Skincare Associate Brand Manager

Kimberly-Clark; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work model

Job summary

Kimberly-Clark is seeking an Associate Brand Manager to support the growth and performance of the North America skincare portfolio. You will partner with cross-functional teams to bring products and solutions to market for B2B environments, focusing on portfolio optimization and innovation.

The role emphasizes collaboration, data-driven decision making, and delivering on brand objectives across soaps, sanitizers, lotions, and related categories.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, or Supply Chain.
• 3+ years in brand/category management or related business role.
• Experience cross-functionally to execute product initiatives.
• Strong analytical, communication, and project-management skills.
• Ability to translate objectives into action plans with data-driven learning.
• Knowledge of financial analysis, portfolio management, and IBP concepts.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day portfolio support to Sales as the primary contact for product questions and portfolio needs.
• Develop and maintain sales tools, product information assets, and materials.
• Identify growth opportunities using insights, trends, and customer feedback.
• Support portfolio lifecycle activities including commercialization and renovations.
• Drive innovation projects from concept to NA commercialization, ensuring on-time execution.
• Collaborate with Marketing, Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, and others to align attributes and forecasts.
• Maintain product information, claims, regulatory docs, and commercial specs.
• Evaluate outcomes and apply learnings to improve future execution.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to simplify portfolio management.

Skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Analytical thinking

Strategic planning

Communication skills

Data-driven decision making

Execution discipline

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Supply Chain

Tools

Forecasting systems

Job description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.

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.

About You

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.

In this Associate Brand Manager role, you will play a key role in supporting the growth and performance of the Kimberly-Clark Professional North America skincare portfolio, helping bring products and solutions to market that serve customers across a wide range of B2B workplace and commercial environments.

In this role, you'll partner with cross-functional teams to manage product lifecycles, support commercialization initiatives, enable sales success, and drive continuous improvement across a diverse portfolio that includes soaps, sanitizers, lotions, hair and body wash products, air care solutions, and dispensing systems. You'll combine strong business acumen, project leadership, and analytical thinking to help deliver innovation, optimize portfolio performance, and support key category and brand objectives.

This is an exciting opportunity for a highly collaborative and results-oriented marketer who enjoys working across functions, influencing without direct authority, and turning strategy into execution within a dynamic and growing business.

In this role, you will:

• Provide day-to-day portfolio support to Sales as the primary point of contact for non-price product questions, portfolio needs, and customer-facing initiatives.

• Develop and maintain sales tools, product information assets, and materials that support portfolio positioning and customer-facing execution.

• Identify growth opportunities and unmet chooser and user needs using internal and external insights, market trends, competitive assessment, and customer feedback to inform portfolio and innovation priorities.

• Support assigned portfolio lifecycle activities, including commercialization execution, renovations, claims and quality management, ongoing performance monitoring, and recommendations for portfolio enhancement.

• Drive assigned innovation projects through the Innovation Management Framework (IMF) process from concept through North America commercialization, ensuring on-time and on-quality execution.

• Work cross-functionally with Marketing, Category, Customer Experience, Sales, R&D, Supply Chain, Quality, Regulatory, Planning, and Product Supply to align product attributes, usage profiles, value propositions, claims, forecasts, inventory, and service objectives.

• Maintain complete and accurate product information, claims, regulatory documentation, commercial specifications, forecasting inputs, and supporting tools across relevant business systems.

• Evaluate commercialization and process-improvement outcomes, including effectiveness and return on investment, and apply data-driven learnings to improve future execution.

• Implement standard work and lead continuous improvement initiatives that simplify portfolio management, improve service and execution effectiveness, reduce cycle time, and free capacity for higher-value work.

• Contribute to departmental projects and broader category and brand initiatives. Share learnings and insights to strengthen product management and sales enablement effectiveness.

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

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Marketing, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.

• 3+ years of experience in brand/category management, marketing, sales, product management, project management, or another business-related role.

• Experience working across functions to execute product, commercialization, portfolio, or business initiatives.

• Demonstrated analytical, communication, presentation, project management, and influence skills.

• Ability to translate business objectives into action plans, maintain execution discipline, and apply data-driven learning.

• Working knowledge of business and commercial principles, financial analysis, portfolio management, integrated business planning, customer value creation, and continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or Master's degree.

• Experience in a B2B environment, with sales or commercial experience preferred.

• Experience with regulated products, including OTC, cosmetic, healthcare, or related categories.

• Experience supporting innovation through a stage-gate or commercialization process and working with product information, quality, claims, forecasting, or inventory systems.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

Total Benefits

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.

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

Flex That Works at Kimberly-Clark

We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.

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, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompassesthe 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 local policies.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

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.

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