and execution of KC & Customer supply chain initiatives to deliver incremental top-line sales, reduce costs, improve cost to serve and drive customer inventory & cost improvements.
• Build strategic relationships with customer’s logistics teams and leadership through partnership forums & ongoing interaction to achieve and maintain preferred supplier status.
• Develop strategic programming with customer and integrate into Customer Development business plans.
• Communicate customer’s supply chain expectations & strategies; dimension the impact to K-C and recommend changes to strategies and policies as appropriate.
• Align, develop, and mobilize implementation of supply chain best practices that deliver improved service, reduced distribution cost & complexity, and enable inventory reductions at K-C and the customer.
• Understand the Business Units and Customer Business teams supply chain initiatives and be the liaison between the customer and K-C to drive the appropriate programs back into the customer.
• Ability to communicate orally clearly and precisely and in writing to individuals and groups. 
• Ability to communicate precise innovative Supply Chain and business solutions to customers and team leaders/members.
• Ability to adapt and support the organization through times of change.
• Ability to assess business views strategically.
• Ability to build strong sustainable business relationships at various levels throughout organization and with key customers.
• Ability to conduct strategic business and data analyses precisely and proficiently with data driven recommendations for improvements and advancements.

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:  

• Bachelors degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years of business experience with at least four years of cross-functional Supply Chain experience; incl