Director, North America Strategy

Kimberly-Clark

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

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 with YOU. Reporting to Sr. Director of Strategy and Analytics Transformation, the Director of Strategy Development is a leader of a team in charge of driving the strategy setting process for North America, executing strategic projects across categories and functions, and supporting decision making for the Segment’s Leadership Team. This role is expected to partner independently with business leaders across a range of situations, including functional strategies, playbooks, and operating plans. Additionally, the Director will be responsible for developing and leading a team of Associate Directors, Managers, and Analysts deployed to North America’s most pressing priorities and building strategic and analytic capabilities across the organization.

Requirements

• Leading & Embedding Change: Steer team work to deliver organizational priorities and proactively identify change management efforts to evolve ways of working. Lead a complex project or multiple projects, manage resources, interdependencies, and mitigate risks
• Influence & Stakeholder Management: Independently navigate organizational complexities to deliver results, effectively aligning interests across levels and functions
• Written & Verbal Communication: Effectively leads senior leadership communications, including effective verbal presentations and crafting of storylines
• Executive Presence: Capable of influencing Leadership Team decision making
• Business Judgment: Possesses insight and understanding in dealing with risks and opportunities in business that is likely to lead to favorable outcomes
• Initiative and Motivation: Highly motivated self-starter who is performance driven
• Project Management: Ability to scope projects, manage teams, and deliver results against set expectations, timelines, and budgets, etc.
• Consumer (CPG and Retail) Industry Knowledge: Knowledge of key players, dynamics and trends, key industry analyses and metrics, etc.
• Engaging and Collaborative: Enjoys working in a team environment
• Change Management: Capable of understanding organizational dynamics, individual incentives, and barriers to change to implement new ways of working consistent with business priorities
• Knowledge and Enthusiasm for K-C: Knowledge of the K-C organization, brands, metrics, etc.; enthusiastic about the potential strategic options facing Kimberly-Clark
• Agile and Versatile: Demonstrated track record of success working in a fast-paced environment
• Scope of Experience: Experience working in the context of a large, complex, global organization where working across functions and teams, and leading through influence are keys to success
• MBA from top-tier business school highly preferred
• 10+ years of experience in highly analytical roles, including Corporate Strategy, Management Consulting, and/or Insights and Analytics roles
• 5+ years of experience building and leading high-performance teams
• Direct experience at a CPG or retailer leading Strategy definition and analytics
• Experienced in building high-performing teams that develop strong partnerships with stakeholders and encourage professional growth

Nice To Haves

• MBA from top-tier business school highly preferred

Responsibilities

• Provides leadership in the development and execution of North America’s strategy
• Guides end-to-end strategy development as a partner to business leaders and makes adjustments to existing strategies based upon new learning and changes in the competitive environment
• Own thought leadership for business problem definition, project scoping, analytical approach, and work-planning
• Direct and directly execute data analysis for delivery of strategic projects including financial modeling and insight analysis on large, complex data sets
• Interpret results from multiple project components and translate these findings into clear and compelling recommendations and solutions.
• Conduct interviews, lead brainstorming sessions, find critical business information, and help business leaders develop innovative approaches to their business.
• Add personal insight, galvanize discussion and debate across the organization on key strategic issues, generate ideas and creative frameworks, and use a combination of facts, judgment, and personal impact to build credibility and influence outcomes.
• Take ownership for Program Design, Implementation and Change Management on select projects critical to our business strategy.
• Bring best-in-class capability building vision to lead Strategy Development – from diagnostics, leading indicators, business impacts, and execution considerations
• Manage and inspire a high-performing team of capability builders, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration and professional development
• Collaborate closely with brand and functional teams to perform analysis, build analytical capabilities, and enable effective decision-making, including Long-term trend analysis, Support of leadership engagements, Analysis of business performance, Competitive Intelligence analyses, Ad-hoc P&L, ROIs, & DPSM analytics

Benefits

• 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.
• Eligibility for a target bonus and a comprehensive benefits suite, including our 401(k) and Profit Sharing plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees