Transformation Leader, Family Care Manufacturing

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.

Lead Cost Transformation for Family Care Manufacturing, ensuring program strategies are in line with business needs and progressed to deliver breakthrough capability. Position requires leadership to ensure a healthy and robust pipeline of gross cost savings initiatives, with direct oversight of all stages of the process (ideation, value validation, planning, execution and delivery). Additionally, the position will lead development and maintain the Family Care Cost Transformation Management system and lead development of analytical tools and performance reporting to increase visibility of data for improved decision making. The position influences and collaborates with all Family Care Manufacturing leaders and Cost Transformation Initiative Owners to make decisions and ensure efficient execution for cost savings initiatives.

In this role, you will:

• Provide leadership and direction for Family Care Manufacturing cost transformation activities, including the development and implementation of strategies and the plans to achieve.
• Own development of a 3-year pipeline of cost savings initiatives. Lead and coordinate End to End and Targeted workshops as needed to facilitate the generation of programming ideas to close current year gaps and fill future pipeline.
• Led or participate in critical cost transformation initiatives.
• Maintain a healthy F2G management system, ensuring transparency of initiative progress, risks and mitigation strategies.
• Ensure initiative owners are effectively leading initiatives to achieve the desired savings delivery and timing.
• Provide guidance to initiative owners to improve execution and remove barriers to successful implementation. Serve as a leader, point of mentorship, and point of escalation for the team.
• Optimize the process and delivery of strategic cost transformation projects through input into capital spending and resource allocation.
• Provide new ideas and support to enhance and improve efficiency of KCNA Cost Transformation processes.
• Provide support in terms of training, help desk, user management, reporting, analytics, and dashboard development
• Lead by example and model core values in all actions; ensure a positive, respectful team environment, fostering collaboration and development

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, million 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:

• BS degree required in an engineering, technical, or business field of study; MBA or advanced degree desired

• 10+ years of staff and plant operational or technical experience including one or more Manufacturing leadership roles.

• Demonstrated capability in building talent, critical thinking, multi-functional collaboration, influence, financial acumen including P&L proficiency, think customer/consumer, general manager mindset

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 www.mykcbenefits.com.

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

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

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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 kcchrprod@service-now.com 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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