Senior Director, Next Generation Packaging

Senior Director, Next Generation Packaging

Job Description

About Us
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Kotex®.

Poise®.

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Kimberly-Clark Professional®.

You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world.

In fact, million 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.
 

The Senior Director, Global Next Generation Packing (Senior Director) will create and drive technical strategies that fuse packaging engineering excellence and creative design to shape groundbreaking solutions for Kimberly-Clark (K-C) across categories.

This role is pivotal in leading the global packaging function to deliver our strategic initiatives/big bets, corporate sustainability goals and transformational cost solutions.

 The Senior Director will partner and influence across multiple cross-functional teams, leveraging advanced materials, technology platforms, and design thinking to re-define traditional packaging.

Reporting to the Chief R&D Officer, this leader will have a passion and a proven track record for innovation, sustainable design, and packaging technologies. 
 

Role & Responsibilities


* Long-Term Packaging Design & Development Pipeline:  Lead development of innovative, sustainable packaging solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams for optimal performance, cost and customer experience.

 Maintain a pipeline of consumer relevant concepts to fuel growth agenda. 


* Strategy Development & Deployment:  Develop a strategic pipeline and drive programs to meet enterprise goals.

Partner with supply chain to understand the packaging asset base and jointly develop the asset technology pipeline and capital plans.


* User/Consumer Centric Design:  Leverage strong foundational consumer insights to deliver brand-promise (form, function, interaction, convenience, accessibility, incremental consumption).


* Sustainability as an Edge:  Integrate sustainability practices (carbon & plastic footprint) in packaging design.

 Ensure regulatory compliance and governance to meet KC commitments.


* Material Innovation:  Explore and test emerging materials in collaboration with suppliers and partners to ensure durability, cost-effectiveness, and minimal environmental impact.


* Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration:  Partner with marketing, product design, and supply chain to meet brand and logistical packaging requirements.


* Lead the Packaging Function (central and regional resources): advance best in class design tools, proc...