EM BCC Product Development Lead

EM BCC Product Development Lead

Job Description

EM BCC Product Development Lead

As a person, you’re a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you.

You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story.

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:

Responsibilities


* A Product Development Manager role is open within Baby and Child Care Enterprise Market (EM) organization at Kimberly-Clark to manage and oversee the product & technology development for Baby and Child Care (BCC).


* The role will champion the product development of BCC brands/products with focus on pants to grow and win in EM markets and deliver growth and profitable business contribution across the BCC portfolio.

The role leads and manages a team of 5 product developers to deliver and implement product solutions to meet our innovation strategy.

The role will supervise the product & portfolio development across our manufacturing sites/markets and acts as key driver to establish profitable, consumer preferred solutions and progressive external manufacturing business models.


* The role will ensure that the multi-functional Brand teams have the innovation stimulus, product and project clarity, necessary to ensure delivery of the EM strategic growth plan.


* The role will report to the Product Development Leader BCC for Enterprise Markets


* As a person you will provide Research & Development leadership on the assigned innovation projects, leading product development and phases of the development project to ensure consumer & technical qualification is completed and ultimately delivered on time across region.

You will lead the development and deployment of the 3yr Product innovation plan in partnership with Regional Marketing / Engineering teams to support Strategic Business Plans.


* Influencing & partnering with a regional multi-functional team to develop innovative plans that are scalable & consistent with our product strategies while delivering against local, business unit needs will be a key requirement.

You will need to establish a close partnership with IPC team members to be aware of consumer & technology opportunities and use this to properly transfer projects & populate our commercial innovation plans.

And will act as a key role with Kimberly-Clark and external partners to assess technical capabilities of third-party suppliers and recommend strategies to deliver innovation and investment in alignment to growth plans.


* As a person you are a strong communicator conducting all communications and transactions with the utmost integrity, consistent with the Kimberly-Clark Code of Conduct.  You build and maintain strong relationships and networks with key stakeholders and peer...