Demand Planner France

**Your Job**

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 your Planning role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

**About Us**

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. 25% of people in the world use Kimberly-Clark products every day. And it takes the right people, in the right jobs and the right places, to make that happen.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform—so what can you do with that? There’s no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

**Led by Purpose. Driven by You.**

**About You**

As the Demand Planner France you will be part of the UK & WE Supply Chain team and will be responsible for providing the timely creation and communication of robust market demand to enable the delivery of Working Capital targets, Operating profit and Customer Service goals.

You will manage a portfolio of products to provide the most accurate and up-to-date view of market demand at Stock Keeping Unit (SKU) level for France. Furthermore, you will initiate and support process improvement activities to key stakeholders across the value chain.

You will report directly to the Northern Europe Demand Planning Manager and you will be an individual contributor (no direct reports).

**YOUR KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES**:

- Leading the Demand Review process for France as part of Golden Sales &Operations Process (S&OP) cycle - all categories
- Providing a monthly up-to-date view of market demand of products for France, by maintaining a 24 month rolling forecast at invoice SKU level and location level.
- Managing forecast locations splits, roll-overs and allocation rules to optimize service and reduce obsolescence / slow movers and cost exposure as well as DIO targets
- Short-term management/coordination of the execution of plans, communication of changes, issues and shortages, avoidance of obsolete products and stock run outs.
- Initiating and/or supporting projects to continuously improve Demand Reviews, forecasting processes Including statistical forecast as part of the S&OP process.
- Driving improvements in forecast accuracy and bias
- Understanding and communicating supply chain impacts and solutions (when appropriate) of category-specific business plans as well as recommendation of SKU optimization
- Championing and owning development of Lean mindset and behavior within the WE Demand Planning team

**WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU**:

- Educated to degree level with a previous experience in Supply Chain and/or Planning
- Analytical skills, good at data manipulation and analysis
- Product and Customer Portfolio Knowledge,
- Project Management / Innovation Process skills
- Knowledge of Rollover & Obsolescence management, S&OP process, Inventory Management and forecasting. Experience with SAP
- React to rapidly changing priorities, quickly make decisions and recommendations, and remain calm under pressure.
- Demonstrates influencing skills and a problem solving, self-starter and self-driven approach
- Fluent in French and English required

**Total Benefits**

**To Be Considered**

Please submit your CV in English as it will be considered by English speakers.

In the meantime, you can check out the Careers Areas on our website (if you haven’t already). You’ll want to review this and come prepared with a few relevant questions if and when you pass GO and begin interviews.

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- 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._
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