Senior Brand Manager

Kimberly-Clark; Greater London; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Kimberly-Clark seeks a Senior Brand Manager for Kleenex to drive innovation and growth in the UK market. The role involves leading key projects, managing brand communications, and championing sustainability efforts. Candidates should have a strong FMCG background, excellent project management skills, and the ability to influence stakeholders.

Benefits

Gym Memberships

Private Medical Insurance

Dental Cover

Employee Assistance Programme

Cycle to Work Scheme

Critical Illness Cover

Travel Insurance

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in FMCG, preferably in marketing or sales.
• Strong ability to interpret insights into consumer solutions.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive growth agenda for Kleenex brand innovations.
• Lead high-profile projects and manage communication platforms.
• Champion sustainability initiatives for the brand.

Skills

Project Management

Numerical Reasoning

Verbal Reasoning

Presentation Skills

Stakeholder Management

Collaboration

Resilience

Job description

Job Description

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.

Kantar’s No 1 brand, Kleenex, has ambitious plans to drive profitable growth in the UK & Ireland markets. With a backdrop of 100 years of innovative history, strong brand equity, an inspiring transformation plan and a mission to help people find strength in moments of vulnerability, the Kleenex business is experiencing real positive momentum.

As Senior Brand Manager, you are accountable for driving the growth agenda of critical innovations and renovations on the Kleenex brand as part of our vision to become a Lifestyle Ally. This means you will have specific responsibility for leading high-profile projects and supporting associated communication platforms.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Contributes to the development of the Kleenex ABP covering portfolio innovation and renovation with a particular focus on Kleenex Premium pillars (Balsam, Easy Breathe and Allergy)
• Own Skin Health premium NPD launch in the UK – strategically important innovation
• Own development of Elevated Relief pillar and future renovation on Balsam (and associated premium variants)
• Act as GTM champion for your portfolio, leading E2E development, launch and maintenance of NPD (with support of project manager)
• Kleenex team lead of content (claims, comms, shopper) working with Consumer Engagement and Retail Performance to ensure optimal product messaging and imagery
• Kleenex team champion of sustainability, aligning to the overall KC sustainability story, expert on packaging materials.
• Support wider Brand Leadership Team through involvement in SBP annual cycle
• Acts as point person for Kleenex premium with EMEA, global, multifunctional and customer teams
• Engage and inspire internal commercial teams as well as externally, customer facing
• Core member of the Kleenex Brand Squad.
  
  

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.

Qualifications

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:

• An exceptional performer, with experience in FMCG, preferably in marketing or sales
• Inspired and driven by consumers
• Ability to interpret insights and turn into consumer facing solutions
• Strong numerical and verbal reasoning ability
• Strong presentation skills and ability to communicate clearly in English
• Strong project management skills, ideally demonstrating leadership of multi-functional teams
• Proven ability to influence agendas and senior stakeholders is critical
• A proven track record of making things happen and delivering business results in current / previous roles
• A strong desire to be accountable and to exceed expectations
• Ability to build trust amongst numerous stakeholders
• A collaborative mindset and able to work with multiple teams at multiple levels
• Resilient and able to work under pressure with competing priorities
  
  

Total Benefits

We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. Our belief in promoting a healthy work-life balance drives us to support our employees’ total well-being, offering comprehensive benefits not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.

Certain benefits, such as flexible work schedules and parental leave, can be tailored to meet specific individual needs, giving our employees the flexibility to manage their commitments inside and outside of work. We are proud to be rated as a top 100 workplace for working mothers for two years in a row.

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.

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.

Primary Location

No K-C Work Site UK South East

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time