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: Customer Logistics Officer
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
The Role
- Manage the Order to Cash process to provide proactive support for the achievement of turnover, service and growth objectives
- Oversee the order management process for Nigeria
- Drive the process of Order Fulfillment to achieve On Time & In Full (OTIF) targets.
- Be the leader of all Supply Chain/Logistics joint plans with customers.
- Oversee total query management for internal and external customers.
- Lead negotiations with customers on order fulfilment and on-time deliveries.
- Direct the activities of your direct reports to Develop and maintain the collaborative relations with customers.
- Ensure constant contact and communication with customers and stakeholders.
Operations Teams:
- Initiate and implement Commercial Team reporting and support functions including Critical Stock Allocation, Monthly and Quarterly Tracking, Public Holiday Planning.
- Liaise with key customers’ procurement and receiving functions to identify optimization opportunities for service improvement and delivered cost reduction.
- Lead implementation of, and monitor and optimize effectiveness of customer collaboration initiatives including close coordination of activities with the customer to support sales and logistics objectives.
- Support and occasionally lead Continuous Improvement projects in the areas of new product introduction, new or changed customer requirements, cost management or service improvement.
- Sales/Marketing Support for measurement and tracking reports for promotional activities or other initiatives.
- Provide customer intelligence to Sales, Marketing, Distribution and Planning to inform and guide decision-making processes.
- Ensure adherence to all Internal Business Controls, Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, Customer Trade Agreements and other legislative requirements.
- Review 3PL performance versus established operational KPIs to identify improvement opportunities and develop and implement process improvement plans.
- To ensure that the entire order process is managed in a cost-effective and business-aligned manner. This also includes managing all internal discrepancies e.g. pricing, order pad management, Critical Stock Allocations, the DNO List etc
- To oversee the active growth, construction and maintenance of electronic order processes
- Drive continuous improvements in CuSe systems and processes to meet evolving customer needs and requirements
- Manage and report appropriately on free of charge orders, bag & tag orders, staff sales orders, wadding orders and the billing function.
- Develop and implement proactive problem-solving techniques within the team to ensure speedy reactions to situations as they arise, with the least cost/time to the business
- Develop, implement, monitor and report on KPI’s conducive to the achievement of the overall business objectives
- Ensure adherence to all Internal Business Controls, Sarbanes-Oxley legislation, Customer Trade Agreements and other legislative requirements.
- Ensure adherence to SOPs, and ensure all SOPs are updated quarterly as required Oversee SOP management and monitoring of team adherence to the SOP’s.
- Monitor adherence of 3rd Parties to KPIs to ensure service.
Qualifications
- B.Sc / HND
- Degree / Diploma in Supply Chain / Logistics Management or equivalent.
- At least 3 years of experience in Customer Service or Exports, preferably in FMCG industry.
- SAP and Excel experience a must-have.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online