Sr. Category Sales Manager - S&I
Posted on: 28 Jun 2023
Chicago, IL
Job Description
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.
In this role, you will:
Influence SBP to ensure voice of customer is incorporated and a part of future plans
Customer lead for all innovation projects >18months out
Drive business results as a subject matter expert and “Voice of Customer”, delivering programs grounded in insights and aligned to customer/channel needs (>18 months out).
Assess business dynamics, identify gaps, develop and communicate corrective action plans to address gaps in SBP.
Collaborate with BU Sales team to understand current business environment and help transition innovation initiatives through AOP (hand off innovation during AOP)
Works regularly with Regional Sector Lead organizations and Brand S&I leads to ensure voice of customer is incorporated into future brand plans
About Us
At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform—so what can you do with that? There’s no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You
You’re driven to 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.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
7+ years Brand, Category and Customer management experience.
Strong persuasive, sales and analytical skills.
Experience in creating and managing sustainable customer relationships.
Preferred (not essential, but desired):
7+ years Brand, Category and Customer management experience.
Strong persuasive, sales and analytical skills.
Experience in creating and managing sustainable customer relationships.
Cross Functional CPG experience
BU Sales/Brand experience
Kimberly-Clark
Dallas, TX
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets personal care, consumer tissue, and professional products worldwide. It operates through three segments: Personal Care, Consumer Tissue, and K-C Professional. The Personal Care segment offers disposable diapers, training and youth pants, swimpants, baby wipes, feminine and incontinence care products, and other related products under the Huggies, Pull-Ups, Little Swimmers, GoodNites, DryNites, Kotex, U by Kotex, Intimus, Depend, Plenitud, Poise, and other brand names. The Consumer Tissue segment provides facial and bathroom tissues, paper towels, napkins, and related products under the Kleenex, Scott, Cottonelle, Viva, Andrex, Scottex, Neve, and other brand names. The K-C Professional segment offers wipers, tissues, towels, apparel, soaps, and sanitizers under the Kleenex, Scott, WypAll, Kimtech, and KleenGuard brands. The company sells household use products directly to supermarkets, mass merchandisers, drugstores, warehouse clubs, variety and department stores, and other retail outlets, as well as through other distributors and e-commerce; and away-from-home use products directly to manufacturing, lodging, office building, food service, and public facilities, as well as through distributors. Kimberly-Clark Corporation was founded in 1872 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
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IndustryManufacturing
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No. of Employees41, 000
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