R&E Senior Product Engineer

R&E Senior Product Engineer
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 your Sr Product Engineering 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:
Project Management:

• Manage the relationships between global and regional project teams (knowledge transfer).
• Develop and coordinate project management plans to ensure the innovation pipeline, and brand maintenance and cost saving programs are commercialized with excellence and activities are executed on-time/on-cost.

Innovation/Renovation Management:
Collaborate with Brand Marketing, Segment Marketing, Sales, and other cross functional team members to:

• Identify need states across our prioritized segments and product categories, looking for synergies that will allow us to scale solutions across multiple segments for maximum impact.
• Identify market and technology trends that have the potential to impact these need states in both the short and long-term.
• Develop a prioritized renovation/innovation pipeline that effectively addresses these need states and takes into consideration emerging market and technology trends.
• Define project scope, design, funding & resource requirements for projects while utilizing processes and procedures adopted by KCP (i.e., design control, EtQ, IPS, etc.).

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in related major scientific or engineering discipline from an accredited college or university with at least 8+ years relevant work experience in paper or non-woven material development and/or manufacturing.
• Strong foundational experience with paper or non-woven development/manufacturing process and a demonstrated ability to work through the process to deliver differentiated solutions to target customers.
• Experience with paper or non-woven converting processes.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate with, inspire, and influence multifunctional teams, including business unit marketing, sales, and manufacturing, to drive results and customer satisfaction.
• A track record of strong project leadership capabilities and effective communication skills.
• Capability to manage multiple programs through a stage-gate process.

Financial:

• Use financial information and analysis to support fact-based business decisions to support successful implementation of innovation and cost transformation projects.

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.
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.
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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Primary Location
USA-GA-Atlanta-Roswell
Additional Locations
USA-REMOTE
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time