Associate Director, Global E&S Risk & Compliance

Associate Director, Global E&S Risk & Compliance

Job Description

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.

The Global Environment & Sustainability Risk and Compliance Associate Director will be responsible for environmental and sustainability compliance and risk management. This role involves assessing compliance requirements and risks from both financial and impact perspectives, while developing capabilities, processes, and controls within North America. This role will plan and execute environmental and sustainability audits and risk management processes, collaborating with Sustainability, Supply Chain, Legal, R&D, Marketing and Finance leadership to drive compliance improvements and implement risk reduction programs and initiatives. The Global Environment & Sustainability Risk and Compliance Associate Director will be managing a global team of Risk & Compliance Leaders to ensure pragmatic alignment of global efforts in achieving objectives.

Location of role:

US – Remote, US – Dallas (TX) or US – Roswell (GA) preferred.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Sustainability, Supply Chain, Legal, R&D, Marketing and Finance teams, works to ensure compliance with environmental and sustainability-related policies, laws, regulations, and relevant standards, with a focus on Kimberly-Clark’s assets, operations, products, materials and brands.
• Stay abreast of relevant environmental and sustainability policy and regulatory developments; develops and aligns appropriate processes and controls to ensure compliance and effectively manage environmental and sustainability-related risks. Communicates developments to key stakeholders and drives continuous improvement in processes/controls as needed.
• Develops and deploys the environmental and sustainability risk assessment processes, building capabilities and prioritizing work based on severity and likelihood. Partner 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 environmental and sustainability-related reporting requirements.
• Devise and deploy management controls validation processes and activities against compliance needs and risks; reports on gaps and drives corrective/preventative actions.
• Leads and executes the environmental and sustainability auditing process in the region in collaboration with Health & Safety; develops and issues audit reports. Communicates and escalates gaps to key stakeholders.
• Recommend, support and monitor closure of environmental and sustainability compliance/conformance gaps and provides status updates to key stakeholders. Leverages digital systems/platforms to review and synthesize audit data/metrics; conduct trend analysis and recommend systemic improvements.
• Leverage 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.
• Review, validate and approve all product-related sustainability claims within the region and drives consistency and process improvements accordingly.
• Lead a team of individual contributors to support efforts in environmental and sustainability risk and compliance execution to ensure pragmatic alignment. Lead a global team of Regional Sustainability Risk and Compliance Leaders.
• Builds requisite skills, capabilities, and capacity of operations globally.

Basic Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, environmental economics or related field specific to roles in environmental and sustainability compliance or risk management in complex manufacturing operations.
• 10 plus years of experience working in related roles requiring environmental and sustainability regulatory, risk management, audits and controls.
• Working knowledge of applicable, pending, and evolving environmental and sustainability requirements in relevant jurisdictions (international, national, local).
• 3 plus years of demonstrated work experience in conducting environmental and sustainability risk assessment and management, including financial related effects, in areas of climate, energy, nature and products.
• 3 plus years of demonstrated work experience developing controls to ensure compliance and conducting and managing environmental and sustainability audits.
• Experience working in complex manufacturing environments requiring high levels of administrative and engineering controls to effectively manage risk and ensure compliance.
• Ability to effectively communicate complex legal or internal requirements to all levels, in a highly matrixed organization, providing guidance to leaders in Supply Chain and collaborating on these topics with other relevant business functions (e.g. Risk Management, Legal, Research & Engineering, Regulatory Affairs, Government Relations and Compliance & Ethics).
• 3 plus years of demonstrated work experience in leading a team with global responsibilities, demonstrating the ability to engage and align cross-functionally, along with a proven track record in leadership, staff development, and achieving objectives.
• Ability to travel to support business needs and audits (up to 40%).

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.

In the meantime, please check out the careers website.

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.

Salary Range: $158,000 to $195,000

Total rewards at Kimberly-Clark include pay and a full benefits package. The anticipated base pay range for this job is listed above, and this position may also be eligible for a target bonus opportunity of a percentage of the base pay. Individual base 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.

Grade 7: Grade level and/or compensation may vary based on location.

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