Associate Fianance Manager - Global Supply Chain

Associate Fianance Manager - Global Supply Chain

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.

 

Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented individual to drive analysis and insights for end-to-end value stream activities.

Reporting to the Associate Director of Enterprise Manufacturing and Logistics, the Associate Finance Manager is expected to independently partner with values stream teams (commercial, R&D and supply chain) to provide financial, business and strategic analysis and insights.

Seeking a strategic thinker with strong leadership abilities, collaborative mindset, deep analytical skills, exceptional communication skills, and a passion for driving results.

In this role you will:


* Conduct value stream analysis integrating inputs across commercial, manufacturing, logistics, procurement, and R&E to optimize total delivered cost and operational efficiency.


* Develop standardized ways of working and tools to rapidly provide views of total delivered cost including raw materials, conversion spend, distribution cost, etc.


* Integrate data sources and apply assumption-based modeling and scenario building to navigate ambiguity and drive actionable insights.


* Conduct unbiased financial modeling supporting Enterprise objectives and outcomes, supporting senior leadership with clear financial guidance.


* Assist with ad hoc requests from the Enterprise Value Stream leadership teams

Functional Skills


* Written and Verbal Communication: Excellent communication and presentation skills, including strong PowerPoint / deck-writing skills; capable of catering a message appropriately for a given audience


* Structured Problem Solving: Brings structure to ambiguous problems and possesses the ability to frame key questions and develop a workplan to answer them.


* Analytical and Quantitative: Strong analytical and quantitative skills and the ability to independently generate strategic insights.


* Financial Analyses: Ability to analyze P&L trends and diagnose issues, articulate financial impact of findings/recommendations to senior leadership


* Business Judgment: Possesses insight and understanding in dealing with risks and opportunities in business that is likely to lead to favorable outcomes.


* Influence and Stakeholder Management: Ability to manage and influence senior-level stakeholders


* Change Management: Capable of understanding organizational dynamics, individual incentives, and barriers to change to implement new ways of w...