As the Lead Product Scientist you will work on a Research & Development team to develop and commercialize new products and develop enhancements to existing products to meet consumer and business needs within the Family Care tissue business.  This role will provide leadership within a team environment to drive initiatives to support the Kleenex Facial tissue business.  This role will collaborate broadly with R&D, pilot plant, mill operations and with cross-functional disciplines. 

About You

In one of our R&D roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. Job responsibilities include:

• Provide leadership by example in safety, ethics, quality, regulatory, and sustainability, and ensure that all elements of the corporate Human Resources Development and Diversity policy are fully supported.  

• Manage self in accordance with expected One KC Behaviors.   

• Coach and mentor team members to increase technical understanding and ability to execute programs to improve Family Care’s business results. 

• Conceive, develop, validate, and share ideas leading to new or improved products, processes, materials, systems or scientific knowledge aligned with business unit objectives. 

• Maintain technical and scientific expertise in an area of technology and communicate impact of developments on Kimberly-Clark.  

• Prepare and implement unit budgets and schedules.  Implement appropriate internal controls and standards to ensure compliance with applicable policies, laws and regulations. 

• Drive a culture of protected and documented innovation to protect and defend K-C proprietary technology, products, and business processes through appropriate use of patents and trade secrets. 

• Communicate appropriately and effectively with all customers, internal and external, conducting all communications and transactions with the utmost integrity and honesty to build an unimpeachable business reputation

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university 

• At least 3 years or more of experience in product development, technology development, executing consumer and/or technical/scientific studies 

• Strong communication skills and ability to influence leadership across all levels of the R&E and cross-functional organization 

• Demonstrated strengths in some of these areas: scientific experiment methods/analysis, planning/organizing, developing learning plans, comprehension of technical literature and executing consumer research 

• Demonstrated ability to provide work direction to team members not in a direct reporting relationship 

• 15-25% travel 

Preferred (not essential, but desired):

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Science related field 

• 5 years or more of relevant experience 

• Experience in product development, tissue processes, design of experiments, data analysis and safe operation of high-speed manufacturing and/or converting equipment and processes. The focus of this role will be supporting the Consumer Facial Tissue business, leading product development initiatives in collaboration with process development engineers and the overall project manager. 

• Strong analytical skills and ability to work in Quality and Specification Management (PLM) systems while providing clear direction as to opportunity areas for improvement. 

• Desire and awareness to seek and understand competitive technologies and innovation. 

• Demonstrated ability to be coached and help in coaching less-experienced scientists/engineers

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

Total Benefits

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.​

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