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Customer Logistics Senior Specialist (Blue Ash, Ohio) Ash

Kimberly-Clark · West Chester, OH · 4 days ago
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Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, 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.

About the role

You will lead vendor-managed ordering activities for Kroger Family Care products, ensuring accurate and timely replenishment aligned to demand signals and inventory targets. This role is based full-time (5 days per week) on-site at Kroger Headquarters in Blue Ash, Ohio, designed to enable strong, real-time collaboration with Kroger partners and enhance joint supply chain execution.

Responsibilities

  • Lead vendor-managed ordering activities for Kroger Family Care products, ensuring accurate and timely replenishment aligned to demand signals and inventory targets.
  • Support and enhance order forecasting processes for Family Care products, partnering cross-functionally to improve forecast accuracy, service, and inventory efficiency.
  • Own and advance data analytics, insights, and OVS reporting across all brands, translating data into actionable recommendations that improve in-stock performance, inventory productivity, and overall supply chain outcomes.
  • Develop processes to facilitate collaboration and alignment between CLSS, K-C sales, supply-chain, and Kroger to ensure Right Time, Right Place, Right Quantity execution.
  • Leverage on-site presence at Kroger Headquarters to strengthen day-to-day collaboration, visibility, and joint problem solving with Kroger partners.
  • Lead execution of the product transition process across CLSS, driving adherence across key retailers.
  • Support Customer Replenishment Specialists and Customer Supply Chain Consultants to manage and execute product flow for promotional activity, product transitions, new item introductions, and strategic or seasonal demand.
  • Ensure a comprehensive on-boarding program and continued education for Customer Replenishment Specialists and Customer Supply Chain Consultants, including process and tool utilization.
  • Lead or support strategic end-to-end initiatives that deliver year-over-year improvement in service, inventory, and cost.
  • Strategically organize and develop quarterly and annual plans to drive weekly and monthly prioritizations of key development activities and projects.
  • Create a respectful environment among team members and motivate improvement of individual and team performances to achieve desired business results.
  • Maintain effectiveness in varying environments with different tasks, responsibilities, and people.
  • Set priorities and strategically identify issues, underlying problems, and potential solutions to develop a plan of action.
  • Render judgments and make timely decisions in alignment with business objectives, strategies, and tactics.
  • Promptly reconcile and communicate changes in plans and programs, conditions, requirements of the marketplace, competitive activities, issues, and accomplishments that may affect results.
  • Conduct team adjustments to new changes and adapt to meet requirements of changing conditions/situations.
  • Keep team leader informed on the status of plans and programs, changing conditions, requirements of the marketplace, issues, and accomplishments that may affect business results.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Logistics/Supply Chain, Business, or related field.
  • 2+ years of supply chain or relevant professional experience.
  • Cross-functional supply chain background.
  • Strong oral and written communication, relationship-building, and adaptability.
  • Results and strategy-oriented with skills in prioritization, time management, change management, resource and team management, project and risk management, and analytical decision-making.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Advanced supply chain knowledge, forecasting, LEAN/problem-solving, and ethical judgment.
  • Proficiency in data access tools and PC-based applications (Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) as well as RSi.
  • Ability to conduct strategic business and data analyses precisely and proficiently with data-driven recommendations for improvements and advancements.
  • Previous position as a Customer Replenishment Specialist or Supply Chain Development Manager.
  • Ability to communicate precise innovative Supply Chain and business solutions to customers and team leaders/members.
  • Ability to adapt and support the organization through times of change.
  • Ability to build strong, sustainable business relationships at various levels throughout the organization and with key customers.

Benefits

Kimberly-Clark offers a comprehensive benefits suite, including:

  • 401(k) and Profit Sharing plan.
  • Target bonus eligibility.
  • Additional benefits and opportunities to achieve, thrive, and grow (see www.mykcbenefits.com for a complete overview).

Pay

Salary range: $87,260 – $107,780 USD. Actual pay will depend on location, role, skills, performance, and experience. This range applies to US locations only.

Schedule

Full-time, 5 days per week on-site at Kroger Headquarters in Blue Ash, Ohio.

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