Lead Scientist - Material

at  KimberlyClark

YOUR JOB:

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 your Lead Scientist - Material role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

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.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

We are seeking a Materials Lead to support the Personal Care sector in Neenah, Wisconsin. This role is a member of the Research and Engineering (R&E) team, developing and implementing new product, process, material, or technology concepts. This role will work with fast moving Personal Care consumable products. The incumbent reports to a Team Leader and receives direction in the form of specific project and innovation pipeline objectives.

• Collaborate with product teams to understand business innovation plans. Utilize the business innovation plans to lead development specifically in the absorbent system.
• Work with product developers, process engineers, corporate research, and other materials scientists to develop for commercialization new and/or improved materials for the absorbent system.
• Provide project leadership in the design, development, and optimization of non-woven and absorbent materials for consumer product solutions, supporting the Kimberly-Clark brand plans.
• Manage relationships with vendors and key material suppliers to develop materials and application technologies to accelerate innovation to our consumers.
• Coordinate material development activities with key suppliers and production locations with mainly North American implementation, but also internationally, as required.
• Mentor less experienced material scientists across R&E.
• Ensure all work complies with corporate safety, regulatory, product safety, and sustainability requirements.
• Work independently and progress with limited instruction and as part of a larger cross functional team.

The incumbent will interact daily across the R&E community consisting of product, process, and material experts. This team is accountable for the development of improved or new materials that deliver on consumer needs and improved performance in personal care absorbent products. The incumbent will provide leadership and decision making from the material perspective to advance projects through the business stage and gate approval process. Weekly the incumbent will influence vendors and partner with corporate research, procurement, supply chain, safety, regulatory, and legal as required by project needs.

We are seeking a Materials Lead to support the Personal Care sector in Neenah, Wisconsin. This role is a member of the Research and Engineering (R&E) team, developing and implementing new product, process, material, or technology concepts. This role will work with fast moving Personal Care consumable products. The incumbent reports to a Team Leader and receives direction in the form of specific project and innovation pipeline objectives.

• Collaborate with product teams to understand business innovation plans. Utilize the business innovation plans to lead development specifically in the absorbent system.
• Work with product developers, process engineers, corporate research, and other materials scientists to develop for commercialization new and/or improved materials for the absorbent system.
• Provide project leadership in the design, development, and optimization of non-woven and absorbent materials for consumer product solutions, supporting the Kimberly-Clark brand plans.
• Manage relationships with vendors and key material suppliers to develop materials and application technologies to accelerate innovation to our consumers.
• Coordinate material development activities with key suppliers and production locations with mainly North American implementation, but also internationally, as required.
• Mentor less experienced material scientists across R&E.
• Ensure all work complies with corporate safety, regulatory, product safety, and sustainability requirements.
• Work independently and progress with limited instruction and as part of a larger cross functional team