Strategy and Transformation Leader - Personal Care

Strategy and Transformation Leader - Personal Care

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. 

The Strategy and Transformation Leader - Personal Care role is responsible for orchestrating and managing the execution of transformation initiatives, ensuring priorities are clear, resources are optimized, and decisions are data-driven. This role requires a highly organized, strategic thinker who can swiftly manage shifting priorities, synthesize complex information, and provide actionable insights. The ideal candidate is a dynamic problem solver with strong analytical capabilities, a proactive mindset, and the ability to coordinate multiple moving parts across the transformation office.

In this role, you will:

• Work Choreography and Execution Oversight

  • Manage and coordinate the execution of transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with program objectives.

  • Choreograph the sequencing of workstreams to maximize efficiency and minimize bottlenecks.

  • Continuously adjust and optimize program timelines and milestones based on evolving business needs.

• Priority Management and Resource Allocation

  • Monitor shifting business needs and adjust program priorities accordingly to ensure high-impact delivery.

  • Assess resource availability and reallocate team members or funding to meet evolving demands.

  • Work closely with initiative leads and functional leaders to balance workloads and remove execution roadblocks.

• SWAT Analysis and Data-Driven Decision Making

  • Conduct rapid SWAT analyses to identify issues, risks, and opportunities within the transformation portfolio.

  • Aggregate and synthesize disparate data sources to generate insights that inform strategic decision-making.

  • Develop concise, data-backed recommendations to present to the Program Leader and senior stakeholders.

• Cross-Functional Coordination and Stakeholder Engagement

  • Act as a central coordination point across workstreams, ensuring integration and seamless execution.

  • Collaborate with initiative leads, process leads, and transformation teams to align on key priorities.

  • Serve as “source of truth” integration point for all value tracking and integrated plan management.

  • Provide regular updates to the Program Leader and executive stakeholders on progress, risks, and mitigation strategies.

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:

• MBA from top-tier business school highly preferred

• Undergraduate degree in Engineering highly preferred

• 5+ years of experience in analytical roles, including Corporate Strate