Logistics Controller

Logistics Controller

Job Description

It starts with you. Right here at KC Australia.

You might have heard of us. You might not. But you definitely know our trusted brands, like Huggies, Kleenex and Viva. We’re proud of our size, scale, and impact. But when you join us, you’ll find there’s much more to who we are. Because a role with us is about the care you take, the connections you make and the opportunity to build a better world.

Kimberly-Clark (KC) Australia’s Millicent Mill is a world class manufacturing facility where we make our leading brands and have done so for 65 years! In our first year of operations, we produced approximately 4,000 tonnes of toilet paper and tissue. Today, we produce approximately 85,000 tonnes per year.

Your Job

The DC Logistic Controller plays a crucial role in planning and managing client-specific loads and trucks, ensuring the efficient operation of the Distribution Centre. This includes overseeing all materials and pallets required for production with precision. Reporting to the DC Team Leader, this role will embody the “One KC Behaviours” and foster an inclusive work environment.

Responsibilities include coordinating delivery truck operations, maintaining inventory control, and ensuring excellent customer service. This encompasses inventory synchronisation, raw material counts, pallet management, and effective communication with clients to address their needs and concerns. Additionally, the role involves meticulous transport planning to optimise routes, schedules, and load management, ensuring timely and cost-effective deliveries.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth, and impact. We’re founded on 151 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fuelled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

Key Responsibilities:

• Receive orders for VRPs.

• Review the production plan and stocks available.

• Collaborate with VRP to maximise truck utilisation.

• Allocate trucks while ensuring adherence to lead times and Chain of Responsibility.

• Coordinate bookings with clients and maintain open communication with carriers regarding delivery times.

• Track trucks to prevent no-shows and rebook as necessary.

• Perform daily morning inventory synchronization in SAP.

• Check and process discrepancies received from other Distribution Centres.

• Allocate trucks and pallets on a daily basis.

• Collect and electronically enter paperwork received from suppliers.

• Conduct weekly inventory counts.

• Investigate and address variances and discrepancies and resolve any client claims and back orders.

Qualifications and Skills Required:

• Demonstrated experience in transport planning or ship inventory control is highly desirable.

• Strong customer service skills with a proven track record of effectively resolving customer inquiries and complaints.

• Willingness to work flexible hours, including outside standard office hours.

• Proficiency in SAP and Excel.

• Strong ability to perform well under pressure.

Why Kimberly-Clark Australia?

At Kimberly-Clark, we’re about delivering incredible results, making things happen, and working together. And when we get that right we win.

There’s a reason why we’ve made the Forbes World’s Best Employers list 5 years in a row! Here, our culture of care and inclusion really matters, and so does high performance. We continue to push ourselves more to improve. Because we’re proud of how far we’ve come. And we’re excited about where we’re headed.

Here’s what you’ll love about a career with us:

• Drive local impact on a global scale: A career with Kimberly-Clark is about delivering Better Care for a Better World. We do this through local are and connection. Join us and you’ll find over 800 dedicated team members helping to deliver our brands to over 2.1 billion people in 175 countries. And counting. Now THAT is impact at a scale.

• Win in a culture of inclusion and care: We’re all different and so is every K-C ANZ team. But you’ll soon find the common ground that keeps out high performing teams connected. You’ll see that here, it’s not politics and egos that propel you forward, its integrity and trust.

You’ll also enjoy a range of other benefits including:

• Find a better work/life balance with hybrid and flexible working options, tailored to suit your lifestyle plus Flex Fridays.

• Take advantage of 2 recharge days and 1 volunteer day each year.

• Enjoy discounts across the range of Kimberly-Clark.

• Benefit from a variety of discounted products and services including health insurance, loan rates and novated leasing.

• Look after your social, physical, and mental wellbeing with our free wellness and mental health resources and social events. Free gym also available.

• Grow your skills and knowledge with our tailored leadership and development programs, mentoring opportunities plus hundreds of online training courses.

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world.  We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers.  When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

Primary Location

Millicent Mill

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time