at Kimberly-Clark USA, LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
North America (NA) Communications Associate Director
Job Description
Youre not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because were 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, youll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, youll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
In this role, you will have 5 core areas of focus with the following responsibilities:
Support Business Strategy and Priorities
- Help develop effective communications plans in response to business needs.
- Represent Communications in multi-function business settings including with category leaders.
- Work closely with category teams to coordinate a consistent message across our businesses.
- Coordinate and liaison between Global Communications and North America Communications to ensure strong collaboration and partnership.
Employee Engagement and Belonging
- Responsible for developing and delivering a coordinated strategy to engage employees and improve belonging and pride in company.
- Work closely with other functions, especially Human Resources, to support initiatives on employee recognition and employer brand.
- Ensure adherence to corporate identity and guidelines, and the proper use of the Kimberly-Clark assets in all communications.
Protecting Corporate Reputation and Issues Management/Crisis Communications
- Partner with key stakeholders inside and outside the company to effectively managing issues and crises that impact the companys reputation.
- Coordinate with partner functions to ensure robust crisis preparedness and issues handling.
- Collaborate with in market teams and global government relations teams as needed.
Demonstrating Impact on uplifting communities
- Partner with marketing teams to develop and implement initiatives that showcase brand purpose in line with strategic business priorities.
- Work with a variety of impact partners, both local and global, to deliver grassroots programming in line with our corporate purpose.
Leadership and Team Management
- Drive initiatives that nurture and further elevate the performance of direct reports.
- Responsible for working with direct reports to ensure actionable development plans reflecting ongoing feedback and career path discussions.
- Manage agency and other external business partner resources as needed.
About Us
Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. Kimberly-Clark Professional. You already know our legendary brandsand so does the rest of the world. In fact, million of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldnt exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, youll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. Were founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and were always looking for new and better ways to perform so theres your open door of opportunity. Its 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,...
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
