Network Transportation Manager

Network Transportation Manager

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.  

The Network Transportation Manager is responsible for creating, maintaining, and managing a transport strategy that optimizes cost, capacity, service, and sustainability for Kimberly-Clark's North American inbound, customer, and inter-mill deliveries. This role encompasses various transportation modes, including truckload, intermodal, rail, and LTL. The Network Transportation will lead key partnerships with Procurement, Supply Planning, Transportation Operations, Solutions, and Analytics. Key deliverables include cost-saving programs, carrier compliance, on-time delivery, and sustainability. 

  

In this role, you will: 

• Manage and optimize transportation network for the specific region. 
• Conduct risk assessments through predictive analytics to build a transport strategy for current and future markets. 
• Develop analysis and scorecards to communicate with customers and key cross-functional teams, aiming to improve overall supply chain compliance and effectiveness. 
• Lead aspects of Transportation Management, striving for Customer Service Excellence at minimal Total Delivered Cost (TDC). 
• Own relationships with third-party transportation carriers to ensure service level requirements are met at contracted rates. 
• Develop capacity planning strategy and partner with procurement to ensure adequate transport capacity to support business needs through annual RFP, mini-bid process, or direct negotiation. 
• Influence third-party carriers and other key network stakeholders to adopt and maintain a safety mindset and culture. 
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to deliver financial and operational improvements and understanding. 
• Work with Solutions team/TMS to enhance network management processes. 
• Provide transportation subject matter expertise to guide regional strategic growth plans. 
• Develop a short term (1-2 years) regional strategy that defines OTR/Intermodal mix, live/drop opportunity, and any transportation gaps to overcome. 
• Function as the Transportation liaison between Transportation Operations, Strategy & Analytics, and Solutions to improve transportation processes. 
• Formalize QBRs with partner carriers, including annual transportation summit. 
• Conduct regular operational meetings with carriers to align priorities, service, and capacity. 

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. <