PLANNER III

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Description:
Kimberly-Clark and its well-known global brands are an
indispensable part of life for people in more than 150
countries. Every day, 1.3 billion people - nearly a quarter
of the world's population - trust K-C brands and the
solutions they provide to enhance their health, hygiene, and
well-being. With brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, and Depend, Kimberly-Clark holds No.1 or No. 2 share positions in more than 80 countries. With a 135-year history of innovation, we believe in recruiting the best people and putting them in the right jobs so that they can do their best work. Currently, we are seeking an experienced Planner III to support the Workplace/DIY Business in the Kimberly-Clark Professional Sector in our Corinth KCP Plant.



This position is responsible for scheduling or coordinating production and materials ordering
at copackers/contract manufacturers and/or K-C production
sites to support business objectives and business plans.
Expected to lead and/or participate in various projects which support achieving team objectives.

Responsibilities:

* Schedule production that supports efficient utilization of
material and storage space, while achieving customer service
objectives
* Provide on-call support to the production sites
* Provide a Logistics perspective in working with the
operations team to identify waste, delay, and grade change
opportunities to increase productivity
* Support Supply Chain Integration and Process Improvement
plans
* Must actively participate in problem solving and process
improvement with production site, staff and vendor teams.
Expected to lead and/or participate in various projects whic
support achieving both production site and staff objectives
* Strategic Material Planner provides long-term forecasts to
vendors and acts as liaison between tactical schedulers,
centralized material planning teams, strategic planning,
sourcing and supply management and the vendor
* Maintain accurate planning information for raw materials
and/or finishing supplies in SAP (an Enterprise Resource
Planning system), updating as necessary for material/product
changes
* Coordinate raw material and/or finishing supply changes to
support business plans and minimize obsolescence with
packaging and graphics timelines developed in conjunction
with operations, marketing, planning and packaging

Basic Qualifications:

-Bachelor's degree in Logistics/Supply Chain, Business, Industrial Engineering
-3-5 years experience in Logistics and/or operations for
production sites or staff with significant planning or operations experience in an RfS and LEAN Manufacturing environment.
-Knowledge of and experience with an Enterprise Resource
Planning system specifically SAP R/3 and APO-PPDS.

Other Qualifications:

-A demonstrated ability to effectively organize, plan,
control, analyze, and communicate in a complex environment interacting with multiple other sites and businesses in order to construct and relay production schedules and materials plans with mill operations and staff units.
-A demonstration of excellent decision making and thoroughness
-Personal and organizational sensitivity
-A genuine desire to thrive in an operations/mill environment and to integrate oneself with mill operations.
-Willingness to challenge the status quo and
facilitate different perspectives to drive solutions

Preferred Qualifications:

-Working knowledge of supply chain interactions
-Knowledge of and experience with Business
Warehouse
-Multi-lingual capabilities a plus
-A demonstrated ability to provide work direction to peers or others




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Requisition

Equal opportunity employer

Requirements:
See above

Education: Not Specified

Experience: Not Specified

Travel: None

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Job Created: Wed Nov 04 2009 04:27:06 AM
Last Modified: Wed Nov 04 2009 04:27:06 AM