Infant Care Power Director

Kimberly-Clark • Chicago, IL

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

Infant Care Power Director Job Description Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional® At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 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. The Infant Care Power Director is responsible for orchestrating and managing the execution of Infant Care and Plastic-free Wipes transformation initiatives, ensuring priorities are clear, resources are optimized, and decisions are data-driven. This role requires a highly organized, strategic thinker who can manage shifting priorities, synthesize complex information, and provide actionable insights across 2026 ways-of-working changes and 2030 (estimated) supply chain network transformation. About You 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. You will be maintaining equipment associated with the production, packaging and distribution of Kimberly-Clark products through preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance work. This role is part of Kimberly-Clark’s investment in creating new jobs and expanding its capabilities to produce that are essential to millions of lives around the world, and right here. It starts with YOU.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Strategy, Management, or a related field (MBA preferred)
• 8+ years of experience in program management, management consulting, transformation leadership, or business operations
• Proven experience managing large-scale, cross-functional transformation programs
• Experience conducting rapid analysis and insight generation in high-stakes environments
• Strong understanding of financial and operational levels within transformation programs
• Program Execution Management: Strong understanding of program governance, initiative tracking, and execution best practices
• Problem-Solving and SWAT Thinking: Ability to troubleshoot emerging challenges, propose solutions, and act decisively to maintain momentum
• Rapid Prioritization: Ability to quickly assess competing priorities and determine what matters most in fast-paced environments
• Data Synthesis and Insight Generation: Skilled at pulling together information from multiple sources to create clear, actionable insights
• Strategic Resource Management: Experience reallocating resources dynamically to ensure the right teams are focused on the most critical work
• Stakeholder Communication: Comfortable engaging with senior leaders, initiative teams, and cross-functional stakeholders
• Highly Organized: Excels at structuring complex initiatives and managing multiple priorities
• Analytical and Data-Driven: Uses facts, analysis, and critical thinking to inform decision-making
• Resilient and Agile: Adapts quickly to changing circumstances and thrives in high-pressure situations
• Proactive and Self-Starter: Takes initiative to solve problems and drive progress independently
• Concise and Effective Communicator: Able to distill complex information into clear, succinct recommendations

Nice To Haves

• MBA preferred

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate the execution of Infant Care and Plastic-free Wipes transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with program objectives
• Choreograph workstreams across brand, innovation, and supply chain (asset and network strategy) to maximize efficiency
• Adjust program timelines and milestones to ensure delivery of 2026 org model - ways of working and 2030 network transformation outcomes
• Monitor shifting business and supply chain priorities and adjust program focus to ensure high-impact delivery
• Assess resource availability and reallocate team members or funding across initiatives and transformation phases
• Partner with initiative and functional leaders to balance workloads and remove execution roadblocks
• Conduct rapid SWAT analysis across Infant Care and Plastic-free Wipes, including global best-cost and network trade-offs
• Develop and maintain detailed financial models and investment cases to support key decisions
• Deliver concise, data-backed recommendations to the Program Leader and senior stakeholders
• Act as the central coordination point across workstreams, ensuring integration and execution discipline
• Align Brand, Innovation, Finance, and Supply Chain teams on priorities, assumptions, and milestones
• Serve as a “source of truth” for value tracking and integrated plan management
• Provide regular updates on progress, risks, and mitigation strategies

Benefits

• At Kimberly-Clark, pay is just one aspect of our total rewards package, which also includes a variety of benefits and opportunities to achieve, thrive and grow.
• Along with base pay, this position offers eligibility for a target bonus and a comprehensive benefits suite, including our 401(k) and Profit Sharing plan.
• Flex That Works at Kimberly-Clark We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees