Program Director, Supply Chain – Natural Solutions

Program Director, Supply Chain – Natural Solutions

Job Description

As a person, you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and driving continuous improvement.

You see the big picture while mastering the details, ensuring that every product, process, and partnership flows with precision and purpose.

You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always working to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

In this role, you will:

Take work direction from the VP of Global Supply Chain Transformation and will work with team members of the Natural Solutions business unit as well as existing Kimberly-Clark functional leaders at ELT level and below.

Be the voice of Kimberly-Clark’s efforts to deliver sustainable technologies and deliver status updates to peers and senior executives across the company.


* Drive some of the most difficult and challenging work, coordinate end-to-end processes across all functions involved in delivering sustainable technologies.


* Provide expert project management and/or coaching support for highly complex projects.


* Program tracking and common project management principles and highlighting issues that come up that requires senior management/sponsor level decisions and resource allocation.


* Supporting the shaping, steering and implementing of a consistent approach and message concerning the delivery of sustainable technologies.


* Provide recommendations, advice/counsel and support to Natural Solutions and Supply Chain leadership teams on project-related matters (direct & indirect).


* Run a Program Steering Team and Sponsors Team review meetings and follow up to ensure action items are completed on time.


* Work closely with Finance to ensure that the spending forecast and actuals are tracked closely, and issues identified and highlighted and ensure that the teams comply with CFI norms.


* Coach and guide the PMO team under this role.


* Build, track, update the integrated project execution critical path schedule for the program and track and update the schedule weekly.


* Identify potential issues with scheduling and budget spend and ensure they are highlighted and actions taken to create mitigation plans.


* Coordinate work of all the functions involved in delivery sustainable technologies including potentially new to Kimberly-Clark functions.


* Coach and guide the PMO team under this role.

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