KIK Consumer Products Jobs

We Create Products and Brands That People Trust to Clean, Sanitize, and Protect Their Homes, Pools, and Cars.

We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes, pools, and cars. We are one of North America’s largest independent consumer product manufacturers with 20 North American manufacturing facilities. We also operate globally in Europe, Asia, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. We are known by our portfolio of over 40 brands including Spic and Span® and Comet® cleaning products, Clorox® Pool&Spa™ (under license), BioGuard®, and Natural Chemistry® pool chemicals, and Prestone® and Holts® automotive performance chemicals. We are also the #1 producer in North America for 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 2,500 employees drive 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.

Your Role at KIK

The Transportation Planner Develop will help implement transportation plans and strategies to improve efficiency, reduce congestion, and enhance the sustainability of transportation systems.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Plan, schedule and ensure the timely delivery of the company's freight to a multi-regional geographic area using Oracle Transportation Management System (OTM).

• Responsible for tendering loads, successful dispatch and pick-up of planned loads and subsequent ownership of loads

• Provide cross functional support on transportation related queries

• Identify and lead cross functional projects

• Identify trends to mitigate detention charges and other accessorial charges and seek resolution.

• Identify and execute opportunities to improve processes and reduce freight spend

• Utilize network balance capacity tools to determine location of trucks and available customer loads, tailor planning to meet area needs.

• Understand daily capacity demand and pro-actively communicate to appropriate leadership.

• Utilize Network Decision Support tools to assign loads to trucks (OTM, PC Miler) ensuring customers' service requirements are met

• Communicate late pickups and/or deliveries, as well as any other load changes, to appropriate department personnel while holding carriers accountable for on time pickup/ delivery

• Utilize analytical tools within Oracle Transportation Management and Excel to review key shipment and planning metrics as well as costs to move freight to optimize network.

• Other duties as assigned, such as transportation compliance audits, KPI reporting, and project support.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s Degree is ideal, however will consider 3 years relevant work experience in lieu of degree

• Thorough knowledge of the freight industry, including TL, LTL, Intermodal, and Parcel

• 2+ years’ experience with Oracle Transportation Management (OTM) and ERPs - JDE E1 and SAP, other Transportation Management software experience acceptable

• Strong proficiency in MS Office, especially Excel

• Ability to plan, think ahead, and prepare action plans to achieve results

• Manages multiple competing priorities well under pressure

• Knowledge of US DOT Regulations, Hours of Service, Weight Limitations, US Geography

• Demonstrates initiative, self-starter, and a sense of urgency

• Ability to handle multiple tasks and details with accuracy

• Good organization and time management skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Team player with winning attitude

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.

We understand compensation is an important factor as you consider the next step in your career. The actual salary may vary based upon several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills/experience, time in the role, business line, and geographic/office location.

About KIK

We create the products and brands that people trust to clean, sanitize, and protect their homes, pools, and cars. We are one of North America’s largest independent consumer product manufacturers with 20 North American manufacturing facilities. We also operate globally in Europe, Asia, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa. We are known by our portfolio of over 40 brands including Spic and Span® and Comet® cleaning products, Clorox® Pool&Spa™ (under license), BioGuard®, and Natural Chemistry® pool chemicals, and Prestone® and Holts® automotive performance chemicals. We are also the #1 producer in North America for 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 2,500 employees drive 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 on the basis of 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.