Divisional Cio Lao Consumer

**Position Summary**:
**The Divisional CIO for LAO Consumer partners and leads the definition and enablement of the K-C’s LAO digital business and technology strategy and transformation. The Divisional CIO for LAO Consumer will be a strategic member of the Global Business Technology Solutions team and will partner with other business functions to drive the digital roadmap for the Enterprise.***:
**Reporting to the Vice President, Business Technology Solutions, the Divisional CIO for LAO Consumer will lead in enabling, accelerating, and enhancing the business digital transformation agenda with focus on customer experience, design thinking, scalability, stability, and cost-effectiveness while ensuring delivery plans are executed and business adoption and outcomes are achieved. S/he will be responsible for building the business capability and technology vision, roadmaps, plans and its execution. This is a high-profile, global position requiring an experienced business technology executive, steeped in digital transformation and platforms. A dynamic leader with a high level of business insight, passion for innovation, dynamic leadership skills, transformative mind-set, and a hyper-focus on making a positive business impact.**:
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**What You’ll Do - Key Accountabilities**:

- ** Develop strong relationships with LAO business stakeholders to define, prioritize and deliver business strategic agenda, strategically anticipating business needs**:

- ** Develop strong relationships with internal DTS organization ensuring that all functional and delivery groups are align and delivering against business strategy**:

- ** Lead LAO technology investment plans, including budgeting, forecasting, business case development, business outcome identification, business adoption plans, resourcing plans and vendor alternatives**:

- ** Partner with other consumer regions and business stakeholders to maximize globalization, scalability and overall TCO**:

- ** Lead business technology strategy, technology roadmap options, technology optimization while aligning with business stakeholders and internal DTS organization to deliver**:

- ** Partner with internal DTS organization ensuring customer experience, design thinking, scalability, stability, and cost-effectiveness are key aspects of delivered technology**:

- ** Partner with business stakeholders to accelerate and improve the customer experience, business processes, and partner ecosystem opportunities in alignment with the LAO Consumer Digitalization Agenda**:

- ** Lead the movement to one data lake and the enablement of data driven / algorithm-based processes within the LAO organization**:

- ** Partner with business stakeholders to enable agile and product methodology that aligns with DTS methodology**:

- ** Lead, develop, and mentor a top performing team with future succession and career advancement in mind**:

- ** Remove organizational barriers and foster strong teamwork, collaboration, and excellent service delivery**:

- ** Lead in identifying and enabling business and technology trends that can create business value**:

- ** Partner with internal DTS organization and external providers to ensure data privacy and secure operations and compliance to Kimberly-Clark and DTS controls**:
***Experience We’re Looking For - Professional Skills and Qualifications**
- ** 10+ years demonstrable strategic impact and delivery in the global Information Technology field, operating within an innovative and highly agile customer environment**:

- ** Demonstrated CPG, Retail experience with focus in Digital transformation s (e.g. RPA, ML/AI, dev ops, etc.), Commercial transformation, Data and Analytics and Supply Chain and Manufacturing transformation**:

- ** Experience delivering world class IT services**:

- ** Hands-on experience driving definition and enablement of business capability and technology strategies and roadmaps**:

- ** Hands-on experience leading consolidated data lakes, API’s, and self-service platforms**:

- ** Has led large teams but comfortable working and influencing in a matrix environment**:

- ** Relevant ERP experience with SAP s/4 experience a distinct plus**:

- ** Experience in large, complex consumer-oriented industries**:
***Leadership Experience**:

- **Collaborative and engaging leader with a proven ability to lead, train and uplift the skills of a technology team**:

- ** Ability to translate complex business and technical topics into easy to understand, commercial business cases**:

- ** A bias for action that leads to business results**:

- ** Ability to partner cross-functionally in order to drive complex strategic projects**:

- ** Sound business judgement, negotiation, vendor management and communication skills, including interactions at the executive levels**:
***Education Credentials**:

- ** Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems/Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.**:

- ** MBA or equivalent is