Production Planner

Production Planner

Job Description

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.

As a person, you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and driving 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

In one of our Supply Chain roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

Job responsibilities include:



* Support the Sales & Operations Execution process through weekly demand reviews and tactical machine scheduling to ensure on-time, cost-effective material delivery.


* Manage master data, machine schedules, and inventory strategies to maximize efficiency, optimize resources, and meet customer service targets.


* Leverage technology and data to track KPIs, identify improvement opportunities, and support weekly Sales and Operations Execution control tower reviews.


* Support the Sales & Operations Planning process through demand reviews, capacity planning, forecasting, and participation in monthly communication forums.


* Lead or support sourcing strategies and material forecasting to mitigate supply risks, prevent shortages, and align key stakeholders across the value chain.


* Represent Nonwovens Staff Planning on commercialization initiatives, manage material transitions, and drive logistics and process improvements to reduce waste and streamline operations.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Required Qualifications



* Bachelor's degree in Logistics/Supply Chain, Business, or related field.


* 2+ years’ experience in supply chain.


* Adept analytical skills to identify issues and develop solutions; expertise in Excel and the ability to work with large sets of data and complex spreadsheet models is important


* Risk Management: Manage risks effectively without losing sight of the core job purpose.


* Must have the ability to look at the supply chain from upstream to downstream with both short term and long-term planning in mind.


* Strong communication skills and proven ability to achieve results while building trusted relationships with team members.

Preferred Qualifications



* Planning & scheduling asset experience is preferred (additi...