EMEA People Operations Enablement Manager

EMEA People Operations Enablement Manager

Job Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®.

At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 

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. 

About You

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

Make a real impact on Employee Experience at scale.

As the EMEA People Operations Enablement Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how People Operations works end‑to‑end across a large, diverse region.

This is a senior, high‑visibility leadership role with regional and global scope, where operational excellence directly impacts thousands of employees every day.

Working at the intersection of People Operations, Shared Services, Global Process Design, and Employee Experience, you will lead and enable best‑in‑class People Operations across EMEA.

You will drive service excellence, strengthen compliance, and influence how People processes are designed, delivered, and continuously improved—driving the best possible employee experience at scale.

Your Impact

In this role, you will:


* Lead regional People Operations enablement, ensuring high‑quality, compliant, and scalable HR services,


* Drive standardisation, automation, and continuous improvement across Hire‑to‑Retire processes,


* Partner closely with Global Process Owners, Legal, Finance, GBS and Shared Services to embed global solutions,


* Shape and implement regional and global initiatives and projects within People Operations,


* Champion self‑service, knowledge management, and digital adoption (ServiceNow, Workday, employee portal),


* Act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, providing insight, direction, and operational clarity.

Leadership & culture


* Lead and develop a multi‑geographical team, fostering ownership, engagement and belonging,


* Serve as a role model for values‑driven, performance‑focused leadership,


* Drive a strong employee experience and engagement agenda within your function,


* Build capability, coach talent, and support succession in partnership with Capability Leaders.

Change & transformation


* Lead regional change management for operational initiatives, ensuring smooth adoption and measurable outcomes,


* Use data, in...