Distribution & Logistics Manager at Kimberly-Clark

Kimberly-Clark and its well-known global brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 150 countries. Every day, 1.3 billion people - nearly a quarter of the world's population - trust K-C brands and the solutions they provide to enhance their health, hygiene, and well-being. With brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, and Depend, Kimberly-Clark holds No.1 or No. 2 share positions in more than 80 countries.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Distribution & Logistics Manager

Job Requisition ID: 850463
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Job type: Full time

Main Responsibilities

• Strategic and Operational accountability for all logistics and distribution activities in Nigeria
• Demonstrate leadership in Logistics & Distribution processes, policies and standards including demand planning, warehousing, transportation, customer service and import/export.
• Demonstrate a thorough understanding of end to end supply chain process, including systems and process interfaces with mills, procurement and S&OP.
• As a member of the Nigeria leadership team, actively participate to the strategic decisions to meet the company goals, and make sure logistics and distribution activities are aligned to those strategic decisions.
• Ensure safe and environmentally sound working conditions and practices within L&D.
• Providing work direction and strategic leadership to the L&D team.
• Actively coach the team building their leadership skills, end to end supply chain knowledge, customer understanding and business acumen, drive performance management activities to achieve business results.
• Have a thorough understanding of Lean Basics of waste, visual management, 5S, Simple Problem Solving and Standard Work and implement those through the L&D activities.
• Engagement with the business, maintain close, co-operative relationships with key stakeholders and customers, including  marketing, sales, finance, operations and legal.
• Lead to identify cost saving opportunities through operational efficiency in the value chain to improve K-C’s level of profitability and make sure that the identified opportunities are brought into life, change management
• Compliance to CFI’s in all L&D activities
• Communicate fully with superiors, subordinates, and others who have need to know. Communicate in a way that is timely, yet prompt; complete, yet concise; candid, yet accurate; and clear, yet responsive.
• Identify and work with stakeholders to solve, systemic and complex L&D related issues, product shortages and loading or carrier constraints.
• Initiate/lead or contribute significant logistics & distribution projects that are adding value in support of delivering KPI’s and the business results.
• Support the development and process improvement of L&D specific processes in related areas.
• Understand and ensure appropriate application of Nigeria regulations, policies and procedures in the operations. Build relationships with Government offices where needed, work closely with legal and regulatory teams.
• Develop KPI’s and strategies for L&D process, and lead efforts to make progress on all reporting and metric enhancement initiatives.

Qualification

• Candidates should possess a Degree

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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