Senior Packaging Developer

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.

The IFP (International Family Care & Professional) Senior Packaging Developer is a technical packaging expert with the responsibility of delivering our most complex & challenging Innovation, Sustainability & Quality Improvement programs throughout the IFP business. Their in-depth technical expertise will be used to flexibly respond to IFP business needs and help guide fellow IFP Packaging colleagues through technical challenges. They will partner with other senior IFP Innovation, Growth & Product Supply colleagues in early-stage project developments and will be a key contributor in the formation and execution of our strategic objectives.

In this role, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Reports to the “IFP Packaging Development Leader” and will be responsible for the development & oversight of complex packaging Innovation, Sustainability & Quality Improvement programs throughout the IFP business.
• Will work with other senior IFP Innovation, Growth, ABU (accountable business unit) & Product Supply colleagues in early-stage project development to ensure packaging technical needs are embedded and met.
• Will help form strategic plans to deliver IFP business objectives and will serve as a strategic champion, within IFP Packaging Development, to embed the principles, the ways of working and the plans that will ensure we deliver for the business.
• Will work closely with the IFP Packaging Technology team, and other Packaging Developers, to ensure that developments are proven to be technically ready prior to implementation in manufacturing and market.
• This role will work across the IFP network and will interact with multiple diverse cultures & teams.

Your customers will include IFP Innovation teams, IFP Growth teams, Engineering, Mill management, Quality, Supply Chain & Procurement, Consumers & end-users.

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.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Science, engineering or packaging qualifications to bachelor’s degree or equivalent.
• Preferably 10 years experience in technical packaging development roles.
• Extensive experience of all packaging materials and development processes.
• Proven experience of complex packaging innovation development including machinery development & qualification.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation and stakeholder management skills with the ability to interact with colleagues at all levels of the business.
• In depth understanding of the packaging sustainability landscape and associated challenges.
• Fluency in English is a must. Spanish or an East Asian second language is desirable.

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark:

• 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 pounds 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.
• 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.

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.