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.
As Strategy Deployment & Capabilities Leader , you’ll lead broad-based strategy development and oversight of multi-functional strategy deployment for Kimberly-Clark’s North America Adult & Feminine Care (AFC) accountable business unit (ABU). This role will enable a cohesive AFC growth agenda and manage the critical linkage across the portfolio of brands through development and deployment of aligned objectives and initiatives across AFC functional leaders. In this role you will interact with all levels of the organization to create end-to-end thinking and connections, promoting agile ways of working in all aspects of business delivery. You’ll have the opportunity to oversee project management to deploy some of the largest and most impactful growth agenda items, ensuring seamless connection across all functions and executing with excellence. Key constituents you’ll work with in this role include the AFC leadership team, with particular focus on the ABU President and General Managers.
In this role, you will:
Develop and execute against key ABU strategy growth domains in partnership with the ABU President and Personal Care Strategy Leader.
Manage key NA business processes within AFC to ensure delivery, sustainability, and continuous improvement. These processes include Strategic Business Plan (SBP), Annual Operating Plan (AOP), Annual Business Plan (ABP), and Innovation Management Framework & Process.
Deliver and enable a sector management framework to optimize the team’s operational model to achieve its top priorities, key initiatives and improve decision-making.
Drive the development of sector Transformation Agenda and key initiatives and execute the deployment and tracking system to monitor progress and assess results monthly in the team’s executive scorecard.
Partner with ABU People Organization leader to evolve the culture, support talent management initiatives and to continue to build, attract, and engage talent, developing a diverse consumer organization.
Identify and leverage best practices to drive balanced matrix across global sector teams, regions & functional areas.
Drive the communication, cohesion and operational delivery of the cross-functional organization using empowerment and engagement of teams.
Work with the Personal Care Strategy leader to drive the sector’s narrative, through quarterly town halls and monthly communication vehicles.
Act as Chief of Staff for ABU President.
Provide coaching and guidance to key sector initiative teams, including project teams and sector cost transformation teams.
Manage ad hoc priority initiatives that are mission critical to the ABU.
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 more than 150 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 fueled 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.
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. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
Undergraduate degree required; graduate degree preferred.
7+ years of business leadership experience with a history of demonstrated business success.
Outstanding organizational skills / solid understanding of project management methodologies and tools.
Excellent communicator able to build creditability and be a trusted voice with leadership and key stakeholders. Advanced PowerPoint / deck-writing skills; capable of catering a message appropriately to diverse stakeholder audiences.
Experience working in the context of a large, complex, global organization. Adept at working across boundaries, navigating ambiguity, and leading through influence to move initiatives forward.
Solid emotional intelligence and ability to communicate with and influence individuals at all levels of the organization, up to executive leadership.
Ability to think strategically and execute with excellence.
Total Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see
Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.
Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.
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. 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.
Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 – when prompted for employee ID, say “OTHER CALLER” - or for assistance. You must include the six-digit Job # with your request.
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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