Supply Chain Analyst

Supply Chain Analyst

Job Description

Supply Chain Analyst

Location: Bryanston (Hybrid)

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. 

In this role, you will:

Take responsibility for analyzing and interpreting internal and external data to enable better service, improved understanding of costs, and recommend and drive changes within the Supply Chain to deliver on key metrices.

The role supports Warehouse and Distribution, Import and Export and Customer Services for South and Southern Africa.

This role will use recognized problem-solving techniques for data-analysis and will use the outputs to support Supply Chain decision-making within the business.


* Service Reporting:


* Interpret weekly and monthly fill-rate including root-cause analysis


* Develop, co-ordinate, drive and embed on-time + in-full (OTIF) as KPIs within the various areas of the Supply Chain


* Recommend key changes to customer-behavior (and impact on cost and service) by using Supply Chain data to drive results


* Uses data trends to identify efficiency opportunities in the order-taking process


* Understand relevant customer-reports being shared with KC supply Chain team, and align understanding and use of customer-date to support operational-decisions.   


* Cost Analysis


* Extract information from internal and external data-systems (e.g.

SAP, TMS, Vendor systems) related to Supply Chain costs and volume.


* Consolidate and analyze cost-drivers and supply-chain data such as shipment and delivery times, lanes, providers, pallet and inventory levels


* Consolidate cost-driver information related to import-costs


* Analyze drivers related to customer cost-to-serve, determine trends related to specific customers, and recommend actions to improve service / cost at a customer level


* Provide input into assessments of supplier performance and evaluate potential new suppliers to ensure quality and cost-effectiveness


* Team coordination


* Drive formal and regular problem-solving sessions within the Supply Chain using KPIs and Scorecards as inputs.

About Us

Huggies®.

Kleenex®.

Baby Soft®.

Kotex®.

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.

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