Your Job
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 is a key role within the FP&A COE, supporting the IFP finance leadership. The incumbent will be responsible for providing reliable and insightful reporting, leading the forecasting process, and developing analysis about the performance and outlook of the business and the broader market environment. This role will demonstrate creativity and ability to challenge the status quo to improve processes to be more effective but also more efficient to deliver outcomes that will drive business results.
Master data is a critical business asset with a significant impact on business performance and decision-making. Properly managed and high-quality master data will enable the company to drive business results, while poorly controlled and low-quality data will lead to higher costs and missed opportunities. You will apply data governance best practices in the delivery of master data management services, ensuring that high-quality (timely, complete, accurate, and consistent) master data is delivered, maintained, and used to drive business results.
You will be responsible for delivering master data management services globally, supporting the implementation of systems in partnership with ITS, leading continuous improvement initiatives, and driving global standardization.
The current scope covers the majority of master data types (domains), including product, customer, vendor, material, and finance. The scope is unrestricted and may expand in the future to include additional master data types where business value is identified.
Key Accountabilities and Business Priorities
Lead and develop a team of master data management professionals responsible for daily creation and maintenance of master data records, global process standardization and automation.
Maintain stable operations ensuring high master data quality, excellent process performance and compliance with internal control, SOX Controls, ARCHER, global standard, business rules and regulation.
Support the region as SME across all the domains:
1) Lead multi-domain projects coordinating with appropriate teams required support.
Drive value creation supporting the business through:
1) Positively influence the business by leading training to internal customers, CI projects or leveraging data, analytics and actionable insights to deliver quantifiable results.
2) Generate consistency, efficiency, and productivity improvements by leveraging process improvement, standardization and automation to generate white space.
3) Engage regional stakeholders to drive awareness and identification of business use case scenarios that demonstrate the importance and ROI of sustained quality master data.
Work in partnership with ITS and the business teams to implement new master data technologies that enhance process efficiency and drive effective master data quality:
Represent the domain and the region for global data governance council to ensure global consistency.
Take ownership of issues and project tasks to drive them to completion ensuring that business processes are not disrupted by changes.
Lead large projects internal to the master data team.
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 151 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:
Essential Requirements:
Leadership skills
Organizational and management skills.
Strong ability to communicate with multiple organizational levels and cultures.
Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
Problem-solving skills.
Analytical and critical thinking skills.
Results oriented and customer focus.
Superior attention to detail.
Advanced project management skills.
Consistently demonstrate the KC Values (We Care, We Own, We Act) and Our Ways of Working (Focus on Consumers, Play to Win, Move Fast and Grow Our People).
Technical and Business Skills
Expert in Master Data principles, quality, practices and their relationship with business.
CI/LEAN experience.
Advanced Microsoft Excel proficiency.
Advanced SAP user.
Knowledge of Power BI, PowerApp, Winshuttle, Macro and/or SAP scripting will be an advantage.
Essential Knowledge/ Experience
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Engineering or related field.
5 years of relevant experience.
B2 or C1 English level.
Other regional languages will be an advantage: Mandarin Chinese or Korean.
Total Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.
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, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.
To Be Considered
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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 life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.
Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.
No Relocation:
This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.