Collaborative Demand Planner

Kimberly-Clark; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consumer goods company is seeking a motivated individual to manage customer relationships and optimize supply chain logistics. In this role, you will work closely with various teams to ensure that customer requirements are met and that inventory is efficiently managed. A strong background in Supply Chain is preferred, along with excellent collaboration and analytical skills. Benefits include competitive pay, flexible work arrangements, and comprehensive health cover.

Benefits

Gym membership

Private medical insurance

Dental cover

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Defined contribution pension scheme

Qualifications

• High performer with a proven track record in delivering business results.
• Comfortable working independently at a customer’s site when required.
• Organized and able to work effectively across functions.

Responsibilities

• Manage Customer Relationship and deliver customer requirements.
• Collaborate to evaluate impact of promotions on demand forecast.
• Optimize supply chain inventory and logistics planning.

Skills

Supply Chain experience

Excellent collaboration skills

Strong interpersonal skills

Numerical and analytical skills

Self-motivated and driven

Job description

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.

You will work closely with Customer Management, Demand Management, European Supply Chain Services and Logistics, along with the supply teams in the top UK Grocers to ensure business requirements are fulfilled, issues resolved and potential problems are anticipated with corrective action taken.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Customer Relationship and work collaboratively with the retailer to understand and deliver customer requirements on both day to day and strategic objectives.
• Work collaboratively with Sales, Marketing and Demand Management to evaluate impact of promotions and base run rate changes on the demand forecast in order to maximise sales, customer service and minimise stock holding to ensure aims and objectives are on track and executed to required standards and timelines.
• Validate, challenge, and provide assumptions on future SKU level volume and production.
• Active management and communication to optimise end‑to‑end supply chain inventory and logistics planning.
• Pro‑active development and implementation of customer collaboration best practices e.g. KPI Service Tracking and Collaborative Planning meetings.

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:

You will be a high performer, preferably with Supply Chain experience with a positive “can do” attitude and passionate about what you do. You will have a proven track record of success and delivering business results in current / previous roles.

This role requires a self‑driven and highly motivated person, with excellent collaboration skills to allow you to successfully manage these important customer relationships. High levels of drive to succeed and make things happen and comfortable working independently at a customer’s site when required.

You will need to be highly organised with strong interpersonal skills as well as excellent numerical and analytical skills and are able to work effectively across functions.

Total Benefits

We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. Our belief in promoting a healthy work‑life balance drives us to support our employees’ total well‑being, offering comprehensive benefits not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.

Certain benefits, such as flexible work schedules and parental leave, can be tailored to meet specific individual needs, giving our employees the flexibility to manage their commitments inside and outside of work. We are proud to be rated as a top 100 workplace for working mothers for two years in a row.

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.

Primary Location

No K‑C Work Site UK South East

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub‑Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time