Stores Leader

Stores Leader

Job Description

Stores Leader

Warren, OH

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®.

 At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and drives 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.

About You

The plant is where Kimberly‑Clark’s purpose comes to life—and our future is being built in Warren, Ohio. As a Stores Leader, you’ll be part of a major investment in best-in-class manufacturing, new capabilities, and long‑term growth.

Working within our High-Performance Work System environment, you’ll lead in a culture of ownership, teamwork, accountability and continuous improvement—where safety, respect, and people always come first, and where your leadership helps deliver essential products relied on by millions every day.

It starts with YOU.


* Champion a strong safety culture by ensuring safe work practices, conditions, and loss prevention standards are consistently upheld across Stores operations.



* Ensure compliance with all regulatory requirements, internal controls, and corporate policies while maintaining accurate documentation and audit readiness.


* Lead daily Stores operations, including inventory control, SAP transactions, cycle counts, and reconciliation to ensure accuracy and reliability.


* Support plant maintenance and operations by ensuring timely procurement, delivery, and availability of Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) materials.


* Respond to urgent equipment downtime by coordinating rapid solutions, expediting materials, and minimizing operational impact.


* Optimize inventory strategy by balancing safety stock, cost, and uptime while reducing excess and obsolete inventory.


* Manage vendor relationships and resolve procurement or service issues to ensure quality, delivery performance, and cost effectiveness.


* Drive continuous improvement of inventory health using Maintenance Parts Process (MPP), Authority to Stock (ATS) processes, data analysis, and collaboration with Central Stores.


* Oversee repairable and refurbished parts processes, coordinating with vendors and internal teams to maintain availability and tracking in SAP.


* Partner cross-functionally with operations, reliability, engineering, and purchasing while s...