Senior Associate Brand Manager at Kimberly-Clark in Chicago, IL

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Senior Associate Brand Manager Job Description Senior Associate Brand Manager – Scott® Bath Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kotex®, Poise® and Depend®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 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 Senior Associate Brand Manager , you have a talent for recognizing trends and aiming for bigger goals, and an active interest in keeping up with trends, market needs, and your organization’s competitive standing. This role is a marketer accountable for in-year business planning and marketing execution for the Scott® brand bath tissue portfolio in North America, inclusive of Scott ComfortPlus and Scott 1000. The Senior Associate Brand Manager leads key initiatives related to marketing planning & execution for the brand, as well as overall execution and results delivery for their business unit. As a Senior Associate Brand Manager, you will focus on the consumer and put them at the center of everything you do. You will drive work with cross-functional partners in a matrix organization to include Supply Chain, Finance, Research & Development, Insights & Analytics, and Sales. About You In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. Job responsibilities include: 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 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.) Create compelling stories and make sound recommendations about the brand, competitive, category, customer, or consumer trends to enhance the brand’s equity and market performance Actively conduct both basic and in-depth analysis to identify problems, find trends, develop hypothesis, and drive the organization towards decisions to strengthen the brand’s plan Identify and develop relevant consumer and/or shopper insights Work closely with strategic customer teams to build and implement distribution, packaging, shelving and merchandising strategies and plans Execute annual business and marketing plans that deliver financial objectives Actively participate in the execution of brand commercial programs Use business acumen in conjunction with marketing competency to influence projects cross-functionally To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications: Required Qualifications Bachelor’s Degree in Marketing, Business, or related field 3+ years of experience in brand management or consumer marketing. Previous marketing full-time or internship experience at a CPG organization. Strong analytical expertise with syndicated consumption data and reporting tools (e.g., Nielsen and/or Circana), including the ability to analyze trends, synthesize insights, and translate data into actionable business recommendations. Proven ability to influence and deliver compelling communication across stakeholder groups. Familiarity with brand development planning, innovation, and strategy processes. Demonstrated positive energy and credibility when representing the brand internally and externally. Experience working cross‑functionally with partners such as Finance, Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, Digital, or Planning. Preferred Qualifications MBA preferred. Working knowl