Program Leader, Global Plastics Reduction and Circularity Job Description Youre not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because were 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, youll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, youll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. Kimberly-Clark Professional. You already know our legendary brandsand 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 wouldnt exist without talented professionals, like you. At Kimberly-Clark, youll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. Were founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and were always looking for new and better ways to perform so theres your open door of opportunity. Its all here for you at Kimberly-Clark. Led by Purpose. Driven by 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, were constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, youll 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. Working within the Sustainability team, this role leads Kimberly-Clarks (K-C) efforts to create Better Care for a Better World by advancing the companys plastics reduction efforts, enabling business value creation through brand equity, growth, and product and value stream differentiation. In addition to providing strategic leadership and developing performance standards, the role will provide technical leadership and expertise to integrate and activate Design for Sustainability/Circularity principles/processes into the companys core business practices, including product and materials development, innovation and marketing. The incumbent will actively partner with internal teams, including within Sustainability, Research and Engineering, Product Safety, Supply Chain Operations and Brand Marketing, and will collaborate externally to catalyze systems change and innovation, further circularity, and address stakeholder and customer/consumer expectations. This requires a healthy command of leadership, influence, change management and strategic planning skills. A bias for action and program management that delivers positive outcomes is a must. ESSENTIAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Strategy Development/Deployment/Delivery Advance the strategy, standards and activation plans for plastics reduction and circularity across K-Cs brands and product portfolio. Deliver target performance aligned to Business Segment and Enterprise objectives. Coordinate global deployment and sharing of leading practices for adoption. Solutions Orientation - Provide leadership and subject matter expertise in the identification and analysis of trends, technologies, business models, partnerships and market insights in order to develop plastics reduction and value stream circularity opportunities that create economic, social, environmental benefits. Coordinate with customers, suppliers, peers and other value chain partners to propose solutions, test through pilots/experiments; seek to scale based on learnings. Plastics Footprint Reduction Pipeline Collaborate with RandD, Marketing and Business Segments to maintain and manage the plastics reduction ro dmap and pipeline of initiatives required to deliver annual, 3-year and 2030 plastic footprint objectives. Circularity Metrics and Cross-Functional Alignment Define relevant plastic reduction and circularity metrics and supporting data management/analytics platforms designed to drive action and focus, meet reporting requirements and to facilitate cross-functional collaboration. Marketing/Communications/Reporting - Work closely with category teams and ABUs to develop and validate key messages and commercial programming to drive customer/consumer engagement and competitive advantage. Support internal and external reporting obligations and ensure the highest fidelity in external marketing, communications and disclosures related to the program. Externally Facing Representative - Represent K-C on leading NGO, government or industry association advisory bodies that are shaping the transition to the Circularity and the single use plastics policy landscape. Foster relationships with external groups (governmental agencies, NGOs, industry groups, scientific organizations, collaboration platforms) in order to stay abreast of externalities impacting the business and to build strategic partnerships that enable the circularity and associated leading practices. Business Acumen - Work cross-functionally, across a matrixed environment, using leadership, influence, and business acumen to evaluate risks and opportunities and propose appropriate courses of action, adhering to high ethical standards in the creation and execution of plastics and climate footprint reduction initiatives. Collaborate with internal functions...

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