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August 29, 2024

Kimberly-Clark

Belén

OTHER


IFP Supply Chain Leader, LATAM

Your Job
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 your role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
The Supply Chain Leader will have a primary focus on Supply and demand planning, logistics and customer facing interactions, capability and delivery at ABU level., effectively leveraging the global network and the enterprise solutions (eg Procurement) from the Corporate Center and other Segments to accelerate enterprise priorities and win locally in the IFP Segment

About Us
Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark; you just need to log on!
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.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. 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 (hybrid) work 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.

Main responsibilities:
  • Partner closely with the ABU Business team to develop and deliver the overall Strategic Business Plan and Annual Business Plan
  • Develop and implement the ABU Supply Chain multi-year sourcing and supply strategy to meet the needs of strategic business plans and unlock growth
  • Develop the ABU Supply Chain multi-year logistics cost savings strategy and plan for execution as well as accountability to deliver targets in service, forecast accuracy/bias and inventory/DIO
  • Partner with internal customers during the joint business planning process to prioritize innovation and deliver significant business initiatives for the ABU business
  • Ensure maximization of return on investment on capital and resources
  • Participate in key customer partnerships and support delivery of customer experience / innovation programs
  • Provide supply chain leadership throughout the innovation process to ensure delivery of the business value proposition and excellence in execution
  • Act as a key player during strategic supplier top to tops to drive alignment on IFP ABU priorities
  • Act as first point of contact for ABU on all SC matters and partner with other SC functions (manufacturing etc) and COEs to ensure delivery whilst managing through regulatory, labour relations, and geographical complexities
  • Drive Talent Strategy execution, including strategic talent acquisition, performance and development and workplace culture strategies
  • Articulate and connect teams with business strategies and needs, as well as effectively cascade that vision and strategy into actionable and effective programs resulting in executional excellence.

Experience and requirements:
Mandatory
  • 10+ years in Supply Chain with E2E experience and at least 5 years in a director role managing a large regional team in either APAC, EMEA or LAO (inside or outside KC).
  • Visionary and execution-driven mindset and expert knowledge of at least two of the following areas over a regional scope: Supply & Demand Planning; Transportation, Logistics & Distribution with proven design and execution excellence.
  • Experience of strategy development and business case development to drive return on investment
  • Highly collaborative, skilled at in influencing and leveraging across SC matrixed organizations and commercial functions to create solutions and maximize the SC contribution to business growth and results.
  • Uses industry opportunities and external best practice to inform SC Strategy Development
  • Entrepreneurial approach to Executional Excellence, developing new ways of working to optimize and deliver better service to internal and external customers
  • Critical thinking skills with an ability to tackle unique projects with a positive and problem-solving mindset
  • Fast learner with ability to establish relationships quickly and manage projects under pressure
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, having demonstrated inspirational team leadership across multiple countries
  • Develops and nurtures a distinctive, inclusive and agile work environment, and leads continuous talent development
  • Role model of K-C Ways of Working

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, check out the career’s website. You’ll want to review this and come prepared with relevant questions when you pass GO and begin interviews.
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. 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.
Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact kcchrprod@service-now.com for assistance. You must include the six digit Job # with your request.
This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.

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