Sr. Manager Strategy & Advanced Analytics

Kimberly Clark; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Sr. Manager for Strategy & Advanced Analytics to enhance their portfolio of innovative brands. This pivotal role involves leading strategic projects and collaborating with key leaders to tackle significant business challenges through data-driven insights. You'll have the opportunity to develop and implement strategies that drive business value while working within a flexible, hybrid environment. If you are passionate about analytics and strategy, and eager to make a meaningful impact, this role is designed for you.

Benefits

Flexible Work Arrangements

Career Development Opportunities

Inclusive Work Environment

Qualifications

• 3+ years of consulting experience with blue-chip strategy firms.
• 5+ years in highly analytical business environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic recommendations on analytics projects.
• Drive execution of advanced analytics work for insights.

Skills

Consulting Experience

Analytical Skills

Business Analysis

Programming Languages (Python, R, C++)

Data Visualization

Education

Bachelor's in Quantitative Field

Master's in Quantitative Field or MBA

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

SAS

Job description

Sr. Manager Strategy & Advanced Analytics

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.

Kimberly-Clark North America is investing in the growth of our high-performance Advanced Analytics Strategy capability and we are looking for entrepreneurial-minded innovators to join us in our journey.

This role will be a core member of the Advanced Analytics and Data Science Strategy team for North America and will work closely with the Strategy Development and the B2B Professional team to tackle business unit’s largest and most pressing strategic issues that require data and analytics to drive tangible interventions in our go-to-market.

This role provides an expedited way to gain an overall understanding of the company and make meaningful strategic contributions, while simultaneously upskilling with Advanced Analytics and Data Science assignments. This role will lead a range of strategic projects and be responsible for strategic thinking, analysis and execution activities.

This role offers an excellent opportunity for strategy consultants with a strong analytical inclination to enhance their advanced analytics skills while continuing to execute core strategy development and execution initiatives.

This newly created Strategy and Advanced Analytics Senior Manager role will report to the Sr. Director, Advanced Analytics and Data Science Strategy. The role will be an individual contributor but may indirectly manage teams. When use cases that involve Data Science methodologies are required, a bench of Data Scientists will be available to provide expertise and support.

In this role, you will:

• Lead the development of strategic recommendations on analytics projects associated with business unit strategy in close collaboration with key leaders across the organization.

• Maintain, prioritize and deliver a backlog of strategy development and advanced analytics use cases and workstreams supporting executive leadership: Scope and define business value, propose potential approaches, assess feasibility, estimate effort and data requirements.

• Drive execution of advanced analytics work to distill insights for senior business leaders in support of strategic business plans. Data sources include but not limited to market data, pricing data, syndicated data such as POS, shipment data, distributor data, Annual & Quarterly reports, investment banker analysis, financial data, articles, and other primary and secondary resources.

• Drive collaborative advanced analytics processes with a range of teams to create strategies at a functional, category, and/or brand level that drive value with clear plans for implementation.

• Drive process to develop materials and present insights and recommendations to senior leaders using visualizations and interactive dashboards designed for non-technical audiences.

• Lead change management initiatives to support successful implementation of strategies.

• Proactively take on additional responsibilities and projects as needed to continuously improve KC’s performance.

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.

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

• 3+ years of consulting experience with one of the blue-chip strategy consulting firms.

• 5+ years of relevant business experience in a highly analytical business environment, including business analysis, functional line experience within strategy, marketing, finance, operations, or sales analytics with a history of demonstrated business success.

• A bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (e.g., Engineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, or Mathematics) – A master’s degree in a quantitative field or an MBA with an analytics concentration is preferred and will be accepted in lieu of 2 years of experience.

• Industry experience in a consumer-packaged goods or a large B2B company in strategy development, finance, marketing, or other role with strategic content.

• Experience in a programming language (e.g., Python, R, C++, Minitab, SAS, Matlab, VBA).

• Experience in a data visualization software (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, Qlik, D3, Shiny, ggplot).

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.

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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.