Job Description
Job Description
Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional® At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.
You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
About You
In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. Job responsibilities include:
This position is accountable for the strategic oversight and successful commercialization of the project portfolio for the Baby Child Care (BCC) business unit. It will also provide supply chain, operations, and capital management expertise for projects. The position requires the ability to lead, influence, and coordinate across functions and disciplines.
- Act as the liaison between the Project Management Office and assigned business unit
- Provide strategic oversight for assigned business unit’s portfolio of projects. Project types include: capacity, innovation, cost savings, safety/sustainability, quality, and/or replacement.
- Provide project management services for the successful commercialization of assigned projects, ensuring projects are safely executed on time and in budget to meet or exceed established success criteria and quality expectations. Specific project management services include but are not limited to timeline creation and management, risk management, business case development, and stakeholder management.
- Coach and mentor other project managers that are responsible for projects on their assigned business unit.
- Provide supply chain expertise and support for assigned projects, leading supply chain assessments at key project milestones and acting as the liaison between plant and staff for projects.
- Lead project capital funding authorization for assigned projects, including development of business case
- Ensure accurate capital forecasting for assigned business unit’s staff-led projects through the Strategic Business Plan horizon
- Conduct leadership project reviews and status updates. Remove barriers for project teams through effective decision analysis and influencing upward.
- Lead PMO continuous improvement efforts by participating in team engagement sessions and helping to create training, standards and processes to advance the team’s purpose.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher
- 7+ years of experience in increasingly broader technical, operational, or supply chain roles with a demonstrated track record of achievement and growth in leadership
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience working for a global, highly matrixed, Consumer Packaged Goods company
- Manufacturing and/or supply chain experience
- Experience coordinating a cross functional team to achieve a goal
- Prior experience that required influencing leaders outside of administrative authority
- Basic P&L understanding and business case development
- Strong communication skills
- Ability to travel up to 15%
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
Total Benefits
We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.
Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com
Flex That Works at Kimberly-Clark
We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.
To Be Considered
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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, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses 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 local policies.
Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.
Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.
Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role. The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clark’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will be decided at Kimberly-Clark’s sole discretion.
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