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Supply Chain Product Manager - Manufacturing

Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Full-time
Remote friendly (Neenah, United States)
United States

Supply Chain Product Manager, Manufacturing




Job Description


You were made to do this work: designing new technologies, diving into data, optimizing digital experiences, and constantly developing better, faster ways to get results. You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to building technology for a purpose that matters. You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.  It starts with YOU. 



As a Product Manager, we'll lean on you to drive value creation in the realm of Supply Chain systems through understanding the intersection of business objectives and Voice of the Customer, reimagining the status quo, and finding opportunities to do things better.



You'll be the primary technical representative for the Supply Chain and will rally the DTS (IT) product team to push K-C North America forward by turning their vision, strategy, and roadmap into reality. By collaborating across functions in the organization, you'll play a key role in aligning stakeholders around the vision and priorities for the SMOM platform and translating Kimberly-Clark’s business objectives into tangible capabilities that enable users to work faster, better, and smarter.



In this role you will:


  • Owns the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the SMOM technical domain. Defines what success looks like, drives toward it, and tracks it using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Provides cross-functional leadership, most notably between engineering teams, logistics, and support. A key aspect of this is communicating the product roadmap and keeping the product team and the stakeholders informed of updates
  • Collaborates with the Product Owner to leverage stakeholder insights to develop a living and breathing roadmap for the future while advocating for and driving alignment between stakeholders in the development of requirements, acceptance criteria, and solutions
  • Understands how NA Supply Chain objectives intersect with the needs, pain points, and priorities of the user base of their SMOM domain
  • Understands what success looks like for different groups in terms of use cases and user experience, as documented with User Personas, Use Cases, and Case Studies
  • Accountable for stakeholder management at each point of the product lifecycle including requests, adoption, requirements gathering, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Represents the needs of NA Supply Chain to Global Product Teams who own tools with overlapping use cases
  • Drives adoption of enhancements through user feedback sessions, training support, and an adoption roadmap
  • Develops and manages defined communication channel(s) and/or stakeholder groups, proactively seeking to identify potential demand, and drives the creation of the business case
  • Anticipates changes in customer/user needs, adapt product (with enhancements), and create product retirement and transitioning plans
  • Owns the vision, strategy, and roadmap for the SMOM technical domain. Defines what success looks like, drives toward it, and tracks it using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
  • Provides cross-functional leadership, most notably between engineering teams, logistics, and support. A key aspect of this is communicating the product roadmap and keeping the product team and the stakeholders informed of updates
  • Collaborates with the Product Owner to leverage stakeholder insights to develop a living and breathing roadmap for the future while advocating for and driving alignment between stakeholders in the development of requirements, acceptance criteria, and solutions
  • Understands how NA Supply Chain objectives intersect with the needs, pain points, and priorities of the user base of their SMOM domain
  • Understands what success looks like for different groups in terms of use cases and user experience, as documented with User Personas, Use Cases, and Case Studies
  • Accountable for stakeholder management at each point of the product lifecycle including requests, adoption, requirements gathering, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Represents the needs of NA Supply Chain to Global Product Teams who own tools with overlapping use cases
  • Drives adoption of enhancements through user feedback sessions, training support, and an adoption roadmap
  • Develops and manages defined communication channel(s) and/or stakeholder groups, proactively seeking to identify potential demand, and drives the creation of the business case
  • Anticipates changes in customer/user needs, adapt product (with enhancements), and create product retirement and transitioning plans


Influence:


  • This is a highly visible role, accountable for the SMOM roadmap for a multi-billion-dollar business.
  • This role will frequently engage with and present to senior leadership. This role will also interact with direct users of the systems, global counterparts, technical counterparts across NA (business partners, engineers, etc.), and the DTS (IT) Product Team responsible for execution of the roadmap.
  • This person also has indirect leadership over cross-functional teams will be essential to the success of this role.


About Us


Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.



At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and 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.



Led by Purpose. Driven by You.



About You


You 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.
You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.



In one of our technical roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:



Required:


  • 3+ years of Product Management experience, or 5+ years of experience in a related field
  • 5+ years of experience with SMOM or MES functionality
  • Prior experience understanding data structures of SMOM
  • Experience with product life cycle management especially with product vision, strategy, roadmap, and prioritization
  • Experience managing stakeholders, including senior executives
  • Proven cross-functional leadership, influence, collaboration, relationship-building, and communication skills
  • Desire and ability to crystallize and diagnose problems through cross-functional collaboration, troubleshooting, and getting your hands dirty
  • Detail-oriented, process-driven, and highly organized


Preferred:


  • Prior experience working for a global, highly matrixed, Consumer Packaged Goods company
  • Experience working with teams organized around Agile ways of working
  • Experience conducting stakeholder interviews, market analysis, and other forms of research
  • Experiencing identifying goals, metrics, and analytics to measure value at a large scale (e.g., a product, a program)
  • Familiarity with uncovering and championing high value use cases for data
  • Familiarity with database structure (systems and data)
  • Experience solving business problems with technology solutions


Total Benefits


Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.
 


Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.



Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.



Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.



Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.



To Be Considered

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



In the meantime, please check out the careers website.



And finally, the fine print….


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.



Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 – when prompted for employee ID, say “OTHER CALLER” - or kcchrprod@service-now.com for assistance. You must include the six-digit Job # with your request.



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



This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.


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Primary Location


USA-WI-Neenah


Additional Locations


USA-GA-Atlanta-Roswell


Worker Type


Employee


Worker Sub-Type


Regular


Time Type


Full time