Product Developer

Product Developer

Job Description

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:

Responsibilities

Reporting to the Research and Development Manager for Adult/Feminine Care products, this position will lead product development with guidance for new and/or current feminine care products across Enterprise Markets 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 Enterprise Market Adult & Feminine Care business objectives and has the responsibility of sharing product and business knowledge.

1. Ideation and Product Improvement

• Work closely with EM marketing teams and 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

• Provide support on marketing communications for new product benefits and features to consumer.

2. Qualification and Implementation

• 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

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.

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

• For IP/invention disclosure filing, record traceability and to facilitate knowledge transfer

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 R&D 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

• At least 2 years of relevant working experience in personal care development.

• Bachelor or above degree in Science or Engineering

• Strong knowledge of personal care products and processes.

• Dedication to teamwork

• Integrity within a professional environment

• Willing to travel both regionally and globally, estimated to be 5-10% of the time.

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
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.

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 Minh

Additional Locations

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time