Sr Manager, Corporate Development

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.

Position Summary:

To further enhance global business growth, Kimberly-Clark has decided to bring in a Corporate Development Sr Manager reporting directly to the Senior Director Corporate Development.  The Sr Manager will be a key member of the Global Business Development Team and will have a lead role in target identification, analyzing and executing on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other corporate development activities on a global basis.

The Corporate Development Sr Manager will be involved in all phases of the transaction including originating ideas, due diligence coordination, valuation, structuring, negotiating, and closing the transaction.  As appropriate, the successful candidate be involved in post-deal integration as well.  The successful candidate would need to develop, present and make recommendations to corporate and business leadership teams.  It starts with YOU.

In this role, you will:

• Partner effectively with key business unit operating executives and corporate functional leaders on all phases of a transaction. Be in a position to understand Kimberly-Clark’s current businesses and culture to determine how new opportunities fit with current strengths and weaknesses.
• Research companies and identify trends. Develop detailed business case analysis including competitive analysis and valuations on potential opportunities. 
• Define global business development priorities based on criteria derived from corporate strategy. Communicate and discuss these priorities with the relevant business leaders to impact outcome.
• Lead deals, including provide thought leadership and process leadership for senior management in acquisition, divestiture, and partnership processes and transactions including valuation approaches and methodologies to assure that the Company’s processes are appropriate and current.

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.

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

• A minimum of a bachelor’s degree is required.  An MBA or advanced degree would be preferred.
• At least 8 years of business experience is required
• Must have at least 3 years’ experience in transaction execution (Corporate Development, Investment banking, Private Equity or similar)
• Meaningful corporate development transaction experience.
• The transaction experience will include hands-on experience in prospecting opportunities, deal structuring, managing due diligence, and negotiating transaction terms.
• Strong financial background and will be able to demonstrate a strong balance between being highly strategic, with a deep understanding of the financial implications of prospective deals.
• Highly operational, able to dive into the details required to structure the best commercial arrangements.
• Consumer Products, or B2B experience is not required for this position but would be an advantage.

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