Material Support Coordinator (Finance Graduate)

Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Cape Town; On-site; ZAR 200 000 - 300 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consumer goods company is looking for a Material Support Coordinator to manage production materials and reporting at their Epping Plant in Cape Town. Ideal candidates will have a finance background, strong SAP skills, and at least 1-2 years of relevant experience in a fast-paced environment. This role offers flexible working arrangements and a chance to impact global operations.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Equal opportunity employer

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Relevant experience of 1-2 years in a FMCG environment.
• Understanding of material management processes.
• Ability to perform under pressure.

Responsibilities

• Control all material for production.
• Conduct daily floor stock counts.
• Track material consumption and returns.

Skills

Computer literacy

Financial analysis

Stock management

Education

Grade 12 with Accounting

3 Year tertiary Finance qualification

Tools

SAP

Job description

Material Support Coordinator (Finance Graduate)

Job Description

Material Support Coordinator (Finance Graduate), Epping Plant, Cape Town

Job posting closing date : 15th November, end of day

As a person, you’re a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

This position is responsible for 1) controlling all material under the jurisdiction of production, this includes all material issues, returns & physical stock on the production floor and 2) coordinating and reporting on daily production.

In this role, you will be :

• Checking & controlling production material floor stock
• Daily floor stock counts at required times (Including adhering to month end deadlines)
• Tracking all consumption & returns of material on SAP : finishing materials and raw materials
• Investigate material variances daily, including analysis of material quality
• Assist operations team with material trials
• Reconciliation of physical material stock to SAP after every Production run & ensuring that all adjustments were processed on SAP (Diaper raw material to be reconciled daily)
• Alerting Planning in advance for any material shortages that might occur, to ensure timeous procurement of new material
• Ensure adherence to financial procedures during stock counts and reconciling of counts
• Provide timely and accurate decision support, reporting to management to assist in optimising manufacturing cost and meeting plant objectives.
• Work with mill operations team to investigate results, adverse trends and communicate outcomes, as well as suggested corrective actions to relevant individuals.
• Prepare daily production reconciliation reports
• Declaration & Reconciliation of production and machine hours.
• Track total waste trends and share weekly updates

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Baby Soft®. Kotex®. 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 this manufacturing role, 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 :

JOB REQUIREMENTS :

• Grade 12 with Accounting and 1-2 years’ relevant experience, preferably within a FMCG environment
• 3 Year tertiary Finance qualification
• Computer literate, with SAP exposure

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.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

We are an equal opportunity employer and are committed to developing a diverse workforce. Preference will be given to candidates who promote representation within Kimberly-Clark in terms of the Employment Equity Act.

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 relevant background checks carried out in South Africa.

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Primary Location

Cape Town Epping Plant

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time