Lead Scientist-Materials

Lead Scientist-Materials

Job Description

You were made to do this work: exploring uncharted questions, engineering innovative solutions, advancing scientific understanding, and constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible. You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to solving real-world problems with purpose and precision. You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. In this role, you’ll help us shape the future and improve lives for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

As the Lead Scientist-Materials, you will work with the Child Care Develop and Commercialization team, supporting material development and commercialization required to support product, process, material, or technology concepts. This role will work with fast moving Personal Care consumable products.

In this role, you will:

• Develop and lead material qualification plans in partnership with Product, Process, Manufacturing, and Supply teams.

• Collaborate with Product teams to understand consumer needs and product performance targets.

• Collaborate with Personal Care project teams and ensure development/commercialization work for material qualification is effectively progressed.

• Collaborate with key material suppliers to develop relationships and technologies to accelerate innovation to our consumers

• Lead materials work stream for projects

• Ensure all work complies with corporate safety, regulatory, product safety, and sustainability requirements.

• Work independently and progress with limited instruction and as part of a larger cross functional team.

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 R&D 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 or advanced degree in related scientific or engineering discipline.

• 3 years or more industry experience in research or engineering, product/material development, project management roles or other related experience.

• A demonstrated ability to work as part of a team and across functional boundaries to complete projects within required timeframes.

• Exceptional skills effectively communicating/translating complex technical concepts to others.

• Travel up to 15-30% if needed, including some international travel.

Preferred (not essential, but desired):

• Experience with vendor management.

• Experience analyzing material properties and impact on product performance.

• Experience in materials development including translating material development needs from prototype to commercial scale demonstrations, completing material and product validations.

• Experience leading material and product commercial launch activities with global manufacturing partners.

• International experience in a global organization.

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.
 

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