Sr. Network Design Strategist, Global Supply Chain

Kimberly-Clark • Neenah, WI

123d • $127,600 - $157,600

About The Position

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. This role leads the development and delivery of complex analytics in support of Enterprise Supply Chain end to end strategies and decision-making processes, with focus on transformational initiatives for the business. By developing creative analytic tools, using COUPA network modelling software and in-depth business knowledge, provide fact based/objective point of views and recommendations based on synthesis of insights generated from analysis. Facilitate highly complex problem solving and enable decision making to set the strategy of the Global Supply Chain Network. You will be building recommendations to transform KC's Enterprise Supply Chain.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Accounting, Operations, Economics, or Strategy with equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of progressive work experience and demonstrated success in business analytics within a functional line like R D, Engineering, Supply Chain, Finance, Manufacturing/Operations.
• Must have strategic thinking, collaboration and change management capabilities.
• Performing insightful business analyses, leading the use and integration of analytics for fact finding purposes.
• Translating customer needs and questions into analytics and facts with strong quantitative components.
• Making recommendations on the best analytical approach.
• Structured problem-solving skills.
• Strong project experience - ability to deliver results against set expectations, timelines.
• Strong presentation and story-telling skills, capable of creating strong visuals to support the key messages.

Nice To Haves

• Graduate Degree (MBA or other relevant degree).
• Consumer goods experience.
• Kimberly Clark Personal Care product and process knowledge.
• Coupa or other Supply Chain optimization software experience.
• Power-Bi development.

Responsibilities

• Lead analytical, multifunctional workstreams that result in strategic recommendations to transform K-C's Supply Chain Design.
• Develop Supply Chain models using Coupa (previously Llama soft) in support of key K-C transformation strategies and agenda.
• Analyze business fundamentals, financial performance, and relative benchmarking positions to recommend solutions to highly complex business problems.
• Design and develop complex analytics in support of key problem-solving initiatives, analyzing and translating findings into clear and compelling recommendations/solutions.
• Research and synthesize the fact base in projects leveraging several sources of data internal and external, from primary and secondary sources.
• Help build K-C Supply Chain capabilities by delivering bulletins/reports with industry best practices, developments, etc.
• Proactively design and deliver work-sessions and lead workstreams partnering with business experts to analyze and solve problems across K-C Supply Chain areas, Segments, Regions, and businesses.
• Conduct interviews, lead brainstorming sessions, find critical business information, and help business leaders develop innovative approaches to their business.

Benefits

• Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions.
• Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
• Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.
• Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
• Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Paper Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree