Brand Growth and Innovation, Brand Manager - Household Care

Brand Growth and Innovation, Brand Manager - Household Care

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. 

           

The Brand Manager – Strategy & Innovation will lead brand building initiatives across North America for the Household Care Portfolio (Viva® & Scott® Towels), as well as develop, gain support and lead 3-5 year strategy & innovation plans.

In this role you will lead and influence cross-functional partners in a matrix organization to include R&E, Product Supply, Insights & Analytics, RGM, Design and Sales.

In this role, you will:


* Lead development of 3 Year Strategic Brand Plan and Portfolio (point person for entire Strategic Brand Planing process).


* Lead development and cascade of brand building initiatives for North America; Lead brief development and execution of innovation programs in partnership with Business Unit Marketing and Cross Functional Partners.


* Leverage knowledge of P&L and collaborate with finance and other partners to bring forward real time recommendations that protect net sales and operating profit goals while solving issues facing the business.


* Identify and lead process improvements at the brand or portfolio level.


* Key liaison with channel and sales strategy as voice of the consumer and brand subject matter expert


* Drive development of channel specific go-to-market strategies and plans to maximize presence in market (includes category management, shelving and assortment strategies).


* Leverage consumer, customer and category insights to drive development of 3 to 5 year brand strategy and supporting innovation and renovation pipeline to deliver strategic business plan.


* Develop annual portfolio learning plan to meet innovation objectives


* Champion for Design Thinking and agile methodologies across KCNA


* Drive continuous development of innovation, renovation and commercial news pipeline in partnership with R&E

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€...