NA Sustainability Compliance & Controls Leader (Remote)

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. 

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by 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.

Essential Accountabilities:

• In collaboration with Sustainability, Legal, R&D and Marketing teams, works to ensure compliance with sustainability-related policies, laws, regulations, and relevant standards, with a focus on K-C’s products, materials and brands. 
• Stays abreast of relevant Sustainability policy and regulatory developments; develops and aligns appropriate processes and controls to ensure compliance and effectively manage sustainability-related risks.  Communicates developments to key stakeholders and drives continuous improvement in processes/controls as needed.
• Leverages IMF, capital planning/governance, claims review/validation and other business processes to verify compliance early in the innovation cycle and as part of project execution.  Communicates and escalates concerns and recommendations to key stakeholders and leadership accordingly.
• Devises and deploys management controls validation processes and activities against key compliance needs and risks; reports on gaps and drives corrective/preventative actions.
• Partners with Sustainability and Enterprise Risk Management to apply sustainability risk and materiality assessments at the regional level in support of sustainability strategy/planning and to enable legally required ESG reporting requirements. 
• Recommends, supports and monitors closure of compliance/conformance gaps. and provides status updates to key stakeholders. 
• Reviews, validates and approves all product-related sustainability claims within the region and drives process improvements accordingly.
• Leverages digital systems/platforms to review and synthesize sustainability data/metrics; conduct trend analysis and recommend systemic improvements.
• Builds requisite skills, capabilities, and capacity with key stakeholders  throughout the region.

Basic Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree in science, sustainability, policy or related field specific to regulatory compliance or risk management.
• 10 plus years of experience working in related roles requiring regulatory and/or risk management.
• 3 plus years of experience working in product sustainability or an adjacent field.
• Extensive knowledge of applicable, pending, and evolving sustainability-related legal requirements in relevant jurisdiction
• Ability to effectively communicate complex legal or internal requirements to all levels, providing guidance to key stakeholders collaborating on these topics with other relevant business functions (e.g., Risk Management, Legal, Research & Development, Regulatory Affairs, Government Relations and Compliance & Ethics).
• Ability to travel to support business needs, up to 25%.

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.  

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 dollars 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.

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.

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For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world.  We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers.  When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

Total rewards at Kimberly-Clark includes pay and a full package of benefits that can be tailored to individual needs. Individual pay levels will be based on multiple factors including, but are not limited to, location, role, skill set, and level of experience.

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 – when prompted for employee ID, say “OTHER CALLER” - or kcchrprod@service-now.com for assistance. You must include the six-digit Job # with your request.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.