Logistics Planner

Logistics 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: 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

In one of our Logistics Planner 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:


* Ensure material availability to meet the production schedule through effective planning, inventory control, and coordination with manufacturing.


* Monitor and control production-related system activities, including order reporting, timely order closure, and cleanup of overdue orders.


* Track and communicate key planning & logistics KPIs (production conformance, on-time delivery, others) and perform daily follow-up to maintain control of the production plan.


* Coordinate cross-functional activities such as BOM changes, engineering trials, and validation runs with planning, manufacturing, engineering, and other departments.


* Manage the end-to-end flow of materials, including receipt, storage, and distribution of raw materials, spare parts, supplies, equipment, and finished goods.


* Maintain accurate and efficient inventory control by monitoring consumption, reconciling system vs.

physical inventory, ensuring SAP accuracy, and implementing best practices.


* Lead inventory assurance processes, including cycle counts and discrepancy minimization, to guarantee material availability and accuracy.


* Support warehouse efficiency by maintaining Kanban and FIFO systems, promoting organization, cleanliness, and best operational practices.


* Collaborate with the quality team to monitor materials under inspection or hold status to ensure timely resolution and availability.


* Support the development of the 18 month+ S&OP plan and ensure alignment between strategic planning and day-to-day execution across harvesting, processing, and fiber demand.


* Support and develop short-term execution plans and detailed schedules, ensuring agility and efficiency in a constrained and variable FOAK environment.


* Collaborate with key stakeholders (R&D, Agg team, Operations, Logistics, Procurement, Planning, a...