Job Description
We Create Products and Brands That People Trust to Clean, Sanitize, and Protect Their Homes and Pools
When you join KIK Consumer Products, you’re joining a team that cares about the work we do and also about each other. We bring exceptional brands and products to consumers that help them protect the health and wellness of their families and the cleanliness of their homes and pools. We are committed to building a culture of performance driven by accountability, collaboration, and agility that enables timely fact-based decision-making and exceptional execution with unwavering ethics. As one of North America’s largest independent manufacturers of consumer products, KIK helps a large portfolio of brands and retailers bring their products to life
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Your Role at KIK
As the Vice President of Household Supply Chain, you will be instrumental in shaping and delivering on KIK’s ambitious vision to accelerate our Household bleach, cleaners, dish, and laundry line of businesses. You will take our Supply Chain capabilities to the next level, focusing on our strategic direction, capabilities, processes, and tools. Day-to-day, you will lead a team of supply chain professionals specialized in Supply Planning (SIOP), Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Order Management, Customer Service, and Master Data Management. Specifically, your team will be responsible for delivering excellent performance in customer service, inventory control, vendor management, quality, and operating costs. This role reports to the President, Household Business Unit and will be a member of the Household Leadership Team.
Responsibilities
What You’ll Be Doing
- Set and execute the long-term vision and strategy for the function, focusing on key differentiators, new innovations, capabilities, and team structure
- Establish a strategic approach to all aspects of our supply chain, navigating complex situations, driving value for our customers, optimizing cost, enhancing agility, and lowering risk
- Oversee the inventory planning process and maintain supply levels that optimize manufacturing plans and meet high growth and seasonal demand
- Develop inventory planning and execute against distribution strategies
- Diagnose supply chain challenges, anticipate evolving areas of growth, and ensure prompt support for necessary system, process, and physical improvements
- Build dynamic performance metrics and analyses to drive efficiency and operational decision-making
- Foster strategic relationships with many of the company’s most important external partners, including raw material suppliers and co- manufacturers
- Oversee management and direction of the Supply Chain team, including hiring, performance management, and organizational structure
- Serve as a thought partner to other senior leaders as a key member of the Household leadership team
- Lead continuous improvement and operational excellence activities
- Collaborate with our Technology team to improve our tools and systems, driving best-in-class data visibility and decision-making
- Ensure adherence to regulatory, quality, and safety compliance requirements across manufacturing and storage of regulated chemicals
Qualifications
What You’ll Bring
- Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain or Business preferred
- MBA, Six Sigma Black Belt, PMP, Lean Certifications a plus
- 10+ years of supply chain and people leadership experience leadership in a mid market or larger consumer-packaged goods or similar manufacturing environment
- Ability to lead long-term, cross-functional strategy efforts with minimal guidance
- Experience building and leading high-performing, multi-layered teams
- Successful track record of developing and driving operational excellence, cost improvements and scalable, sustainable processes
- Exceptional communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills
- Familiarity with operations-specific software platforms (ERP, MRP, WMS, TMS, etc.)
- Willing to travel up to 25%
What You Will Get
KIK offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, wellness, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance. You can plan for your future with KIK's retirement savings options including employer match. KIK also recognizes the importance of continuing education and offers Education Assistance to our employees to encourage continued personal development and growth.
About KIK
We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes and pools. We are one of North America’s largest independent consumer product manufacturers with 16 North American manufacturing facilities. We also operate globally in Canada, Europe, and Australia. We are known for our portfolio of notable brands including Spic and Span® and Comet® cleaning products, Clorox® Pool&Spa™ (under license), BioGuard®, and Natural Chemistry® pool chemicals. We are also the #1 producer in North America of store-brand (“private label”) bleach and a leading private-label provider of laundry detergent and additives, dishwashing products, general-purpose cleaning, and other home care products.
Our global team of over 2,300 employees drives our capabilities in product development, product formulation, strategic sourcing, manufacturing, packaging design, brand marketing, project management, quality assurance, compliance, distribution, and logistics.
Our organization is constantly evolving and is driven by a set of “One KIK” values – a dedication to following through on commitments in a customer-focused, profit-motivated way; while never compromising on safety, ethics, or integrity.
KIK is an Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. KIK does not discriminate against qualified applicants or employees based on race, color, age, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, status in uniformed services, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, genetic information or any other status protected by law.
KIK is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application, or interview process, or to perform the essential functions of the job, please contact Human Resources immediately.
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