Strategic Planner

Strategic Planner

Job Description

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.

The Strategic Planner is a member of the South-East Asia Markets planning leadership team and key resource for SP & S&OP leader for Cluster. Strategic planner is responsible for medium- and long-term supply planning. It involves capacity management of 3-5 mills, generation of Master Prod Schedule(MPS) & Scenario planning for 10-20 assets, leading Supply review as part of Cluster S&OP, owning E2E Inventory results and work process(including norms) of $100 M and manage supply readiness for 10-15 initiatives/year based on the business plan.

In this role, you will:

• Own & lead 3 quarterly cadence for the Cluster

• This role owns the long-term demand and supply balancing and rough-cut capacity planning(RCCP) for 3-5 Mills producing annualized 5000 MSU for 10-15 markets to deliver supply sufficiency for Cluster business of NSV $ 250-400 M. This aggregates into a quarterly review with EM President & EMLT.

• Create and own service level agreements (SLA) for mill market supply, drive scenario building, and supply prioritization decisions basis aligned SLAs with SC Dir/Sr Dir, EM planning director and Cluster CS/L, Mill Managers.

• Provide consolidate demand and supply visibility to regional & mill finance teams for QF planning.

• Own and lead 3 monthly cadence for the Cluster

• Consolidate monthly rolling forecasts for 50 network lanes/1000skus to issue a Monthly Master Production Schedule (MPS)  for 10-20 assets for mid to long term ( 3 months -18 months horizon) for the tactical & mill planning to schedule prod. & to logistics for RCCP-Warehouse and transportation

• Owns and conducts Supply review and builds supply scenarios with Mfg, Logistics, Procurement, MFT as part of S&OP with SC Dir/Sr Dir, EM planning director and Cluster CS/L, Mill Managers

• Represents supply planning team in monthly multi-functional initiative execution team for supply readiness of the 10-15 initiatives/yr. Manages Phase-in Phase-outs fand prebuild ownership

• Own SKU productivity with markets for ~300-500 SKUs working with CSLs

• Own E2E Inventory results and work process (including norms) for $70-150 M inventory

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 more than 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.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You 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.

In one of our Strategic Planner – SEA roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Experience of 8-10 years in supply planning , capacity planning , PPDS, initiatives execution and PIPO management, inventory planning

• Hands on experience with planning tools like SAP –APO SNP, BW/BI, advance excel

• Strong analytical skills to evaluate root cause analysis, thoroughness and problem-solving skills; ability to collaborate and influence based on data

• Strong interpersonal, communication and presentation skills; demonstrated skills interacting at various levels of an organization

• Bachelor’s Degree in a Business, Supply Chain, Science, Engineering or related discipline; Graduate Degree (MBA) preferred

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.

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And finally, the fine print….

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.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

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Primary LocationIndia - Mumbai

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Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time