Lead Scientist Product – Depend - Garments

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.

As a Lead Scientist – Product, you'll lead the product development for Front End Innovation programs in Depend® Garments. The focus of this role will be on both new product innovation and renovation on our current products. This role will work in conjunction with Product Team members, Engineering, Materials, Marketing, Sales, Quality and Manufacturing to lead product activities for projects. In this important role, you’ll report to an R&D Manager and receive work directions from your manager, as well as technical and project leaders.

• Identify product innovation aligned to meet consumer and business needs within the Personal Care business
• Seek and understand competitive technologies and innovation
• Provide leadership within a team environment to drive innovation from initial product prototype, BVs, and helping support the FEI process through MVC, MVP, MVT
• Collaborate broadly inside the organization with R&E, S&I Marketing, I&A, pilot plant, and cross-functional disciplines
• Initial assignment will focus on the Depend Brand
• Influence:
  Describe the audience this role will interact with and the level of influence they will have on those roles (i.e., explain whether the role has influence regarding decisions and the impact of those decisions, the level of leadership this role interacts with and at what frequency, etc.)
• Works closely with the Marketing, I&A, PCS, Materials, and Engineering teams among others, to achieve project goals

• Bachelor’s or advanced engineering or scientific discipline degree
• 3+ years relevant product and/or engineering experience in a variety of assignments
• Strong analytical skills
• Effective communication skills with the ability to discuss technical issues in a business environment
• Ability to travel up to 15%

• Experience in product development of consumer products and data analysis.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently or to lead small teams to complete assignments and related activities in an acceptable manner
• Displayed strength of building relationships and build trust characteristics when working cross functionally
• Desire and awareness to seek and understand competitive technologies and innovation
• Interest in developing new to the world technologies

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.

to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.

to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.

to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

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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…