Senior Supply & Demand Planner

Senior Supply & Demand Planner

Job Description

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. 

 

About the Opportunity:  

The Senior Supply and Demand planner (BCC - Baby and Child Care) leads supply planning for the BCC side of the business with the goal of maximising Customer service and minimising costs through effective ordering and management of inventory.

This is done via closely coordinating with our overseas manufacturing sites Mills, ensuring a well organised supply planning space conducting regular production meetings, PO governance, regular reviews of Safety stock/Lead times etc. 

 

This role will also have the capability to support our Demand planning Team coordinate the baseline and promotional planning forecast inputs from the National Sales, Account and Category Management teams in a collaborative fashion to develop an aligned SKU by state split forecast over a 24-month horizon. They will be a point of contact in relation to short term demand changes and the allocation of stock in short supply and is the foundation for subsequent production, procurement and deployment plans. 

 

Business partnering and collaboration with the rest of the Supply chain Team as well as our cross functional stakeholders in Sales, Marketing and Finance is a critical part of this role.

The ability to build relationships, confidence and trust across the business is essential.

Delivering our NPD projects each year also falls into this area (ensure critical milestones related to SC are met on time or any risk mitigated with no unplanned costs or commercial impacts). 

 

Analysis and reporting of results and opportunities for process improvement is an important part of the role.

Leading and participating in key forums within the S&OP cycle and play an important critical role supporting the Supply chain Leadership Team, the success of the function and the broader business. 

 

Key Responsibilities: 


* Lead, coach and manage x1 direct report, a China Mill based Dispatch planner supporting raising of POs and manage mixed container requests to optimize shipping efficiency. 



* Maximising Customer service (DIFOT, OBSL etc) and minimise costs through effective ordering and management of inventory. 



* Partner closely with our overseas manufacturing sites Mills (primarily in Chi...