Kimberly-Clark Hiring for Global Sr Brand Manager, Family Care Sector Transformation, H&F and HC at Chicago, IL Full Time

The Global Brand Manager is a strategic brand building leader that will be responsible for developing and driving product innovation priorities and building brands that deliver on the Global Brand Strategies, Brand Profile, and Brand Architecture for key brands like Kleenex and Scott across multiple categories. Additionally, the brand manager will also lead key Family Care/Enterprise-wide transformation projects with regional and global cross-functional counterparts to fuel consumer inspired growth.

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. In this role, you will:

• Create innovation pipeline & claims pathways that drive 3-to-10-year growth pipeline.
• Leverage Design Thinking tools to provide structure with agility to the global innovation process while uncovering creative ways at solving consumers unmet needs (Understand, Envision and Prototype).
• Represent the global Family Care sector as the key point of contact for innovation and product development touchpoints.
• Partner with Consumer Insights and Analytics team to lead process of deepening our consumer understanding, category relevant trends, and identify unmet needs. Deep understanding of developing consumer relevant winning concepts and testing.
• Capturing consumer insights, translating those insights into value, and commercializing to capture that value.
• Partner with Creative and Design teams to build brands by working with agencies.
• Manages the brand foundational tools such as brand purpose and promise, segmentation, brand architecture and benefit platforms.
• Help drive Transformation Projects across Family Care and Enterprise.

The successful candidate will join the Global Brands Family Care Team and report to the Senior Director – Sector Transformation.

About Us

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform—so what can you do with that? There’s no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

You’re driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree, MBA or graduate level degree in related field preferred.
• 7 years’ experience in brand management ideally within the consumer goods industry with a track record of success and progression.
• Experience in all facets of marketing / brand management (segmentation, positioning, market research and consumer insight development, new product development, pricing, and promotions, advertising, and digital marketing).
• Prefer experience in general management, sales, and P&L ownership. Proven experience building, budgeting, and executing both long term strategic and short-term operational marketing plans that have resulted in above average business growth and performance.
• Exceptional Leadership Skills.
• Effectively communicates business recommendations, priorities and tradeoffs to key stakeholders to ensure team effectiveness and productivity.
• Ability to lead in a highly diverse team.
• Build talent with cross functional team.
• Highly motivated and results oriented individual who is comfortable in agile work methods.

Total Benefits

For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com

Hybrid Work Arrangements: You’re looking to make a difference. When and where it works best for you. And 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 work (hybrid) 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.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

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.

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 or [email protected] for assistance. You must include the six-digit Job # with your request.

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.

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. K-C will not provide relocation support for this role.