Director - Competitive Intelligence and Strategy

Director - Competitive Intelligence and Strategy

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 this role, you will:

Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven, and talented individual to drive competitive landscape assessment, benchmarking, and strategic planning to identify opportunities for end-to-end value stream.

Reporting to the VP of Enterprise Value Stream, the incumbent will also be responsible for the overall value stream strategic planning process, building global connected data/analytics to identify opportunities and inform value stream strategy.

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

Role Accountabilities

Competitive Assessment and Benchmarking


* Establish process and routinely update competitive supply chain intelligence research on key parameters, competitor moves and overall value stream.


* Establish and govern enterprise competitive intelligence systems, including standardized methodologies, data architecture, and repeatable access to insights across global value streams.


* Understand drivers of success among competition, key value enablers and comparative metrics – connecting ABU segment/sector market & competitive landscape, drivers & opportunities to inform our strategies & priorities.


* Link external intelligence benchmarks to our internal value chain and performance metrics (products and process) to drive towards top quartile performance.


* Articulate the value proposition of our competitive strategy and influence resource allocation and investment decisions.


* Lead competitive cost benchmarking and war gaming exercises leveraging a broad suite of primary and secondary research sources


* Democratize competitive intelligence across broader cross-functional team members including the broader Supply Chain, Research & Development and Commercial teams

Value Stream Strategy


* Detail advantaged actions and initiatives that can set up value chain for cost efficiency, deliver target cost savings and drive consumer value.


* Translate business / enterprise strategy and objectives to value stream requirements.


* Coordinate with capital teams for sufficiency planning, and ensure strong capital efficiency (improve ROIC)


* Develop strong commercial partnership and deep understanding of customers, consumers, go to market for key categories and geographies


* Lead complex, crossâ€...