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.

The R&D Manager will lead the Kimberly-Clark Professional Global R&D team responsible for executing large scale supplier qualifications, innovation, and renovation plans within the skincare category. This leader will be responsible for working with the Global and NA category leaders on providing a cadence of brand-led innovation and renovation product launches across the globe enabling Kimberly-Clark Professional to remain differentiated in the marketplace along with devoting team time to business support and brand maintenance needs as directed by the business. This role reports to the Sr. R&D Manager, Global Product Development.

The Global R&D Manager will provide leadership to create and manage the business support and innovation/renovation pipeline across the globe, collaborating with business partners to initiate technical projects that improve business results and create enduring competitive advantage. They will manage the global project portfolio and use the proper innovation and quality/compliance processes effectively to ensure technical resources are appropriately deployed.

This position requires an individual who has working knowledge of the skincare industry and regulated product processes, strong collaborative skills, a proven history of success in driving impactful business solutions based on customer insights and is a champion of change. Advanced stakeholder management skills are needed for success.

In this role, you will:

• Collaborating across the organization to identify, scope and prioritize work to deliver business goals.
• Developing and managing the global skincare innovation portfolio, ensuring adherence to global quality/regulatory requirements within the Innovation Management Framework.
• Managing stakeholder expectations across the globe to drive clarity of work and execution.
• Leading a team of engineers with excellence, focusing on supplying clear work direction and talent building opportunities to direct reports.
• Work effectively with the Quality, Product Safety, Regulatory, and ECM/Product Supply teams to ensure solutions are on target with business plans and priorities.
• Develop strong relationships with other R&D Teams to ensure consistency of practice and leverage the business scale.
• Leads and develops talent of 4 to 6 direct reports. Manages structure and flow of resources to maximize resources and investment. Supplies direct and indirect leadership throughout the Global R&D organization including talent and competency development.
• Supports the development and drives implementation Global Innovation, Technology, and Intellectual Property Strategy to deliver a robust pipeline, as the primary driver of growth in our Strategic Business Plan over the next 3 years.
• Indirectly manages internal customers to ensure Global business plans are met with regards to products and technology.
• Leads the Design Management process for the Global Skincare Category ensuring proper use of Design Controls and Change Control to ensure compliance with KC standards and product development excellence.
• Manages Global R&D budget for skincare category.

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 in Engineering, Science or related highly technical discipline required. Skincare, Formulated, or Regulated Product Development experience preferred.
• 12 years of prior relevant technical experience in product development, program management, innovation strategy, and/or manufacturing.
• Experience driving clarity in developing and delivering value propositions for technical programs.
• Proven ability to successfully leading large project teams or complex program portfolios.
• Track record of continuous improvement and transformational change.
• Experience building strong differentiated innovation pipelines within multiple product categories.
• Relevant experience in regulated products categories with global regulatory experience preferred.
• Proven experience of strategy development, business case development and use of portfolio management and stage gate process to drive ROI and a robust pipeline.
• At least one cross-functional experience highly preferred.

Total Benefits

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.

Here are a few of the benefits you’d enjoy. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.

• Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options. 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.

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.

K-C will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role. The benefits provided will be per the terms of K-C’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will decided in K-C’s sole discretion.

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