Market Manager

Description:
What is important to you?

Join the winning team, Kimberly Clark.

o #1 Brands
o Opportunity for Growth
o Outstanding Culture
o Innovation Leader


Managing the Southwest Geography, working out of our Yorba Linda Office:

o Develop tactical business plans to deliver market budgets and business initiatives for geography. Business plans will involve assigned direct customers, broker-managed customers and other Customer Development customers trading within the Market.
o Under the direction of the regional office, work with the market team and broker to optimize retail execution supporting key business initiatives and objectives.
o Advise Regional Customer Development leadership on the status of initiatives, competitive intelligence and relevant market/customer insights.
o Audit market research, management and market information to identify sales issues/opportunities and surface action plans to address gaps with Regional leadership.
o Provide leadership to ensure that Kimberly-Clark attracts, develops and retains the best people and fosters and environment which motivates a diverse team to fully use its capabilities in achieving desired business results.
o Utilize the Performance Management process to motivate team members to continually improve performance and leadership skills.

Qualifications:
o A minimum of a Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience is required.
o Experience in Consumer Products Goods environment is strongly preferred.
o Extensive business knowledge and proficiency in leadership skills typically developed through at least five years of progressively more responsible Customer Development management experience or the equivalent in another business function.
o Knowledge of class of trade; products and categories; sales and marketing procedures; human resource and financial policies and procedures required.
o Ability to develop and interpret market business and financial analysis supporting the execution of Regional business.
o Effective command of leadership qualities, and ability to apply those qualities toward leading, motivating, and developing the team to achieve optimal results.

Salary/Benefits: Salary commensurate with experience
FLEXIBLE BENEFITS
You are unique. You have a lifestyle that is all your own. Like all of us, you have different benefit needs at different times in your life. K-C offers a choice of benefits which provides you the opportunity to tailor your benefits to your unique needs. Each year, you get an opportunity to select your benefits for the next year from a pool of benefit options.

Job Location: Yorba Linda, CA

Job Number: 851BR

Company URL: http://www.kimberly-clark.com

Company Profile:
TRUSTED GLOBAL BRANDS: Kimberly-Clark is a leading global health and hygiene company with operations in 37 countries and product sales in more than 150. Employing more than 60,000 people worldwide, Kimberly-Clark posted sales of $15.1 billion in 2004.

K-C is home to some of the world's most trusted and recognized brands -- including KLEENEX, SCOTT, HUGGIES, PULL-UPS, KOTEX and DEPEND. We hold the No. 1 or No. 2 position globally in most of the major consumer products categories in which we compete. Every day, 1.3 billion people - nearly a quarter of the world's population - trust our brands to enhance their health, hygiene and well-being.

THE PEOPLE: At Kimberly-Clark, people do not stand on rank. Thought, contribution and teamwork are valued over job titles and status. Throughout the world, all Kimberly-Clark people operate on a first name basis with one another. We see ourselves as members of a global team, all with something important to contribute.

THE WORKPLACE: The atmosphere at Kimberly-Clark is designed to foster personal, professional and corporate growth. We work together in a spirit of cooperative teamwork and trust. We expect our work environment to reflect a sense of community while nurturing a commitment to innovation. You will find a culture that encourages open dialogue and the sharing of ideas, that prefers conversations over presentations. We are comfortable, yet professional. We are casual, yet respectful. We are motivated to continually deliver superior products and exceed the expectations of our shareholders, our customers and ourselves.