Associate Director, Strategy Development - NA

Job Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional® At Kimberly-Clark, it's all here for you - innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 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. Reporting to the Director of Strategy for NA, this role is a leader in both strategy development and strategy execution for KC's North America business.

The Associate Director is expected to independently partner with business teams in strategy development projects across a range of situations, including full business strategies for select categories as well as functional specific strategies, playbooks, and operating plans.

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.

• Guide end-to-end strategy development as a partner to business leaders and make adjustments to existing strategies based upon new learning and changes in the competitive environment
• Own thought leadership for business problem definition, project scoping, analytical approach and work-planning
• Direct and directly execute data analysis for delivery of strategic projects including financial modeling and insight analysis on large, complex data sets
• Interpret results from multiple project components and translate these finding into clear and compelling recommendations and solutions.
• Conduct interviews, lead brainstorming sessions, find critical business information, and help business leaders develop innovative approaches to their business.
• Add personal insight, galvanize discussion and debate across the organization on key strategic issues, generating ideas and creative frameworks, and use a combination of facts, judgment, and personal impact to build credibility and influence outcomes.
• Take ownership for Program Design, Implementation and Change Management on select projects critical to our business strategy.

• MBA from top-tier business school highly preferred
• 7+ years of business experience in strategy consulting, related business analysis, functional line experience within strategy, marketing, finance, operations, or sales analytics with a history of demonstrated business success.
• 3+ years of consulting experience with one of the blue-chip strategy consulting firms (Bain, BCG, McKinsey, etc.) or comparable strategy consulting firm / function.
• Additional industry experience in a consumer-oriented (CPG, retail) company in strategy development, finance, marketing, or other role with strategic content highly preferred.

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.

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We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That's why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration - helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world, which is why we seek to build a workforce that…