Manager – Environment and Sustainability

Manager – Environment and Sustainability

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional® At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. 

Supply Chain

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: as a person, you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and driving continuous improvement. You see the big picture while mastering the details, ensuring that every product, process, and partnership flows with precision and purpose. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always working to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

About You

In one of our Supply Chain roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

You will be maintaining equipment associated with the production, packaging and distribution of Kimberly-Clark products through preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance work. This role is part of Kimberly-Clark’s investment in creating new jobs and expanding its capabilities to produce Products that are essential to millions of lives around the world, and right here in Pune. It starts with YOU

• Strategic Environmental & Sustainability Leadership: Provide strategic leadership for environmental aspects of OH&S and E&S programs at moderately complex sites, ensuring alignment with Kimberly‑Clark (K‑C) OH&S and E&S Standards, local legal requirements.

  
  

• Legal Compliance & Risk Management: Interpret, monitor, and manage evolving environmental legal requirements; identify complex environmental hazards, assess risks, and build related capabilities across the site to effectively manage and mitigate environmental risks.

  
  

• Subject Matter Expertise & Incident Management: Act as a subject matter expert in environmental and sustainability areas relevant to site operations; lead and participate in environmental incident investigations, including causal analysis, while developing similar competencies in others.

  
  

• Program Maturity, Training & Continuous Improvement: Conduct routine self‑assessments of environmental and sustainability program maturity; develop and deliver training across a broad range of OH&S and E&S topics; drive continuous improvement through a lean mindset and “go to where the work happens” approach.

  
  

• Technology, Data & Change Leadership: Leverage data, digital platforms, and technological advancements (including automation) to enhance decision‑making, problem‑solving, project execution, and effective change management.

  
  

• Collaboration, Leadership & Manufacturing Integration: Influence without authority to collaborate across teams, role‑model accountability and leadership behaviors, support manufacturing planning, execution, and capital allocation processes, and work closely with site leadership (typically reporting to Mill/Site Managers). 

  
  

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

Required Qualifications:

• Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure site compliance with K‑C and regulatory environmental requirements; identify environmental aspects, hazards, and emerging requirements, and ensure risks are managed to acceptable levels.

  
  

• OH&S and E&S Management System Ownership: Act as the functional owner for environmental and sustainability components of the site’s OH&S and E&S Management System, including implementation and ongoing effectiveness.

  
  

• Sustainability Goals & Objective Setting: Define site‑level environmental and sustainability objectives and be accountable for delivering K‑C sustainability goals related to energy/climate, water, and waste, while assessing performance effectiveness.

  
  

• Program Maturity & Strategy Execution: Lead initiatives to improve the maturity of environmental and sustainability programs and effectively implement Global and Regional/BU Environmental and Sustainability strategies.

  
  

• Event Investigation & Corrective Actions: Support environmental event investigations, ensure thorough root cause analyses, and verify effective implementation of corrective and preventive actions.

  
  

• Training, Orientation & Contractor Compliance: Ensure employees receive appropriate environmental and sustainability training and orientation; ensure contractor adherence to K‑C standards and OH&S and E&S requirements.

  
  

• Data Analysis, Reporting & Insights: Utilize digital systems to analyze environmental and sustainability data, ensure data integrity, and provide insights with recommended improvement actions. 

  
  

Qualifications

• 5–7 years of experience in environmental management within a manufacturing environment, with strong focus on legal compliance, risk management, and adherence to company standards.

  
  

• Qualifications as required by local regulatory authorities, if applicable.

  
  

• Minimum 2 years of experience in leadership, management, or supervisory role.

  
  

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels of the organization.

  
  

• Demonstrated ability to influence behaviors and outcomes without direct authority.

  
  

• Pursuing or possession of relevant professional certifications (e.g., PE or equivalent).

  
  

• Prior experience working within a consumer products organization.careers website

  
  

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

Total Benefits

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.​

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Flex That Works at Kimberly-Clark
We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.

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, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses 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 local policies.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

In-Country Relocation:

Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role, including assistance to obtain proper work authorization. The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clark’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will be decided at Kimberly-Clark’s sole discretion.

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