Sr. Customer Business Partner at Kimberly-Clark Corporation in West Chester, Ohio

Job Description:

Sr. Customer Business Partner

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’ll be supporting Adult and Feminine Care for Kroger. The Sr. Customer Business Partner (Sr. CBP) is accountable for all aspects of building, selling, and executing joint business plans that deliver the objectives of the assigned customer team and Kimberly-Clark Business Unit(s).  The Sr. CBP will conduct Joint Business Planning alongside key customer contacts to gain alignment on goals and plans then collaborate to execute the plan and check/adjust as necessary to achieve agreed upon goals. Internal to K-C, the Sr. CBP is responsible for leading key planning processes and engagements for assigned customer/BU(s) including Annual Operating Plan and Business Planning Processes, ongoing communications, and others as needed to ensure alignment with BU Strategies and adherence KC planning policies and processes. The Sr. CBP will collaborate with cross function customer team members as needed to better analyze, build and execute the business plan.

In this role, you will:

• Collaboratively build the customer business plan


• Sell and negotiate: engage customer in joint business planning to gain alignment to plans


• Execute: Implement the Customer Business Plan


• Manage delivery of plan and business objectives; check and adjust as necessary.


• Maintain trusted relationship with assigned customer to ensure KC is positioned as a trusted partner to lean on in achieving business objectives


• Accountability and ownership for delivering results by looking to solve gaps with existing resources, trade dollars and engage with BU sales as needed to solve.


• Conduct business and data analysis to build data driven recommendations for improvements and advancements.

The successful candidate will join the Customer Development Strategic Grocery team and report to the VP of Customer Development for Kroger.

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:

• A Bachelor’s degree and at least 4+ years of progressive experience


• Experience presenting to Executive Level staff

Preferred:

• Knowledge of forecasting, supply and demand experience, and shelf reset experience


• Experience working in Consumer Package Goods (CPG) industry and K-C customer/retailer accounts


• Strong record of exceeding sales objectives


• Track record of developing and executing unique solutions and innovation to customers


• Digital commerce experience preferred

Total Benefits

For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com

Hybrid Work Arrangements: You’re looking to make a difference. When and where it works best for you. And 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 work (hybrid) 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.

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.

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 for assistance. You must include the six digit Job # with your request.

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.

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

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Primary Location

USA-OH-West Chester

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time

Salary:

$138,600.00

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