at Kimberly-Clark USA, LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Associate Brand Manager - Summer 2025 MBA Grads
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.
As an Associate Brand Manageryou will facilitate key initiatives related to marketing planning and execution for one of Kimberly-Clark's iconic brands, as well as overall execution and results delivery for the Kimberly-Clark North America business unit. This role will report to a Senior Brand Manager and key customers include brand, sector and business unit management, R&E, customer development, design, agency partners, and product supply teams.
In this role you will:
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Provide project and/or marketing support on key initiatives to help sustainably grow the brand's marketplace position (e.g. new product launches, pricing initiatives, etc.)
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Analyze consumer data, market share and sales reports to understand brand performance, product health and to track progress against marketing initiatives and return on investment analysis for marketing program
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Create compelling stories and make sound recommendations about the brand, competitive, category, customer, or consumer trends to enhance the brands equity and market performance
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Actively conduct both basic and in-depth analysis to identify problems, find trends, develop hypothesis, and drive the organization towards decisions to strengthen the brands plan
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Identify and develop relevant consumer and/or shopper insights
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Work closely with strategic customer teams to build and implement distribution, packaging, shelving and merchandising strategies and plans
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Executes annual business and marketing plans that deliver financial objectives
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Actively participate in the execution of brand commercial programs
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Using business acumen in conjunction with marketing competency to influence projects cross-functionally
About Us:
At Kimberly-Clark, youll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. Were founded on 150 years of market leadership, and were always looking for new and better ways to performso what can you do with that? Theres no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark. Its all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You:
Youre 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:
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Bachelors degree with an emphasis in marketing.
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2+ years of previous business experience.
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Solid knowledge of PC based applications (Windows, Word, Excel, Power Point).
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Strong...
Equal Opportunity Employer - minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity
