Materials Project Lead - Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Neenah, WI 54956
About the Job
Job Description
Your Job:
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 your Lead Scientist - Material role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
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, millions 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.
Job Requirements:
We are seeking a Materials Lead to support the Personal Care sector in Neenah, Wisconsin. This role is a member of the Research and Engineering (R&E) team, developing and implementing new product, process, material, or technology concepts. This role will work with fast moving Personal Care consumable products. The incumbent reports to a Team Leader and receives direction in the form of specific project and innovation pipeline objectives.
- Collaborate with product teams to understand business innovation plans. Utilize the business innovation plans to lead development specifically in the absorbent system.
- Work with product developers, process engineers, corporate research, and other materials scientists to develop for commercialization new and/or improved materials for the absorbent system.
- Provide project leadership in the design, development, and optimization of non-woven and absorbent materials for consumer product solutions, supporting the Kimberly-Clark brand plans.
- Manage relationships with vendors and key material suppliers to develop materials and application technologies to accelerate innovation to our consumers.
- Coordinate material development activities with key suppliers and production locations with mainly North American implementation, but also internationally, as required.
- Mentor less experienced material scientists across R&E.
- Ensure all work complies with corporate safety, regulatory, product safety, and sustainability requirements.
- Work independently and progress with limited instruction and as part of a larger cross functional team.
The incumbent will interact daily across the R&E community consisting of product, process, and material experts. This team is accountable for the development of improved or new materials that deliver on consumer needs and improved performance in personal care absorbent products. The incumbent will provide leadership and decision making from the material perspective to advance projects through the business stage and gate approval process. Weekly the incumbent will influence vendors and partner with corporate research, procurement, supply chain, safety, regulatory, and legal as required by project needs.
Required (essential for the job):
- Bachelor's or advanced degree in related scientific or engineering discipline.
- 3+ years of industry experience in research or engineering, product/material development, project management roles or other related experience.
- A demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and across functional boundaries to complete projects within required timeframes.
- Exceptional skills effectively communicating/translating complex technical concepts to others.
- Travel up to 15% if needed, including some international travel.
Preferred (not essential, but desired):
- Experience with vendor management.
- Experience analyzing material properties and impact on product performance.
- Experience in materials development including translating material development needs from prototype to commercial scale demonstration.
- Experience leading material and product commercial launch activities with external suppliers and global manufacturing partners.
- International experience in a global organization.
Total Benefits:
For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com
Hybrid Work Arrangements: You’re looking to make a difference. When and where it works best for you. And 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 work (hybrid) 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 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.
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.
Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role. The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clark’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will decided in Kimberly-Clark’s sole discretion.
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