Sustainability Manager, KCP NA
Kimberly-Clark

Job Info

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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 your Sustainability Manager role, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

We are seeking two Sustainability Managers, one to manage Data & Commercialization and the second to manage Products & Innovation. You'll play a pivotal role in executing our sustainability strategy, ensuring that it aligns with our business goals and values. If you thrive working in a highly collaborative, matrixed environment and have experience in driving strategic initiatives and building robust business cases based on customer insight - we're ready for you to join us. These important, individual contributor roles require you to have drive, energy, a strong bias for action and a clear results orientation.

Sustainability Manager - Data & Commercialization to provide sustainability expertise that supports the commercialization and value creation through sustainability in all Kimberly-Clark Professional (KCP) North America product categories (tissue, towel, skincare, and industrial wipes), bringing to life our commitment to environmental and social responsibility.

Key accountabilities of the role include:

• Maintaining sustainability KPI tracking tools to share progress, manage opportunities, and highlight key achievements with internal stakeholders

• Leveraging sustainability-related data to create value for customers, including completion of questionnaires/reports, product impact assessments, carbon footprints, and supply chain transparency, working with Supply Chain and Corporate Sustainability team

• Providing customer-facing tools and support, reinforcing KCP's brand promise as a responsible partner who helps them achieve their sustainability goals

• Creating and deploying tools that strengthen organizational capability to deliver the sustainability value proposition of KCP products and services

• Understanding the evolving competitive and market landscapes, leveraging them to inform sustainability go-to-market recommendations

Sustainability Manager - Products & Innovation to provide expertise in support of sustainability innovation in all Kimberly-Clark Professional (KCP) North America product categories, including tissue, towel, skincare, and industrial wipes products, demonstrating our commitment to environmental and social responsibility.

Key accountabilities of the role include:

• Partnering with Category Managers to integrate sustainability into category strategies through identification, prioritization, and getting resources for sustainability initiatives to meet customer needs

• Collaborating with Product Development teams to integrate sustainable practices into product design and manufacturing processes to meet or exceed customer needs and K-C sustainability initiatives

• Liaising with Corporate Sustainability team to ensure connection between business and category strategies to contribute to delivery of corporate sustainability goals (including Social, Plastics, Water, Waste, etc)

• Evaluating market trends and customer needs on sustainability

• Understanding the evolving competitive and regulatory landscapes, leveraging them to inform sustainability strategy recommendations

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 either role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a business or sustainability-related discipline

• 7+ years of experience in marketing/brand/category management roles, consulting roles, or sustainability roles with a demonstrated track record of growth, strategy deployment and strong analytical skill; ability to resolve complex problems and translate market observations to business opportunities

• Strong ability to build and evaluate business cases and develop a multi-year roadmap to achieve key goals

• Ability to create content and communicate with colleagues and leaders in a concise and persuasive format

• Strong business and commercial acumen - understanding of market dynamics, P&L impacts. Ability to build and develop business cases

• Strong analytical and fact-based decision-making skills while also being able to "connect the dots," and be comfortable dealing with ambiguity

• Highly developed collaboration skills with an ability to work across a matrix organization, influencing peers, other functions with credibility

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.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

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 not 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. This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role's country only.

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