Strategic Brand Growth & Innovation Leader

Kimberly-Clark Corporation; United States; Hybrid; USD 173,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work model (hybrid)

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Chicago Commercial Center is seeking a Brand Growth and Innovation Leader to shape the Kotex portfolio and drive transformational growth across North America. You will lead brand-building initiatives and mentor Brand Managers and consultants in a matrix organization.

The role requires a consumer-obsessed mindset, 10+ years in marketing with brand management, and proven ability to drive strategy, product development, and P&L results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business and/or Marketing.
• 10+ years’ experience in marketing with brand management (B2B - CPG companies).
• Experience leading innovation strategy, concept and product development and commercialization.
• Strong understanding of brand foundational tools, consumer insight identification, segmentation and target development.
• Experience with brand positioning and brand strategy development.
• P&L management; development and execution of brand marketing; cross-functional knowledge; experience in development and production aspects.
• Experience managing at least one direct report.
• Proven capability to lead in a matrix organization driving collaboration across businesses and functions.
• Travel 10-20% of the work time.

Responsibilities

• Drive identification, prioritization and fulfillment of unmet/underserved consumer needs.
• Articulate insight-based, consumer-driven innovation strategy through market dynamics, consumer, competition, brand and financial goals.
• Lead the delivery of a validated, consumer-driven and transformational innovation pipeline to bring to market, including strategy, concept creation, product design and delivery, channel strategy, pricing, shelving, packaging and forecasting.
• Collaborate on development of the Strategic Business Plan, guiding brand priorities over a three-to-five-year horizon.
• Lead a cross-functional team to drive continuous development of innovation, renovation and commercial news pipeline.
• Collaborate with the Global team to drive prioritization, scale and consistency of front-end innovation development.
• Drive business model innovation including import/export and agile approaches and resources.
• Delivery of business objectives for a brand including net sales, operating profit, gross margin, and market share with full P&L levers.
• Consumption and shipment forecasting for brand with risk management and gap closing activities.
• Presenting and influencing the North American Leadership Team.

Skills

Brand management

Innovation strategy

Cross-functional collaboration

P&L understanding

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Marketing

MBA (preferred)

Job description

Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Chicago Commercial Center is seeking a Brand Growth and Innovation Leader to shape the Kotex portfolio and drive transformational growth across North America. You will lead brand-building initiatives and mentor Brand Managers and consultants in a matrix organization.

The role requires a consumer-obsessed mindset, 10+ years in marketing with brand management, and proven ability to drive strategy, product development, and P&L results.