Senior Product Developer

Senior Product Developer

Job Description

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 this role as a Senior Product Developer, you will serve as a key member of the Scott® Bath Consumer Product Development team and provide product leadership to ensure successful development, commercialization and launch of products.  You’ll build from consumer insights to product design and market launch, incorporating Sustainability initiatives throughout. This role will include a focus within fiber strategy planning and execution in partnership with the Materials Development Team. In this role you will work in conjunction with R&D team members and cross-functional partners from Marketing, Sales, Supply Chain, Quality and Manufacturing to execute projects. This position reports to the Scott® Bath R&D Manager and is based from the Kimberly-Clark offices in Neenah, WI.

In this role, you will:

• Lead a cross-functional R&D team to deliver project goals, identify and drive learning plans, manage project timeline, and drive adherence to key dates/deliverables to ensure project is on-track.

• Lead programs focused on the development and commercialization of tissue innovation, including sustainable fiber implementation and consult/support of Scott LCM-Business continuity initiatives.

• Partner with business and market research team members to develop and execute plans to gather consumer insights and drive product innovation in support of strategic business plan goals.

• Work closely with Supply Chain, Marketing and Finance teams, among others, to achieve project goals; significant influence without authority required.

• Provide work direction, while coaching and mentoring members of the cross-functional R&D team.

• Ensure all work complies with Corporate Safety, Regulatory, Product Safety, and Quality requirements. 

• Document knowledge and report research and development work as required by R&D policy and IP needs.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions 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.

About You

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring.  You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

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. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university

• A minimum of 5+ years of experience in project management and/or product/process development   

• Proven track record of effectively communicating to and influencing leaders/team members across all levels of the organization

• Prior experience leading projects from idea through execution

• Ability to provide work direction to team members not in a direct reporting relationship

• Up to 30% travel, with potential for increased frequency of travel around product launches/implementation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or science related field