North America - Integrated Business Planning & Process Excellence Director

Kimberly-Clark•Chicago, IL

9d•$185,780 - $240,140•Hybrid

About The Position

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. In your Director Integrated Business Planning & Process Excellence role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. You will drive Kimberly-Clark’s North America (KCNA) IBP and management process transformation strategy and execution. This includes the development of standard processes and system execution to deliver performance improvement across the business. You will play a central role in capability building and coaching across step process owners and business leaders as we install new skills in the organization. As the expert, you will bring voice, experience and leadership in process transformation, elevation of business planning capabilities, a best in class governance, and must influence a variety of stakeholders. This includes leveraging internal and external contacts/networks to bring perspective and direction on process, improvement structure and technology. You will collaborate heavily with category teams, supply chain, and sales teams to ultimately drive improved processes that drive growth and profitability, as well as improved forecast accuracy and bias to enable performance delivery.

Requirements

Leadership experience managing regional and/or global teams, preferably in the areas of Planning and S&OP
Cross-functional knowledge through the supply chain (Sales, Customer Service, Manufacturing, Distribution, Planning, Sourcing and Supply, Transportation) including demonstrated knowledge of financial metrics and drivers
Demonstrated ability to establish vision and strategy and lead implementation
Proven technical knowledge of demand planning, including statistical forecasting and demand sensing with the ability to drive system discipline and performance analytics
S&OP/S&OE/IBP experience, with hands-on experience implementing all, or multiple steps, and managing or leading one or multiple steps in a large-scale business
Demonstrated personal credibility through solid communication skills, achieving results, and trusted relationships with others
Demonstrated contagious positive energy to promote team engagement and drive results
Willing to challenge the status quo and facilitate different perspectives to drive solutions

Responsibilities

Develop North America IBP and management process transformation and improvement plan leveraging a fact-based gaps/opportunities diagnostic
North America leader of Kimberly-Clark’s IBP process, including standard structure, inputs/outputs, and approach to assess and improve
Provide stewardship of the IBP process, supporting transformation roll-out, sustainment and improvement leveraging internal and external resources
Provide ongoing capability building and coaching to step leaders and business leaders for each element of IBP to drive transformation and continuous improvement
Subject matter expert for demand planning, capacity planning while supporting various areas including monthly demand plans, consumption models, network and production strategy optimization, integration of new businesses, and new product launches
Ensure solid linkages and alignment between the SBP, ABP and planning processes executed alongside ongoing S&OP and S&OE Cycles