KIMBERLYCLARK MANUFACTURING PROFESSIONAL SL

Team Leader

• Lead and develop a team of planners responsible for strategic, tactical, and mill planning activities across in-house produced products and bought-in goods
• Deliver target customer service levels across the South African region
• Develop and execute inventory management strategies and tools to achieve inventory and service objectives
• Ensure effective management of raw material and semi-finished inventory levels at mill locations
• Support regional promotional activities to ensure product availability and successful execution
• Drive collaboration with regional affiliates to improve service, availability, communication, portfolio management, and planning execution
• Support statistically managed inventory initiatives focused on year-over-year inventory improvements
• Champion best practices and standardized Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes across Product Supply

Planning Team Leader

Head of Department

• Define and execute the global applications strategy for HR, Finance, Procurement, Legal, GBS and ERP systems
• Act as the senior technology leader for core enterprise applications, including SAP ERP, Anaplan, Workday and related corporate platforms
• Partner with executive stakeholders including the CHRO, CFO and Chief Legal Officer to align application roadmaps with functional priorities and business outcomes
• Shape the future-state corporate applications landscape, ensuring platforms are standardised, scalable, secure and cost-effective
• Oversee a portfolio of 280+ enterprise applications across HR, Legal, Finance, GBS, Procurement and ERP domains
• Lead the establishment and transformation of the operating model across people, process, technology and data for Corporate functions
• Support TSA exit and ongoing optimisation by ensuring applications, services and support models are fit for standalone Arbex operations
• Develop and maintain portfolio roadmaps aligned with transformation activity, upgrades, integrations, system health and business value delivery
• Establish KPIs and performance metrics to track application health, service performance, user satisfaction and business value realisation
• Provide IT leadership for the ERP system in steady state, working closely with Infrastructure teams for SAP security, Basis and hosting support
• Govern major programmes including system transformations, regional rollouts, upgrades, integrations and platform lifecycle activity
• Ensure corporate applications support effective Finance, HR, Legal, Procurement and GBS processes across global and regional needs
• Oversee global application delivery, budget adherence, risk management and measurable business value realisation
• Manage more than $10m of IT run costs across the Corporate Applications portfolio
• Provide executive-level reporting on portfolio progress, application health, financial performance, risk and service outcomes
• Ensure compliance with global regulatory and enterprise control requirements, including GDPR and SOX
• Partner with the CISO and GRC teams to ensure IT controls are in place and critical SOX tools are audit compliant
• Own strategic vendor relationships with SAP, Workday, AMS partners, integration partners and major system integrators
• Manage IT service providers and system integrators covering 50–100+ contingent partner resources
• Lead a global team of 20+ internal application managers, architects and analysts
• Create a high-performance culture focused on innovation, agility, operational excellence and continuous improvement
• Develop leadership capability, succession plans and technical expertise across the Corporate Applications team

Head of Corporate Applications

Procurement

• Provide input to regional category strategy based on market dynamics, supplier landscape, and business needs
• Develop and drive regional execution plans aligned to global category strategy
• Support and lead execution of regional and global category strategic initiatives
• Coordinate with regional business stakeholders on category needs and strategy
• Manage region-specific supplier relationships and resolve supplier continuity issues
• Manage, track, and report category costs, sourcing initiatives, and results
• Conduct market trend analyses and collect input to support category strategy development
• Create and maintain category knowledge and processes
• Monitor supplier performance indicators and initiate supplier reviews
• Build effective supplier relationships and drive results
• Maintain business relationships with suppliers and stakeholders through clear communication
• Manage Asia regional category reports for timely delivery to the Asia Lead Team
• Support Asia projects beyond chemical initiatives

Asia Chemicals Category Manager

Account Manager

• Independently manage and develop business partners and their end customers
• Apply commercial policies and oversee contract management
• Generate revenue through new customer acquisition and relevant pricing strategies
• Improve margins through optimized product mix and pricing management
• Analyze market segments, distribution channels, and target groups
• Develop and implement annual strategies, both independently and as part of a team
• Communicate customer-related responsibilities internally and externally
• Collaborate with wholesalers’ sales teams
• Identify new key accounts and contribute to their development
• Collaborate with the Key Account Management, New Business Development, and other departmental teams
• Strengthen customer retention and generate new business opportunities
• Maintain relationships with key internal and external decision-makers
• Conduct business reviews and develop joint action plans
• Train and support business partners through loyalty and incentive programs

Planning Team Leader

Head of Corporate Applications

Asia Chemicals Category Manager

Key Account Manager