Demand Planner

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.

Own the development of the full 0-18 month forecast for assigned brands. Develop a 0-3 month near term forecast by partnering with key internal customers to understanding strategic initiatives, planning successful implementation and executing critical tactics. Develop a 4-18 month long term forecast by partnering with key internal customers to understand current year and future year plans and ensure alignment to long term forecast

In this role, you will:

• Lead the development and delivery of full 0-3 Month SKU/DC/Weekly which meets or exceeds

• forecast accuracy metrics.

• Lead the development and delivery of a 4-18 SKU/Monthly forecast with meets or exceeds

• forecast accuracy metrics.

• Lead the monthly Demand Review to communicate Demand Planning perspectives and

• assumptions associated with brand initiatives, opportunities, and issues to cross-functional

• teams and leadership.

• Lead the S&OE process check and adjust execution against the forecast to ensure delivery of

• forecast.

• Participate in the monthly Product Review meeting with Marketing, BU Sales, Product Supply

• and Finance to gather and align on forecast inputs.

• Collaborate with BU Sales and customer teams to ensure changes in retail plans are understood,

• communicated throughout S&OP meetings, and accurately accounted for in the volume forecast

• Lead and facilitate the development of a future year annual forecast as part of the AOP process

• for assigned brands.

• Partner with BU Sales and Product supply as a resource to understand volume drivers, current

• plans, and provide thoughts/ideas on drivers of gaps to collaborate on gap closure.

• Drive continuous improvement of volume forecasting processes and the performance of the

• demand forecasting tools and systems by sharing ideas with Sr. Long Term Demand Planners

• and Sr. Short Term Demand Planners.

• Ensure effective utilization of forecasting tools to deliver business results and improve volume forecast accuracy through utilization of base and incremental tracking and mix/profile analysis that helps ensure optimal customer service results.

The successful candidate will join the Sales Planning team and report to the Demand Planning Team Leader.

About Us

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform—so what can you do with that? There’s no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark.

It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

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

• 5+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Finance or Customer Development

• Experience with accurate business forecasting, supply and demand, and quantitative business analysis skills.

• Experience in developing customer relations and providing business analysis.

• Strong analytical, forecasting, and business analysis skills.

• Strong leadership, oral and written communication, problem solving, ethical judgement and decision making, storytelling, and project/risk management.

• Ability to travel up to 10% of work time.

• Proficient in data access, analytical tools, and PC based applications (Microsoft Suite, SAP, TPM/A4O).

Total Benefits

For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com

Hybrid Work Arrangements: You’re looking to make a difference. When and where it works best for you. And at Kimberly Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works, flexible work (hybrid) arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 or kcchrprod@service-now.com for assistance. You must include the six digit Job # with your request.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

K-C will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role. The benefits provided will be per the terms of K-C’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will decided in K-C’s sole discretion.

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