Executive Assistant II, Transformation Office - Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Chicago, IL 60601
About the Job
Job Description
Location: One of the North America sites (Chicago, Neenah, Roswell, or Dallas).
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 withYOU.
We are looking for an experienced Executive Administrative Assistant to support Kimberly-Clark global transformation office – including Deputy Chief Transformation Officer, VP global Change Management and the transformation office operations. This role reports to the Deputy Chief Transformation Officer.
As an Executive Assistant II at Kimberly-Clark, you will manage access to the executives you support, while also maintaining and modifying the executive's schedule, ensuring the executive is aware of issues that need immediate attention. You will provide a broad range of highly skilled and highly confidential administrative support to ensure smooth operation of the office.
In this role, you will:
Update, organize, and coordinate meetings. Maintain department calendars. Schedule and coordinate candidate interviews.
Assist with events including finding a location, ordering food, meeting with location on details, attending the events to provide support, prepare materials, and other needs for a successful event.
Assist with travel arrangements including booking of flights, hotels and car reservations and other documents as required for staff to travel. Complete and submit expense reports.
Maintain strong interpersonal relationships with employees at all levels of the organization.
Prepare and review reports, spreadsheets, presentations, and finished documents relevant to supervisor’s assignment.
Work effectively using Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and/or other software as required.
Develop and maintain effective business contacts with vendors and services.
Responsible for Purchase Order requests and Purchase Order Management.
Professionally respond to executive and other communications and maintain effective communication with internal and external partners.
Serve as a general contact for team questions.
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, million 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.
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:
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
A High School Diploma and at least 3 years of administrative work experience supporting an executive (VP level or above).
Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
Advanced computer skills using Outlook, Windows, Word, Excel, PowerPoints, and SharePoint.
Strong written and oral communication skills.
A demonstrated attention to detail, strong analytical and organization skills.
Demonstrate ability to act independently, organize workload, set priorities, work well under deadline pressure, adapt to change, and handle confidential material.
Ability and willingness to work overtime on an occasional basis to meet workload demands.
Experience arranging complex travel, meetings, catering, and general office organization.
Preferred Qualifications:
Associate or bachelor’s degree preferred.
High ability to exercise independent problem solving and decision making with a high degree of initiative and self-coordination.
Total Benefits
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.
Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.
Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.
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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.
Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.
Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 – when prompted for employee ID, say “OTHER CALLER” - or kcchrprod@service-now.com for assistance. You must include the six-digit Job # with your request.
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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