VP, Insights & Analytics

About Us

Founded in 1872, Kimberly-Clark (NYSE: KMB) is a global Fortune 200 consumer packaged goods (CPG) company with 45,000 employees and annual revenues of $20 billion. Kimberly-Clark and its trusted brands are an indispensable part of life for over a billion people in more than 175 countries. Fueled by ingenuity, creativity and an understanding of people’s most essential needs, we create products that help individuals experience more of what’s important to them.

Our portfolio of iconic brands, including Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex, Cottonelle, Poise, Depend, Andrex, Pull-Ups, GoodNites, Plenitud, Viva, Softex, Sweety and WypAll, hold the No. 1 or No. 2 share position in 80 countries. Sustainability is at the center of our company and by 2030 we aspire to advance the well-being of one billion people through social programs and reduce our environmental footprint by half. We focus on the areas where we can make the biggest difference – climate, forests, water and plastics.

After recently celebrating our 150-year anniversary, Kimberly-Clark is in the midst of an exciting transformation from a category-based business to a consumer-led growth platform. Leveraging our purpose-led, performance driven culture, the company continues to drive growth, fueled by category-defining innovation as we live out our purpose of Better Care for a Better World.

At Kimberly-Clark, treating individuals with respect is the way we do business and the way we lead our industry and our world. We’re building an organization that looks and thinks like our customers around the world and searching for talented people with different perspectives and varied backgrounds.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. 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; you just need to log on! Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

Position Summary 

Reporting to the Chief Growth Officer, the VP Insights & Analytics will elevate Kimberly-Clark’s (K-C) insights and analytics function, benchmarking with the best-of-the-best in the industry. S/he will lead a team responsible for driving consumer closeness and actionable business insights, propelling performance through setting standards, spurring innovative approaches, and accelerating a modern data-driven approach.

This leader will drive holistic solutions across marketing and commercial functions via integrated, multi-purpose platforms combining sources, methods, and processes. She/he will create a community of practice and ongoing development among insights leaders across the organization.

Role & Responsibilities      

More specifically, the VP Insights & Analytics will:

• Advance best-in-class insights against five knowledge platform areas:

  • Profiling consumers

  • Identifying white space

  • Assessing ideas/concepts

  • Implementing and optimizing in market

  • Measuring performance

• Deliver Insights as a Service to the K-C enterprise across a range of syndicated and unstructured data as well as custom research

• Set the product strategy for a centralized self-service hub for business units to leverage on an ad hoc basis

• Own decision-rights on global external data needs and vendor selection with input from segment business leaders

• Set standards and guidelines for global research in business units and innovate on ways of research

• Manage analytics for commercial use cases including digital marketing, customer/retailer analytics, eCommerce, etc.

• Partner with the global technology and business services organizations to strengthen K-C’s data collection, analysis, and self-service capabilities

• Translate data-science work into analytics that are business and outcome-oriented

Professional Skills & Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have the following key qualifications and skills:

• 15+ years of deep experience in insights and analytics leadership for highly matrixed organizations, utilizing syndicated and unstructured data as well as customer research (ideally in the CPG industry)

• Track record of leveraging insights for delivering strategic business leadership and sustained competitive advantage

• Success developing best-in-class insights & analytics organizations as a CoE for a global enterprise

• Strong base of analytical skills with the ability to assess, interpret, translate, and integrate learning from multiple sources to influence organizational decisions and strategies

• Proven ability building infrastructure capabilities that enable data driven marketing platforms to be used in a centralized, global, self-service model

• Ability to partner with global technology and business services organizations to deliver unstructured data into structured technology platforms

• Business-minded and strategic thinker with proven experience implementing effective metric tracking standards that provide insights on trends, competition, innovation, measurement of brand health and overall market penetration

• Effective communicator & inspirational leader with a proven ability to gain followership of a global insights & analytics team and the broader enterprise

• Ability to think strategically to shape business strategy, considering the right balance on internal and external solutions and leveraging technology where applicable

• Bachelor’s Degree required; graduate degree preferred

Location 
The VP Insights & Analytics will be based in Chicago, IL.

 Kimberly-Clark Ways of Working

• Focus on Consumers. We keep the needs of customers and consumers at the center of our work. Building strong customer relationships and delivering consumer-centric solutions. Seeing ahead to future possibilities and translating them into breakthrough strategies that delight our consumers.

• Play to Win. We aim high, measure our results, and live our values because winning with integrity matters. Setting aggressive goals and consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances. Pushing past status quo to create new and better ways to solve problems and win.

• Move Fast. We turn decisions into action, remove barriers and seek progress over perfection. Stepping up to champion ideas, address difficult issues and say what needs to be said. Tackling challenges with a sense of urgency, seizing new opportunities, and scaling winning solutions.

• Grow our People. We champion inclusion and encourage our people to ideate, innovate and contribute to their growth. Encouraging diverse perspectives, experiences and backgrounds that enable our winning culture. Placing a high priority on developing self and others to meet career goals and the organization’s goals.

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.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role. The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clark’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will be decided at Kimberly-Clark’s sole discretion.