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Opportunities for professional advancement at Kimberly-Clark are broad and diverse, and we offer increased responsibility to those with high performance levels and potential for further career development.
By offering them fresh challenges, we keep our best people within the business, but enable them to move between locations, exchange ideas and share their expertise.
In this section, you can learn more about:
- Our performance management process and our six leadership values.
- On-the-job and structured training opportunities.
- Opportunities for career development.
- Our talent management strategy.
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PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT |
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At Kimberly-Clark, performance management, part of our overall talent management strategy, is an important, company-wide process.
It helps us to:
- Improve performance and focus across the company.
- Ensure individual objectives tie in with our overall business goals.
- ensure everyone is responsible and accountable for what they do.
- Offer coaching and feedback.
- Identify and reward good performance.
Team leaders sit down with each team member four times a year informally to review their performance and discuss changing objectives. There is also a web-based 360-degree feedback system that enables employees to contribute information to their colleagues’ reviews.
Leadership qualities
At Kimberly-Clark, everyone is expected to display leadership. So to provide a clear understanding of what successful leadership looks like, we’ve developed six ‘leadership qualities’.
These qualities empower everyone to learn and to lead. It is up to each of us to determine how they apply to our own role, giving everyone at Kimberly-Clark more control over their performance, development and careers.
Our leadership qualities are:
- Visionary – making the future visible and reachable.
- Inspirational – inspiring people to reach their full potential.
- Innovative – turning today’s possibilities into new capabilities.
- Decisive – transforming discussion into action.
- Collaborative – reaching out and forging teams across boundaries.
- Building talent – finding, developing and retaining talent that makes our company stronger.
Employees review their own performance against these qualities in quarterly discussions with their team leaders, and also in annual performance assessments.
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TRAINING |
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Building talent – finding, developing and retaining the people who make our company stronger – is one of Kimberly-Clark’s leadership qualities.
Throughout your career, you will have the opportunity to discuss your individual training needs with your team leader as part of your ongoing career development.
We’ll take your development very seriously and will help you to develop your skills to realise your potential. On-the-job training is supported by a variety of structured training opportunities, e-learning and courses, many of which have been specifically developed in-house. These will help you to develop all the skills you need to thrive in our business – from communication to influencing skills, health and safety to leadership skills, and computer skills to time management. We will also support you in gaining recognised professional qualifications.
Most importantly, we will ensure your day-to-day work provides continuous learning opportunities.
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT |
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Your career at Kimberly-Clark will be a constant learning curve as you develop expertise through varied job experiences. We take a hands-on approach to career development.
- You will be assigned a mentor to provide personal guidance and encouragement.
- Team leaders regularly assess your performance and you’ll have informal quarterly reviews, as well as an annual performance assessment.
- Separate career development discussions allow you to plan for longer-term goals.
- Each functional area has its own Career Development Team, which co-ordinates specialist training programmes and international career moves across the European region.
In all instances, you will be responsible for shaping your own career path, but we will help you to give your best to the business and achieve your goals. We’ll also encourage you to balance work and personal development; after all, your individuality is your most important contribution to our business.
Career development opportunities include:
- The World of Kimberly-Clark – our two-day European induction programme.
- Professional Development Programme– a solid foundation of business and personal skills for new graduates and professionals.
- Leadership Development Programme – modules including coaching, motivating and inspiring others for first-time leaders.
- Strategic Leadership Programme – a prestigious programme for high-potential managers.
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