Lead Process Scientist

Lead Process Scientist

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, you will:

We are currently seeking a highly motivated Lead Materials Scientist to join the Sustainability Moonshot & Breakthrough Materials Team focused on the development of emerging biomaterial nonwovens to drive innovative solutions for the Kimberly-Clark Personal Care portfolio.  Specifically, this role will devote time supporting establishing nonwoven process parameters and specifications to enable the manufacturing of novel biomaterials supporting Baby & Child Care products.  This role will be located in Roswell, GA reporting to the Director of Sustainability Moonshot & Breakthrough Materials.

The role is critical to maintaining our leadership position in the Personal Care categories. The incumbent will be a key contributor working cross-functionally to ensure processes, materials, and products meet established brand standards and regulatory and quality guidelines. This position requires an individual who thrives in an innovative and emerging manufacturing environment and brings forward subject matter expertise to nonwovens processing at pilot scale with capability to direct scale-up opportunities. Responsibilities include:

• Working closely with Materials SMEs to identify novel biomaterials for nonwoven applications
• Driving biomaterial processing trials to meet or create specifications to meet product performance requirements
• Partnering with Category & Product leaders to establish product specification requirements
• Documenting learning, reporting learning to stakeholders, and establishing new intellectual assets from work (e.g. invention disclosures, patents, etc.)

The incumbent must be able to:

• Work effectively with cross-functional teams such as category, materials, operations, quality, product safety, regulatory, and manufacturing teams  

• Plan and carry out project responsibilities with limited assistance and direction
• Communicate and document project plans and results to key stakeholders
• Develop robust timelines, budgets, and resource forecasts
• Supporting qualification or commercialization activities for formulated products

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:

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in engineering or materials science discipline from an accredited college or university.
• 5+ years of experience in a variety of technical assignments.
• 2+ years of experience in the nonwoven processing roles with manufacturing/scale up exposure.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently or as part of a team to complete projects within required timeframes.
• A track record of strong project leadership capabilities and commu