Sr Executive Assistant

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

We are seeking a team-oriented, highly organized, and proactive Senior Executive Assistant to support the President of Kimberly-Clark Professional North America and her leadership team.

In this role, you will:

• Complete a broad variety of administrative tasks for the President & her team including managing an extremely active calendar; composing and preparing confidential communications; arranging travel plans; completing expense reports.
• Work closely and effectively with the President to keep her well informed of upcoming commitments and responsibilities, following up appropriately. Acts as a "barometer," having a sense for the issues taking place in the environment and keeping the President updated.
• Provide a bridge for smooth communication between the President and internal departments; demonstrating leadership to maintain credibility, trust, and support with Kimberly-Clark Senior Management.
• Provide "gatekeeper" and "gateway" role, creating win-win situations for direct access to the President's time and office by prioritizing conflicting needs, while ensuring the President’s schedule is followed and respected.
• Partner with the Chief of Staff to manage the Executive Team’s operating routines. This includes arranging and schedule meetings & events, including coordinating the agenda, preparing any meeting materials and or presentations, scheduling conference space when required, coordinate all IT resources and catering.
• Research, prioritize, and follow up on incoming issues and concerns addressed to the President, including those of a sensitive or confidential nature. Determines appropriate course of action, referral, or response.
• Participate as an adjunct member of the Kimberly-Clark Professional North American Leadership Team meetings.
• Owns execution of business projects as assigned by the President, KCP North American Leaders, or the Chief of Staff.
• Lead the KCP North American Executive Assistants team and ensures that workplace standards and best practices are followed, while ensure the team is building capabilities.
• Supports the on-boarding activities for Executive new hires on the KCP North American Leadership Team.

Key Competencies:

• Strong organizational skills that reflect ability to perform and prioritize multiple tasks seamlessly with excellent attention to detail.
• Very strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build relationships with cross-cultural stakeholders, including internal staff and external partners.
• Expert level written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively influence across all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated proactive approaches to problem-solving with strong decision-making capability.
• Highly resourceful team-player, with the ability to also be extremely effective independently.
• Proven ability to handle confidential information with discretion, be adaptable to various competing demands and demonstrate the highest level of customer/client service and response.
• Demonstrated ability to achieve high performance goals and meet deadlines in a fast paced Environment.
• Growth mindset and forward-looking thinker, who actively seeks opportunities and proposes solutions.
• Contemporary knowledge and use of current technologies effective in completing tasks, projects, communications associated with the position.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred
• 5+ years of experience supporting C-Level Executives

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, and Power Point)
• SAP and Workday experience preferred
• Global experience preferred
• Web based (Concur) travel and expense reporting system knowledge a plus.

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 kcchrprod@service-now.com 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.

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