Role: Head of Marketing - Personal Care UK&IFull TimeSalary: Competitive
Location: Kings Hill, Kent, United Kingdom (Voted 9th in The Telegraph's Britain's top 20 places to raise a family)Closing Date: 13th May 2017

An exciting opportunity has arisen for you to:

• Work for a global company with household brand names including Andrex®, Kleenex® Huggies®, Kotex®, and Depend®
• Take responsibility for the overall strategy and leadership of the Personal Care Sector for UK & Ireland - covering Baby & Child care (BCC) and Adult & Feminine Care (AFC) portfolios
• Sit on the UK & Ireland Leadership team reporting directly to the VP & Managing Director of UK & Ireland

The Company

Kimberly-Clark (K-C) is a global leader in the FMCG space. We manufacture and market leading brands such as Andrex®, Kleenex®, Huggies®, Kotex®, and Depend®. Every day, nearly a quarter of the world's population trust Kimberly-Clark's brands and the solutions they provide to enhance their health, hygiene and well-being.

Our work environment fosters personal, professional and corporate growth. It reflects a sense of community that nurtures innovation. Our global team works together in a spirit of cooperation and trust to lead the world in essentials for a better life.

We recruit great people. Our trusted brands are an indispensable part of life for nearly one-quarter of the world's population. To maintain this trust and pioneer new products, we seek people who share our passion for excellence, teamwork and original thinking.

Leading the world in essentials for a better life. That's what we are all about.

As a Bloomberg best UK Employer 2016 and a global organisation we are able to offer exceptional career development opportunities all around the world. As a result of our continued success we are now seeking a Head of Personal Care Marketing UK & Ireland to work within our UK based Consumer Team.

The Role

As Head of Personal Care Marketing, you will drive delivery of Annual and Strategic Business Plan goals for all Personal Care brands - including Huggies® Baby Wipes, Huggies® Pull-Ups, Huggies® Little Swimmers, DryNites®, Depend® and Kotex®.

You will lead the Personal Care Marketing team with 6 direct reports and a wider team of 8. You are accountable for the strength and diversity of your team.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Lead Personal Care marketing team to develop and execute UK brand strategy, portfolio development, price strategy and innovation plans across the portfolio.
• Develop and drive delivery of Annual and Strategic Business Plan goals for all Personal Care categories (BCC & AFC).
• Deliver on annual financial and share growth commitments.
• Develop and execute brand operating plans including commercial programmes.
• Build effective relationships with key retailers to support delivery of Joint Business Plans and brand activation.
• Work cross-functionally with teams across at a local, regional and global level to influence results and leverage best practices.
• Evaluate and drive new business development opportunities for the business.
• Key member of the UK & Ireland Leadership Team, contributing to the development and delivery of the UK Strategic Business Plan, great place to work and people strategy. Execute relevant strategies particularly in relation to talent, culture transformation and leadership capability.

The Individual

The position requires a relevant Bachelor's degree or equivalent and sufficient experience in Marketing or other commercial function within a medium to large-sized operation (multi-national) at a senior level. Commercial experience is also required. A proven track record in delivering market share growth by driving brand strategic development and execution, delivering innovation and providing strong input to commercial strategy is essential as are the following skills and capabilities:

• Strong strategic marketing skills with proven track record of successfully driving portfolio/category repositioning across markets and new business development.
• Led the development and execution of commercial programmes that deliver exceptional results.
• Expert authority and knowledge of all the operational and commercial performance levers. Has led sustained improvement in business and in market performance.
• Strong appreciation of the importance of product development and innovation to the ongoing development of a progressive brand-led organisation, with experience of successful new product innovation launches.
• Exceptional leader of people and talent builder of high performance teams.
• Proven strong communication and interpersonal skills with ability to influence in a matrix environment.
• Proven record of driving positive change in the team and organisation.
• Winning mind-set and results driven.

Come join us!

At Kimberly-Clark UK, we know how hard our employees work and the contributions they make to our business. As such we offer attractive packages that not only include some fantastic benefits such as performance related bonus, contributory pension scheme with life assurance, private healthcare, 25 days' annual holiday but also a flexible benefits scheme that allows you to tailor your choices to suit your needs (share scheme, dental insurance, gym membership, cycle to work, childcare vouchers, dining cards and health screening are just some to mention).

If fresh thinking and a passion to win inspire you, come Unleash Your Power at Kimberly-Clark.

Our modern Kings Hill office is just 15 minutes from the M25 with free onsite parking and plenty of local amenities including orchards for running and cycling, onsite showers, a variety of social and sporting clubs and an onsite subsidised restaurant which is exclusive to KC staff.More details about our idyllic Kings Hill location;Britain's top 20 places to raise a family: http://bit.ly/2lp34sjLive, Work and Play at Kings Hill: http://bit.ly/2lpRsFn

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this role. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Kimberly-Clark is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

*Please note that this role will remain advertised internally until an offer of employment has been made.

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