Customer Logistics Sr. Consultant – Costco

Customer Logistics Sr. Consultant – Costco

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Logistics, Supply Chain, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years of business experience with at least four years of cross-functional Supply Chain experience; inclusive of customer service, planning, and distribution.
• Demonstrated LEAN thinking & capability.
• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision and demonstrated proficiency in oral & written communication, analyzing, influence, collaboration, motivating, business intuition and results orientation.
• Prioritization and time management, cross-functional collaboration, change management, project and team management, active listening, adaptability, and interpersonal skills.
• Must be able to travel 25% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of KC & Customer supply chain initiatives to deliver incremental top-line sales, reduce costs, improve cost to serve and drive customer inventory & cost improvements.
• Build strategic relationships with customer’s logistics teams and leadership through partnership forums & ongoing interaction to achieve and maintain preferred supplier status.
• Develop strategic programming with customer and integrate into Customer Development business plans.
• Communicate customer’s supply chain expectations & strategies; dimension the impact to K-C and recommend changes to strategies and policies as appropriate.
• Align, develop, and mobilize implementation of supply chain best practices that deliver improved service, reduced distribution cost & complexity, and enable inventory reductions at K-C and the customer.
• Understand the Business Units and Customer Business teams supply chain initiatives and be the liaison between the customer and K-C to drive the appropriate programs back into the customer.
• Ability to communicate orally clearly and precisely and in writing to individuals and groups.
• 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 assess business views strategically.
• Ability to build strong sustainable business relationships at various levels throughout organization and with key customers.
• Ability to conduct strategic business and data analyses precisely and proficiently with data driven recommendations for improvements and advancements.

Preferred Qualifications

• Working knowledge of Kimberly-Clark’s supply chain interactions.
• Proficient in data access tools and PC based applications (Windows, Word, Excel and PowerPoint, RSi, Business Warehouse (BW) Reporting, SAP R/3, PowerBI)