Director, Global Capital Facilities

Director, Global Capital Facilities

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.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands and take our future to the next level.

In this role with K-C's procurement team, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented individual to lead the Enterprise Supply Chain (ESC) Capital Engineering Facilities Team.

This role is responsible for leading critical facility and infrastructure expansions for Kimberly-Clark driving standards and efficiencies in spending and contracts. 

Role Accountabilities



* Leader for new facility builds, including greenfield and brownfields, expansions, warehouses and other building or infrastructure work. 


* Oversee planning and design of new facilities and site layouts to ensure they meet the needs of the business and comply with requirements.


* Drive cost efficiencies through contract improvements and standard approach to ongoing upgrades, facility maintenance and more.


* Drives overall improvements in the management/maintenance of our facilities through monitoring industry standards, technology and process improvements (lean energy for example) and more.


* Works in partnership with Global Business Solutions real estate team to assess opportunities, manage risk and drive decisions including acquisition of facilities and land enabling the maximum supply chain value stream, as well as disposition of facilities or land which is no longer needed. 


* Ensures management of risk (in partnership with Risk Management) with all projects to meet risk and compliance requirements while being as cost effective as possible. 

Basic Qualifications


* Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Engineering or related field


* At least 10 years of related experience


* Demonstrated expertise leading and delivering large facility and infrastructure related capital decisions in partnership with both internal partners and external entities including governmental agencies.


* Experience in Project Management


* Experience in implementing sustainable and environmental-efficient solutions


* Understanding of basic construction/building code requirements leveraged in manufacturing and production facilities


* Proficient knowledge of global manufacturing trends and best practices in capital project management


* Strong financial acumen


* Excellent leadership and team management capabilities​


* Ability to lead and influence in a matrixed organization and hierarchy


* Effective, consistent global ...