Lead Scientist

Lead 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. 

As the Lead Scientist you will work with a team to identify problems and develop solutions for Family Care’s tissue businesses.  You will lead and support the development and design of tissue products and/or processes, with emphasis on optimizing and innovating in the areas of wet end chemistry, additives, coatings/creping, and treatment.  Scale up of technologies from lab to pilot to commercial process will be a key area of focus.

Additionally, you will collaborate broadly across R&E, Product Supply, Procurement, manufacturing, and with external vendors to help drive near and long-term business initiatives. 

In this role, you will:


* Lead and support materials development through scientific knowledge in tissue chemistry and tissue processes.


* Conceive, develop, validate and share ideas leading ot new or improved products, processes, or material aligned with business objectives.  A passion and willingness to innovate and improve products through chemistry and chemistry processes is highly desired.


* Work individually and collaboratively with a cross-functional team that includes R&E, Supply Chain, Mill Operations, Procurement, and external material suppliers. 


* Communicate appropriately and effectively with all customers, internal and external, conducting all communications/transactions with the utmost integrity and honesty.


* Drive a culture of protected and documented innovation to protect and defend K-C proprietary technology, products, and business processes through appropriate use of patents and trade secrets.


* Provide leadership by example in safety, ethics, quality, regulatory, sustainability, inclusion and diversity while managing self in accordance with expected KC competencies. 


* Implement appropriate internal controls and standards to ensure compliance with applicable policies, laws, and regulations.

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 â€...