Sr. Material Planner - Shared Pro

Sr. Material Planner - Shared Pro

Job Description

As a person, you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and driving continuous improvement. You see the big picture while mastering the details, ensuring that every product, process, and partnership flows with precision and purpose. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always working to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

In this role, you will:

• Coordinate material plans that support the needs of various Kimberly-Clark Professional projects, while achieving customer service objectives at the lowest total delivered cost.

• Execute material requirement plans to ensure supplies and work-in-process availability which supports production schedules and optimizes inbound efficiencies.

• Provide long-term forecasts to vendors and acts as liaison between Planning, Procurement, and Suppliers.

• Coordinate with Mid-term Planners and provide direction to Material Planners on material changes to support business plans and minimize obsolescence in collaboration with Operations, Marketing, Planning, and Packaging.

• Work with suppliers to coordinate their schedules and establish priorities when required to prevent supply constraints or customer service; ensure vendor resources will support business plan.

• Maintain accurate recipe planning information for raw materials in SAP-ERP (an Enterprise Resource Planning system), updating as necessary for material / product changes.

• Participate and lead problem solving and process improvement with production site, staff, and vendor teams.

• Lead and / or participate in various projects which support achieving both production site and staff objectives.

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 Supply Chain 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 in Business/Logistics/Supply Chain or related field

• 2 or more years of experience in Supply Chain/Operations at a site or staff level

• Demonstrated ability to organize resources and analyze alternatives to make effective decisions

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, building trust with others

• Willingness to challenge the status quo and facilitate different perspectives to drive solutions

• Strong analytical skillset, and Microsoft Excel proficiency

• A demonstrated ability to provide work direction and influence peers and others

Preferred (not essential, but desired):

• Previous Experience as a Material Planner and / or Production Scheduler

• Experience with SAP (R3 or APO) is preferred

• Working knowledge of supply chain interactions

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 www.mykcbenefits.com.