Retailer Brands Portfolio Manager

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.

This role offers an exciting opportunity to gain a broad multi
- functional and multi-category experience within the K-C Consumer Business.

You will be part of the dedicated Retailer Brand Team which acts with an entrepreneurial, passionate and dynamic spirit. You will be in regular contact with all departments of the organisation.

In this role, you will:

- Interface with the Country Customer Management Team to understand the content of new business tenders and develop the full KC proposition in response.
- Interface with Sector Planning to be able to determine the best product manufacturing location and identify future opportunities to absorb excess manufacturing capacity (and associated fixed cost) in K-C EMEA facilities network
- Creation and lead of a multi-functional team including Sector Marketing, Legal, Safety Clearance, Regulatory, to develop the best offer for K-C and Retailer Brands (RB) customers and manage the full impact of RB portfolio on KC business and strategy
- Interface with Finance Category analyst for cost evaluation and final price proposition inside of the agreed Retailer Brand financial guidelines
- Innovations/renovation of the current RB portfolio to secure and grow RB business within the EMEA Region
- Work with Research & Engineering to develop innovative product propositions which meet changing consumer and customer needs; covering all facets of the proposition - specification, packaging, format, performance etc. to add value to the K-C proposal.
- Identification of cost transformation/optimization initiatives
- Support of local Sales Team with customers’ meetings

**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 - so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

**Led by Purpose. Driven by You.**

**About You**

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

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. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
**JOB REQUIREMENTS**:

- A minimum of 3-5 years working with relative autonomy in a commercial / project management environment
- Demonstrated capability in managing multiple and complex projects to defined timescales
- Good understanding of product costing and business finance
- High standard of communication in a second European language would be advantageous

**Total Benefits**

**Great support for good health** with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.

**Flexible Savings and spending accounts** to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.

**Diverse income protection insurance options** to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.

**Additional programs and support**to continue your education, adopt a child or even find temporary childcare.

**To Be Considered**

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

**And finally, the fine print.**
- For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make