Description:
Integrated Planning Manager
About Us
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.
This purpose of the Integrated Planning Manager, ANZ is to ensure the optimal balance between demand and supply, aligned with inventory policy to ensure all customer service metrics can be met.
Key responsibilities:
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Accountable for the overall S&OP, Demand, and Supply (indirectly - with a dotted line to this role) teams across Australia and New Zealand
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Working closely with our manufacturing mills on output and other activities to best satisfy the current planned levels of sales while meeting general business objectives of profitability, productivity, and competitive customer lead times
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Lead the team to work cross-functionally across ANZ with internal business units to forecast anticipated demand, inventory, supply and customer lead times based on the sales forecast, actual demand and capacity forecast
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Work with Kimberly-Clark Global Supply Chain teams to align and implement best practice
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Lead and review the demand and supply balance at the product family and master schedule levels, determining out-of-balance conditions, identifying alternatives, and recommending action for approval
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Work with Sales, Operations, Marketing and Manufacturing to better understand competitive lead times for master scheduled items. Seek ways to reduce internal lead times as well as lead times to the customer
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Challenge current manufacturing and sourcing strategies for all product lines to be sure that the best and most customer-oriented strategy is being used
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Be an internal educator and consultant on master scheduling issues, providing education and training throughout the company to improve company-wide understanding of MPS functions
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Lead the S&OP process to implement and optimise S&OP change programs to move the business through the S&OP Gold Standard Maturity model
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Accountable for the Monthly MBR pack showing the business the net balance of demand and supply together with the key risks and opportunities to the P&L
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Manage the inventory model to ensure the Cash Conversion Cycle is inline with the annual metric
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Lead the Supply Chain planning teams through the change required to be best in-class Gold Standard
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Work with the Customer Supply Chain team to ensure KPI's are being met and service levels by customers are maintained
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Design and implement improvement projects that are required to improve the Advantage survey outcome
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Drive and lead system cleansings of MRP/APO/Prevail settings to ensure maximum setting results and strive for best in class ways of working
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Lead and develop with IT PowerBI dashboards which support business needs for supply chain/S&OP visibility
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Lead a strong planning team who actively works to streamline processes and customer mindset when making decisions
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Support audit control reviews and SOP's related to planning functions
About You
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You have significant experience in Integrated Planning (Demand, Supply, and S&OP) and have managed teams throughout your career
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Experience in an FMCG, eCommerce, or consumer goods organisation is a pre-requisite for this position
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Experience required in SAP MRP/APO and ideally known forecasting tools, and the use of PowerBI/Tableau
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A leader of leaders, you have demonstrated people leadership experience and are a hands on people coach
What's on offer:
Our Kimberly-Clark employees receive a competitive salary and incentives as well as access to a fantastic range of benefits including superannuation, career development opportunities, free health & well-being activities, volunteering leave and much more.
To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.
In the meantime, please check out the careers website.
Kimberly Clark is proudly accredited with as Employer of Choice for Gender Equality WGEA!
Kimberly Clark is proudly ranked by Forbes as 'World's Best Employer' 2021, 2022, and 2023.
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, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
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.
This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role's country only. K-C will not provide relocation support for this role.
Primary Location
North Sydney Office
Additional Locations
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time