About You:

You are ambitious and always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You are ready for a new challenge and want a career with purpose; to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

What makes working for Kimberly-Clark so special?

Working for Kimberly-Clark, you’ll have the opportunity to work across some of the biggest household names in the UK, including Andrex®, Kleenex® and Huggies®. Our brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 175 countries - almost ¼ of the world’s population purchase our products every single day! Bringing it a bit closer to home; within the UK market; Andrex® is the number 1 non- food brand in the UK.

We don’t take this for granted, we also recognise our responsibility in developing sustainable practices to support a healthy planet and helping to build stronger communities to ensure our business thrives for decades to come. In all that we do, we’re building a legacy of positive impact.

We appreciate that our people define who we are, and what we do. We offer careers that allow people to take pride in working for a company with the highest ethics and apply their diverse experiences and passion to brands that make lives better for people all around the world.

Excited yet?

You should be! This is a truly exciting opportunity for people who are passionate about growing their career within the category function.

The Role:

To inspire key retailer partners to execute in line with Kimberly Clark’s strategies to deliver category growth for the retailer and Kimberly Clark. You will utilise your exceptional understanding of shopper insights and data driven trends to become a trusted partner.

• Create retailer specific category strategies and selling stories to drive category growth
• Develop and agree joint category plans focused on key initiatives including range, merchandising and promotion recommendations.
• Monitor, evaluate & communicate changes in category and shopper dynamics and recommend actions to address issues and opportunities affecting the category and/or KC brands
• Be the voice of the customer internally to shape our business agenda

Skills and Experience

You have an inquisitive mindset along with excellent analytical skills and a talent to combine multiple information sources into a compelling story. You can develop highly collaborative relationships with an ability to influence a wide range of internal and external stakeholders. You play to win; you aim high, have strong resilience, and find ways to break through barriers

• Experience in a commercial, customer facing role with at least 2 years within category development
• Exemplary knowledge of category fundamentals including experience of leading range reviews and category projects with a major retailer
• Experience of successfully forging and maintaining business relationships
• Highly competent user of Microsoft office tools and Nielsen / IRI systems is essential.
• Familiarity within other category tools such as dunnhumby, SIP, JDA is favourable
• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization.
• Degree-level educated or equivalent preferred, but not essential

Total Benefits

We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. Our belief in promoting a healthy work-life balance drives us to support our employees’ total well-being, offering comprehensive benefits not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.

Certain benefits, such as flexible work schedules and parental leave, can be tailored to meet specific individual needs, giving our employees the flexibility to manage their commitments inside and outside of work. We are proud to be rated as a top 100 workplace for working mothers for two years in a row.

We offer a flexible hybrid working environment and welcome a conversation to this approach.

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will then review your application and follow up with you if you seem like a great fit for this role

And finally, the small print….
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 an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law.

KC is a sponsor of the Recruitment and Employment Confederation Good Recruitment Campaign