Product Developer
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.
In this role, you will:
Role Summary
Reporting to the Sr. Research and Development Manager for Adult/Feminine Care products, this position will independently lead projects for new and/or current feminine care products across the IISEA region to achieve consumer preference within a project timeline.
The incumbent is involved in all the processes of the development from idea generation through to product commercialization. In doing all these, the incumbent provides support to achieve the IISEA Feminine Care business objectives and has the responsibility of sharing product and business knowledge.
Responsibilities
1. Ideation and Product Improvement
Work closely with IISEA country marketing teams, and other Global/APAC R&E teams to generate ideas to develop new products and improve existing products, keeping into consideration product cost, engineering feasibility, product safety, legal, process capability, material availability etc
Ensure a continuous pipeline of products to meet evolving market needs.
Provide support on marketing communications for new product benefits and features to consumer.
Work closely with APAC sector and IISEA country marketing teams to understand consumer and market trends and identify future product opportunities in the market
2. Qualification and Implementation
Lead the qualification and implementation of the product development or improvement projects to be successfully launched in the market
Ensure product development efforts are moving in tandem with business and market needs.
Participate in the development of product test plan and action standards to ensure appropriate qualification has been considered.
Verify any potential issues on material, product design, process feasibility on new product designs
Lead the team to develop and execute plans to address potential process, equipment and/or product issues during implementation
Lead and manage projects related to product improvement and upgrades from a technical point of view
3. Innovative approaches to work processes and products
Actively research into ways of developing innovative product designs utilizing laboratory facilities and other resources.
Employ innovative approaches to many short-range problems and broad creative concepts leading to new technical approaches.
Think out of the box without being held captive by traditional ideas to aid problem solving
Ideas generated are developed into working prototypes via innovative avenues and project objectives are met.
Strong consumer understanding, and be able to understand how consumer needs translate into technical solutions
4. Documentation, invention disclosures and patents
File invention disclosures and patent applications to protect creative ideas and protocols developed.
Good documentation of knowledge and research and development works
Creative ideas protected in a timely manner to support business growth.
For IP/invention disclosure filing, record traceability and to facilitate knowledge transfer
5. Technology sharing and provision of technical service
Communicate with KC global and other R&E teams to share information and gain knowledge of new technology.
Provide any technical services to the business team such as developing product claims, consulting technical point in advertising and any other related issues
Incorporation of novel technologies into products.
Leverage on capabilities of global business teams to reduce time-to-market.
Effective sharing of good practices employed by various teams
6. Costs Transformation and Design to Value
Achieve business need for reduced cost at the equivalent quality of products.
Lead FC cost transformation initiative including DtV and Simplification work for IISEA
Eliminate non-value added features, materials, product dimensions to deliver winning products at the lowest cost.
Guide Jr. developer to lead cost optimization programs.
7. Provision of Specifications
Prepare and issue the final product and raw material specifications and update affiliates regularly.
Ensure FPS and RMS are replicable through the understanding process, machine feasibility, and supplier capability.
Ensure effective information transfer to affiliates for successful project execution in subsequent developmental stages
8. Mentorship
Provide technical training/guidance for other project areas. Provide technical assistance, training, and coaching to less experienced team members, including cross-functional team members
Enhance the technical skills and expertise of the team.
About Us
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.
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, 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.
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. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
Requirements
Required
Bachelor or above degree in Science or Engineering.
Strong project management and collaborative mindset to work with various functions.
Dedication to teamwork and passion to drive progress on work.
Integrity within a professional environment.
Strong communication in English.
Preferred
At least 2 years of FMCG relevant working experience.
Willing to travel both regionally and globally, estimated to be 5-10% of the time.
Strength in MS PowerPoint, Excel, Project and Auto CAD.
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.
Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.
To Be Considered
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And finally, the fine print….
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.
Primary LocationVietnam - Ho Chi MinhAdditional LocationsWorker TypeEmployeeWorker Sub-TypeRegularTime TypeFull time