Plant Logistics Manager

Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Pune District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work model

Job summary

Kimberly-Clark is seeking a Plant Logistics Manager in Pune, India, to lead end-to-end logistics including RM/PM receipt, production issuance, FG dispatch, and 3P warehouse operations. You will drive inventory accuracy, implement QMS standards, and collaborate with plant and CSL leadership to ensure safe, efficient material flows.

The role emphasizes safety, process improvement, and alignment with global supply chain goals, with a focus on on-time delivery to multiple channels including Ecom and

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG industry in commercial/warehouse department.
• Desirable: Diploma in material management or Diploma in export and import management.

Responsibilities

• Maintain equipment associated with production, packaging and distribution through preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance.
• Lead plant logistics operation – Receiving RM/PM, Issuance to Prod as per plan, Inventory accuracy, FG dispatch to GT/MT/Ecom, Export.
• Stock accounting, reconciling material consumption and excess material back.
• Ensure channel-specific labeling and delivery as per the call.
• Manage Indirect material engineering store inventory and operation.
• Be a key member of Factory Leadership Team and CSL Leadership Team, linking plant operations & logistics.
• Ensure materials are stored per QMS and safe warehouse practices.

Education

Postgraduate in Commerce

Job description

Plant Logistics Manager Job Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.

Supply Chain

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World. As a person, you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and driving continuous improvement. You see the big picture while mastering the details, ensuring that every product, process, and partnership flows with precision and purpose. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always working to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

About You

In one of our Supply Chain roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

Job responsibilities include:

• You will be maintaining equipment associated with the production, packaging and distribution of Kimberly-Clark products through preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance work. This role is part of Kimberly-Clark’s investment in creating new jobs and expanding its capabilities to produce that are essential to millions of lives around the world, and right here in India
• Lead plant logistic operation – Receiving RM/ PM, Issuance to Prod as per plan, Inventory accuracy, FG dispatch to various channels – GT / MT/ Ecom, Export.
• Stock accounting, ensuring all ICP, Supporting Prod in reconciling material consumption and taking excess material back.
• Ensuring channel specific stickering and delivering as per the call.
• Managing Indirect material Engineering store inventory and operation
• This role will be a key member of Factory Leadership Team and CSL Leadership team and operate as tissue connecting plant operations & logistics.
• Ensuring the materials handled and stored as per QMS.
• To ensure people safety and right practices in warehouse.
• Responsible all 3P warehouse operation including co packing, dispatch from 3P to customers and depots as needed.
• This role will develop as a backup / successor for two key roles in India CSL organization (Country logistics & Customer team and order mgmt.)

Accountabilities: Major Action: Safety: Administer rules / report noncompliance. Identify hazards. Implement policy / system change for engineering stores. Plan and manage manpower, production, maintenance, grade changes, and trials. Participate in delay and waste reduction activities. No accident / hazard in Engineering Stores area. Implementation of relevant Safety systems. Physical Condition audits at stated frequencies. List brief statements that describe what you do and how you do it (Major Actions), how much time you spend on it (Percent of Total Job); why you do it (Expected End Result); and how you can tell whether you have done it (Ways to Measure Accomplishment). Rank each statement according to importance (1 being the most important).

Warehouse Management: To develop business plan & Initiative for Mill logistics operation Ensure Warehouse operation, coordination with transporter, 3 P logistic operation. Lead control the RM/ PM / FG inventory at optimum level, minimize obsolete & slow-moving material, Timely disposal of reject material Support production from input and output material movement and uninterrupted plant operation. Ensure proper storage & handling of indirect material. Ensure production entries and transfer entries are and accounting entries are done on timely basis and on daily basis. Monthly closing activities –Ensure the month closer activities are done as per the central plan. Preparing Material Variance report, reviewing and taking due approval to post entries. Dispatch coordination & 3P Activities monitoring: Ensure the FG dispatches are happening as per the dispatch plan. Coordinate between production, 3p and transporters for daily dispatches. Work closely with sales supply team to ensure timely order fulfilment to Ecom / MT channels. Support to Ecom / MT channels by providing special labelling and transportation to close connect with Ecom and MT channels to ensure customers are getting due service. Export order execution - Coordination for export order execution as per schedule and ensure the proper documentation for export shipment. Ensure RM PM or semifinished goods movements are as per plan. Monitoring the accounting of 3P material transfer, FG SFG accounting, periodically and reconciliations of material lying at 3P’s. Stock accounting and effective ICP implementation: Ensure daily stocks taking, recording of all receipts, reviewing and confirming the inventories. Ensure the controls are in place for material accounting and material movements, Reviewing the process on regular basis and confirmation to ICP. Conducting monthly stock check with external auditors and preparing material variance report. Taking corrective steps to minimize the stock gaps and variance. Facilitating SLOB and timely write off slow / nonmoving items from inventory Warehouse Administration, Quality Assurance, Safety and Controls: Ensure the safety & Quality norms are followed in warehouse. Controlling, monitoring and motivating warehouse team to continuously increase the efficiency of warehouse team for delivering the best. Ensure that Raw Material / Packaging material/ FG is kept in clean hygienic condition. Storing and stacking norms are followed. Ensure that QMS requirements related to warehouse are fulfilled. FIFO in RM/PM and FG is maintained as per requirement. Materials are stored as per batches and back tracing is in place. Expected End Result (Why you do it?): Product is delivered to the Customers as per the agreed schedule and in good condition. Controlling the inventory (RM PM, SFG, FG, Engg Store), material movements and inventory accounting. Uninterrupted Plant operation by seamless flow of material. Quality and Safety standards are followed consistently. Driving cost, automation and team capability. Ensure 3P supply and accounting is right. Ways to Measure Accomplishment (How you can tell you have done it?): Customer feedback on OTIF, No complaints on shortage or wrong deliveries. No excess or short inventory impacting the production negatively. Material variances are minimal and is on reducing trend. Driving automation, building better system and delivering benchmark operational cost. No quality / safety issue related to WH operation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Postgraduate in Commerce, having at least 10 years’ experience in FMCG industry in commercial/warehouse department.
• Desirable: Diploma in material management or Diploma in export and import management.

Total Benefits We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you. We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.

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, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses 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 local policies. #LI-Onsite Primary Location Pune Sanaswadi Mill Additional Locations Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time Fueled by ingenuity, creativity, and an understanding of people's most essential needs, we're working to find new ways to make a positive impact on the world we share. Kimberly-Clark and its trusted brands, including Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Intimus, Neve, Plenitud, Sweety, Softex, Viva and WypAll, are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries by helping individuals experience more of what's important to them. We use sustainable practices that support a healthy planet, build stronger communities, and ensure our business thrives for decades to come. To learn more about the company's 150-year history of innovation, visit kimberly-clark.com.