Job Openings at Kimberly-Clark

Main Responsibilities:

• Align Kimberly-Clark SSA strategic deployment with Global and Regional vision.
• Spearhead profitable expansion of Personal Care across markets.
• Execute Brand Operating Plans, achieving annual business targets.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen market position and profit potential.
• Partner with Regional Sector Leaders for capability build and support programs.
• Lead talent management development plans across sectors.
• Embed Kimberly-Clark Ways of working, including the Kimberly-Clark Way of Brand Building.
• Drive digital transformation for consumer communications.
• Represent Marketing in the SA Leadership Team.
• Lead marketing team to deliver results and achieve full potential.

About You:

• You're driven to perform at the highest level with a passion for making a difference.
• As a graduate with a degree in marketing or a related area, you bring at least five years of continuous work experience.
• You appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring and value sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

Essential Knowledge, Experience, and Qualifications:

• Tertiary qualification (commercial base essential) and a minimum of 7 years at a Senior Management level.
• Minimum of 2 years of Senior Sales Management experience leading and managing a sales team.
• Proven track record of delivering Marketing and Sales results through others.

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Your Role:

• Brand Strategy: Contribute to brand strategy reviews in collaboration with the EMEA team.
• Planning Excellence: Develop annual brand plans aligned with category, brand, consumer, and customer priorities.
• Integrated Marketing: Lead the development of Integrated Marketing Plans (IMP) for effective campaigns.
• Creative Collaboration: Support the creative process for "Above the line" communication.
• Digital Impact: Collaborate on digital campaigns, ensuring key performance indicators are achieved.
• Shopper Marketing: Partner with Shopper Marketing & Category teams for impactful "Below the line" activities.
• Insight Integration: Develop consumer & shopper insights, incorporating opportunities into strategies.
• Performance Analytics: Track, analyze, and evaluate brand and trade initiatives to ensure business results.
• Product Innovation: Lead new product development & introduction (NPI) projects from concept to launch.
• Effective Communication: Ensure clear communication during projects.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Manage relationships for successful cross-functional collaboration.
• Data-Driven Decisions: Evaluate data, marketing, and competitor information for informed decision-making.

About You:

• Join us if you're a strategic thinker with a Bachelor's degree,
• 1-3 years of marketing experience (preferably in FMCG), and a passion for delivering business results.
• Your analytical skills, project management abilities, and collaborative mindset will contribute to our brand success.