Brand PMO - Value Bath
Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll have the opportunity to drive innovation, growth, and real impact while delivering better care for billions of people worldwide.
About the role
The Brand PMO – Value Bath serves as the liaison between the Tissue Value Stream team and the assigned business unit (Family Care/Pro Value Bath) for projects. This role provides strategic oversight for the business unit’s portfolio of projects, including capacity, innovation, cost savings, safety/sustainability, quality, and replacement initiatives.
You will provide project management leadership to ensure projects are safely executed on time, within budget, and meet or exceed established success criteria and quality expectations. Responsibilities include timeline creation and management, risk management, business case development, and stakeholder management.
Responsibilities
- Provide program management services across KCNA for the commercialization of safety, quality, innovation, and capacity programs.
- Follow Program Management Best Practices, including timeline management, risk assessment plans, action item management, roles and responsibilities, and interactive planning sessions.
- Lead project capital funding authorization, including development of business cases.
- Ensure programs achieve the desired outcome in terms of scope, schedule, cost, and quality expectations.
- Maintain transparency of project progress, risks, and mitigation strategies.
- Act as a key liaison to plant teams relative to program execution plans.
- Provide supply chain expertise and support for assigned projects, leading supply chain assessments at key project milestones and acting as the liaison between plant and staff.
- Conduct leadership project reviews and status updates, including escalation of roadblocks and removal of barriers for project teams through effective decision analysis and influencing upward.
- Lead PMO continuous improvement efforts by participating in team engagement sessions and helping to create training, standards, and processes to advance the team’s purpose.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.
- 7+ years of experience in increasingly broader technical, operational, or supply chain roles with a demonstrated track record of achievement and growth in leadership.
- Ability to travel up to 15%.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous experience working for a global, highly matrixed Consumer Packaged Goods company.
- Manufacturing and/or supply chain experience.
- Experience coordinating a cross-functional team to achieve a goal.
- Prior experience influencing leaders outside of administrative authority.
- Basic P&L understanding and business case development.
- Strong communication skills.
Benefits
Kimberly-Clark offers a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- 401(k) and Profit Sharing plan.
- Flexible work model blending remote work with intentional in-person collaboration.
- Eligibility for a target bonus.
For a complete overview, visit www.mykcbenefits.com.
Pay
Salary Range: $105,740 – $130,620 USD (base pay for fully qualified hires; actual pay depends on location, role, skills, performance, and experience). This position also offers eligibility for a target bonus.
Schedule
Full time.
Primary locations: Neenah, WI (West Office Facility 1); additional locations in Mobile, AL; Philadelphia, PA (Chester); and Beech Island, SC.