Production 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**.

In this role of Production Planner, you will be responsible for coordinating and auditing production planning and appropriate material scheduling in a way that cost effectively meets business requirements

As part of your principle accountabilities, you will:

- Ensure and implement the efficient management of ongoing Mill Production plans to facilitate sales and production capability.
- Ensure and implement ongoing material ordering and scheduling for the Mill and appropriate external manufacturing locations including raw materials and packaging.
- Lead stock capacity and management for principal materials.
- Lead and participate in appropriate Mill and external system development to ensure the Mill optimises its resources and its technologies in providing accurate, timely and useful information.
- Maintain the Mill internal control system in line with Kimberly Clark CFI’s.
- Network with appropriate Mill, region and sector EMEA IFP Stakeholders with respect to operational, logistic, sales, marketing and business product planning.
- Lead the rapid resolution of production planning issues arising as a result of variations to sales forecast or unplanned production interruptions.
- Support the improvement of Mill systems and procedures for monitoring material usage in conjunction with Product Supply Analyst and Operations Co-ordinators

**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 professional 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:

- Excellent communication skills.
- ** Fluency in English (written and spoken)**is essential**with a second European language advantageous (Spanish).
- Ability to operate under pressure in a fast-changing environment
- Strong analytical skills.
- ** Strong Excel and analytical skills, a must,**with SAP knowledge an advantage.
- Continuous improvement mindset is essential
- Experience of detailed production scheduling and material plans along with knowledge of physical supply chain structures and management principles would be advantageous
- Experience & exposure to fast moving environments where product promotions and innovation mean constant change and continual development are the norm.

**Total Benefits**

**To Be Considered**

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

**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 chara