Collaborative Planner/VRP - Family Care & Professional (IFP)

Collaborative Planner/VRP - Family Care & Professional (IFP)

Job Description

About Us:

People have looked to Kimberly-Clark brands for more than 150 years and today we're proud to help over a billion people around the world cope, laugh, love and live every day.

From the best nappies and baby wipes to the softest tissues, to the best supplies for business, we are constantly searching for new ways to make life better for our consumers, our customers and our planet.

Our leading consumer brands like the Kleenex, Huggies, VIVA, U by Kotex, Poise, Depend brands improve the lives of people around the world.

Kimberly-Clark proudly leads the way in providing better care for a better world. 

Led by Purpose.

Driven by You.

Purpose: 

Reporting to the Logistics Lead for Family Care & Professional (IFP), this position is responsible for the timely deployment of orders for our top customers to ensure an efficient supply chain exists through collaborating on forecasting and replenishment planning.

Job Description


* Responsible for the timely deployment of orders to ensure the delivery of high level of stock availability in DCs and maintain the right SS


* Generate and analyse weekly and monthly KPI reports (Millicent shipment by week, Daily CFR, Millicent codes missed on deployment


* Prepares weekly order plan (shortfalls, availability, KPI measures on miss) and customer collaboration reports as input to the weekly and fortnightly customer meetings.

(Top 5 customers)


* Managing back orders


* Work with the strategic distributors, supply chain and commercial teams to ensure clear and open communication between the Professional team and distributors


* Publish timely and accurate KPI and supply risk reports to enable effective decision making for distributors and commercial teams


* Assist Logistics Lead with the project/initiatives to achieve business goals

Requirements


* Prior experience in a similar Planning position and ideally from the FMCG industry


* Strong analytical skills to interpret inventory data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.


* Proficiency in demand forecasting techniques to predict future inventory requirements accurately


* Experience working with cross-functional teams, ability to manage multiple stakeholders cross functionally, and able to articulate and identify business priorities, drivers, risks and opportunities

What’s On Offer

Our Kimberly-Clark employees receive a competitive salary and incentives as well as access to a fantastic range of benefits including superannuation, career development opportunities, free health & well-being activities, volunteering leave and much more.

About You:

You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fuelled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

To Be Considered:

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