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Driven by You.About YouAs the Transport Coordinator for Southern Europe, you will own the relationship and delivery of the contract with the Third-party logistics (3PL) and outsourced service providers (4PL) in Southern Europe, whilst giving direction, support and a collaborative approach to the wider UK and Western Europe team.
You will work collaboratively with the 4PL and the European transport manager to continuously improve, monitor and evaluate the cost and service of Kimberly-Clark`s transport activities and you will ensure that transport delivers against our ways of working.
Furthermore, working closely with the Kimberly-Clark European Supply Chain organization, you will contribute to improve processes which add value to the business and innovate to ensure we improve our customer experience.This is primarily Spain based but has some European responsibility and there is some European travel involved.You will report to the UK & WE Transport Sustainability Leader and will be an individual contributor (no direct reports).This is a temporary role and we can offer a six months maternity cover contract.Location: we can offer a remote model for candidates already based preferably in Spain but we can consider also candidates already based in Italy, France, Benelux or DACH Region.YOUR KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES:Owner of the contractual delivery of the Third-party logistics (3PL) and outsourced service providers (4PL) service in Southern EuropeGovernance of the relationship ensuring that the contractual obligations of both parties are met and devising local market strategies for tendering and service improvementContinually monitoring service levels enacting strategies to address service failings on a corrective action, preventive action basis, whilst leading on problem solving through lean methodologiesDevelop a technology and service improvement roadmap over the life of the contract with the 4PLBuild strong internal stakeholder networks within the supply chain, as well as Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), deployment and mills, building transport forecasting models and tracking accuracy to forecast, ensuring that transport is integrated into their thinkingControl and report on the extra service requests, higher rate authorization and additional costs within transport, leading on the headwind reduction as part of fuel to growLead on cost transformation projects within transport and assist in sharing best practice across the wider European teamWork with the 4PL provider to realize added value for Kimberly-Clark, establishing market leading collaboration that brings benefits to bothProvide contractual input to build win-win scenarios when onboarding new suppliers, being actively involved in ensuring that Kimberly-Clark requirements are fully understood and realizedWHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:Experience within a transport operation either in house or external, ideally managing 4PL contracts and supplier management within transportAbility to deal with conflict and independently in an effective and rational mannerAbility to build good working relationships with external suppliers and internal stakeholdersStrong negotiation and prioritization skillsFluent in English, Italian or Spanish would be an advantageWe OfferHere are just a few of the benefits you'd enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark.
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A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.Please submit your CV in English as it will be considered by English speakers.In the meantime, please check out the .And finally, the fine print….Primary LocationMadrid OfficeAdditional LocationsNo K-C Work Site - Belgium, No K-C Work Site - France, No K-C Work Site - Germany, No K-C Work Site -Italy, No K-C Worksite - NetherlandsWorker TypeEmployeeWorker Sub-TypeRegularTime TypeFull time
