Gr 6 / PG 40 - BCC / Personal Care – Director, Strategy Deployment and Business Operations – US – Chicago

This role will partner with the President, BCC / PC Transformation, Cross-Functional Leaders (i.e. R&D, Supply Chain, I&A, RGM, Finance, Legal, HR, etc.) and Senior Director, Transformation to lead broad-based strategy deployment for the Sector and provide oversight of multi-functional strategy deployment for the business. Partnering with the business’s Talent Business Partner, evolve the culture, support talent management initiatives in partnership to continue to build talent, attract, engage talent and develop a diverse consumer organization.

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Gr 6 / PG 40 - BCC / Personal Care – Director, Strategy Deployment and Business Operations – US – Chicago

Job Description

• Role: BCC / Personal Care –Director, Strategy Deployment and Business Operations
• Reporting to: Andrea Zahumensky
• Country: United States of America
• Location: Chicago
• Pay Grade: Gr 6 / PG 40

The Director, Strategy Deployment and Business Operations leader reports into the President of the BCC / Personal Care Transformation ABU, Andrea Zahumensky.  This role will partner with the President, BCC / PC Transformation, Cross-Functional Leaders (i.e. R&D, Supply Chain, I&A, RGM, Finance, Legal, HR, etc.) and Senior Director, Transformation to lead broad-based strategy deployment for the Sector and provide oversight of multi-functional strategy deployment for the business. The role will enable a cohesive business unit growth agenda and manage the critical linkage across the portfolio of brands through development and deployment of a cohesive sector portfolio strategy and deploying aligned goals and objectives across the sector functional leaders.   

In this role, you will:

• In partnership with ABU leadership team, develop and execute against key sector strategy growth domains

• Manage key KCNA business processes within the business unit to ensure delivery, sustainability, and continuous improvement. These processes include: Strategic Business Plan (SBP); Annual Operating Plan (AOP); Annual Business Plan (ABP); Innovation Management Framework & Process

• Deliver and enable a sector management framework to optimize the team’s operational model to achieve its top priorities, key initiatives and improve decision-making.

• In partnership with the Sr. Director Transformation, drive the development of the sector’s Transformation Agenda and key initiatives. and execute the deployment and tracking system to follow-up on progress and assess results monthly in the team’s executive scorecard.

• Partnering with the business’s Talent Business Partner, evolve the culture, support talent management initiatives in partnership to continue to build talent, attract, engage talent and develop a diverse consumer organization.

• Identify and leverage best practices to drive synergies across global sector teams, regions & functional areas.

• Drive communication strategy, cohesion and operational delivery of the cross-functional organization using empowerment and engagement of teams.

• Set the annual work plan for the organization: team’s calendar, key meetings and its purpose, process and outcome. 

• Work with communications team to drive the sector’s narrative, through quarterly town halls and monthly communication vehicles  

• Act as Chief of Staff for the business unit President

• Provide coaching and guidance to key sector initiative teams, including project teams and sector cost transformation teams

• Manages ad hoc priority initiatives that are mission critical to the business sector or KCNA.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree, Graduate degree (preferred)

• Minimum of 10 years of business leadership experience with a history or demonstrated business success

• Outstanding organization / project management skill

• Ability to navigate ambiguity

• Strong communication / change management skills

• Strong understanding and experience in a global environment 

• Strong leadership & EQ

• Strategic thinker with strong execution

• Demonstrated leadership to enable a business unit to significantly improve, deliver or exceed business results in three areas: financial, executing large complex business initiatives and transforming culture

• Demonstrated ability to develop and then deploy strategy across large organization cross-functionally and integrate within global organization.

Please note: at this time Kenvue / KC will not be supporting candidates through a Immigration / Green Card / Permanent Residency process.

 

Company sponsored relocation is not provided. All interested candidates who are outside of the role’s location options must self-relocate if interested in the role.