Brand Manager, Brand Growth & Innovation - Huggies® Wipes

Brand Manager, Brand Growth & Innovation - Huggies® Wipes

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. 

In your Brand Manager role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

The Brand Growth & Innovation Brand Manager on Huggies® Wipes will lead brand building initiatives across North America as well as develop, gain support and lead 3–5-year strategy & innovation plans.

The Brand Manager will lead and influence cross-functional partners in a matrix organization to include R&E, Product Supply, I&A, RGM, Design, and Sales.

In this role, you will:


* Lead guidance across key cross-functional teams to ready the launch of a major innovation program.


* Deliver a launch plan that builds the brand through a holistic system that puts consumer needs at the center.


* Develop, own, and manage the dashboard for frontline teams with detailed actions required to generate clear success criteria and track progress while helping to mitigate risks proactively during scaling process.


* Lead the process of materials preparation for various workshops, customer meetings, and steering committees.


* 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.


* Serve as 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 strategy and supporting innovation related to the scale up and expansion of the program.


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


* Champion for Design Thinking and agile methodologies across Kimberly-Clark NA.

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, an...