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Job Description
Undergraduate Placement
B2B Marketing Co-ordinator
Intake Summer 2009
Company Information
Kimberly-Clark is a leading global health and hygiene company with global manufacturing capability and
iconic brands that are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 150 countries. Every day, 1.3
billion people - nearly a quarter of the world's population - trust our brands to enhance their health,
hygiene and well-being. We employ more than 55,000 people worldwide and achieved sales of $18.3 billion
in 2007. Within the UK business, Kimberly-Clark manufactures and markets leading brands such as
Andrex®, KLEENEX®, Huggies®, WYPALL, SCOTT®, KIMTECH and KLEENGUARD brands.
Kimberly-Clark Professional provides Europe’s widest range of innovative washroom, wiping, safety and
personal hygiene products. Our challenge is to understand what users want in many different market
segments and channels such as hotels, offices, hospitals and manufacturing, and to develop the best
products to meet their needs. Our route to market is via specialist and European distributors; as a result
we work in close partnership with them, helping to develop their business’ expertise. Our top selling
products include wipers, hand towels, toilet tissue, wiping cloths and personal protection equipment.
Kimberly-Clark is driving its business forward with clear objectives and strategies. It is achieving against its
ambitions to be a winning, global health and hygiene company with a passionate focus on customers,
shoppers and users. With the company’s consistent growth, it is a performance-driven visionary
organisation that attracts, develops and retains top talent and embraces change.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON KIMBERLY-CLARK PLEASE VISIT
www.kcprofessional.com/uk
www.kimberlyclarkcareers.co.uk
www.kchealthcare.com
Kimberly-Clark Recruitment Centre, Lanchester House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4FU.
Tel: 0870 240 5962. Fax: 0870 240 5963
Managed by ResourceBank Recruitment Ltd
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Salary £16,500
Contributory pension scheme
Private health care
Share purchase plan
25 days holiday
Benefits:
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Relocation assistance
£1,000 ‘one-off payment’ Relocation/Living
away from home Allowance for Southern
placements
£2,500 starting bonus is paid to candidates who successfully complete their work placement, secure and
commence a position on the graduate programme.
We offer exciting opportunities to gain practical ‘hands on’ experience within a global and professional
organisation working with marketing professionals. As part of the team in either Kingshill or Reigate you will
be involved in a variety of projects liaising with people from different areas within the business, be
assigned your own individual and specific objectives and have a mentor to support and encourage your
progress.
Reigate Placement
Based in our European Headquarters in Reigate you will support the Kimberly-Clark Professional European
Marketing Services team. You will be responsible for supporting the development and implementation of
integrated pan-European marketing programmes that support Kimberly-Clark Professional target market and
product categories. You will be given tasks and projects to work on inline with the strategy and activity of
the broader Marketing Services Team.
Key Responsibilities:
 Creation of new photography and image database maintenance
 European literature management
 Tracking and reporting on Marketing budget
 Creation of segment & product launch presentations
 Supporting the eBusiness Project Manager
Kings Hill Placement
Based in the UK Headquarters in Kingshill, you will support Kimberly-Clark Professional for its UK and Ireland
marketing department which is primarily responsible for trade marketing activity.
Key Responsibilities:
 Create bespoke marketing material such as literature, direct mail pieces, and flyers
 Internet site maintenance, receive and process email enquiries and maintain the UK website and
add/update information on our Intranet and Extranet sites
 Provide marketing support to the UK sales team with a variety of ad-hoc requests
 Arrange artwork, proof copy and provide images and text for customer/distributor catalogue
 Ongoing development of a UK catalogue database and procedures file
 Manage budgets
 Conference, exhibition and awards programme support
 Liaise with external agencies to arrange jobs such as printing and creation of advertising material
We believe this is a great foundation should you wish to be considered for our European Graduate
Programme at a later stage.
Kimberly-Clark Recruitment Centre, Lanchester House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4FU.
Tel: 0870 240 5962. Fax: 0870 240 5963
Managed by ResourceBank Recruitment Ltd
Qualifications
 Applicants should have good ‘A’ level grades and currently be studying a marketing or business related
Degree and on course for a 2:1 or first.
Personal skills
 Fluent in English
 Second European language is highly desirable
 Ability to demonstrate leadership potential/skills
 High level of attention to detail
 Be proactive and have the ability to work as part of a team
 Excellent communication skills as you will need to liaise with a range of internal departments
 Personal attributes will include initiative, good numerical skills and flexibility
 IT literate
Previous Experience
 Previous work experience would be beneficial
Deadline to candidate: 19th January 2009
Our Leadership Qualities:
Visionary:
Able to build effective customer relationships and to respond to specific customer needs
quickly and responsibly.
Inspirational:
Able to work well as part of a team and liaise successfully with colleagues at all levels
across the business. Highly positive, enthusiastic and motivated and able to work by own
initiative.
Innovative:
Effectively prioritise actions and proactively recommend improvements to products,
services and processes based on customer and end user needs. Is receptive and highly
enthusiastic in response to change.
Decisive:
Undertakes steps to understand problems followed by recommendations based on facts
rather than personal opinion. Is also aware of the risks when responding to problems.
Collaborative:
Actively seeks support and advice of team members and others outside the work group
to assist in decision making and planning with the ability to communicate effectively at
all levels.
Building
Talent:
Participates in mentoring, recruiting and coaching activities to ensure that the team has
the skills required for success.
Kimberly-Clark Recruitment Centre, Lanchester House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4FU.
Tel: 0870 240 5962. Fax: 0870 240 5963
Managed by ResourceBank Recruitment Ltd
Our Head Offices are based in the South East of England in Kent and Surrey.
Kimberly-Clark, Kings Hill
Kimberly-Clark's UK Headquarters are located in the modern business park at Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent,
employing approximately 250 people. Activities carried out here include: Consumer and Professional Sales &
Marketing, Customer Services, Finance, Human Resources and ITS (Information Technology Services).
Kimberly-Clark, Reigate
Kimberly-Clark's European Headquarters are based in the historic town of Reigate, Surrey, employing
approximately 300 people spread across two office buildings. The following European functions are carried
out there: strategic marketing for the Family Care, Infant/Childcare, Feminine and Adult Care and
Professional sectors, Financial Control, Business Analysis, Supply Chain, Legal and Human Resources.
Kimberly-Clark, Brighton
Our Brighton Offices are home to our European shared services organisation, including Purchasing,
Outsourced Manufacturing and transportation.
Kimberly-Clark Mills
Wherever there are people there is Kimberly-Clark! Our products are sold in more than 150 countries and
manufacturing facilities can be found in various UK and Continental European locations:
Our UK mills:
Northfleet, Kent
Our longest-established mill, Northfleet, was opened in 1956 and employs approximately 300 people. The
site is operational 365 days per year, 24 hours per day, producing Andrex® toilet tissue, which during any
one week can produce enough toilet rolls to stretch to the moon. The mill employs world class
manufacturing techniques, and is currently one of five mills piloting lean manufacturing techniques within
Kimberly-Clark.
Barrow in Furness, Cumbria
Situated on the edge of the Lake District National Park Barrow Mill is the largest tissue Mill in Europe. The
site is 72 acres and the Mill operates 365 days per year, 24 hours a day. It supports two Kimberly-Clark
businesses: KC Professional making products such as industrial wipes; and Consumer - Family Care producing
well known brands such as Andrex, and a full range of Kleenex facial tissues. The mill currently employs 427
people and was opened by Bowater Scott in 1967, in 1986 became Scott Limited, and then in 1996 a merger
took place with Kimberly-Clark. Since the merger The Mill has successfully positioned itself as part of the
strategic footprint for Kimberly-Clark Europe and has attracted £125M investment since 1996.
Barton, North Lincolnshire
Our Barton Mill opened in 1992 and is located close to the Humber suspension bridge. It uses state-of-theart equipment to produce millions of Huggies® nappies for European markets and operating 365 days per
year, 24 hours per day, the Barton site employs approximately 450 people. The mill recently won the Best
Overall Sustainable Waste Management Solution at the Severnside Annual Recycling Awards, with an
impressive 90% of waste produced during the process being recycled and absolutely nothing sent to landfill
sites. The dual site also has a Global Nonwovens facility that creates proprietary materials, delivering
anticipating market needs with step-change innovations.
Flint, North Wales
The Flint Site, with its three Mills, (Flint, Delyn and Coleshill) has firmly established itself as a world-class
manufacturer, reflecting the company’s status as a world leader in the production of high quality products
such as Kleenex® bulk pack, small roll and jumbo bathroom tissue, Hostess® Hand Towels and Huggies®
Baby Wipes. The Flint mill, with approximately 100 employees, was the first mill to open in 1982 and has
received a £40 million investment in 2003. It manufactures Huggies® Baby Wipes. This is a growth sector
for Kimberly-Clark and the Mill has future investment plans to develop the operation further.
Our Mainland European mills:
Rouen & Villey Saint Etienne (France)
Reisholz & Koblenz (Germany)
Romagnano & Alanno (Italy)
Salamanca, Aranguren & Arceniega (Spain)
Niederbipp (Switzerland)
Klucze (Poland)
Jaromer & Litovel (Czech Republic
Kimberly-Clark Recruitment Centre, Lanchester House, Trafalgar Place, Brighton, BN1 4FU.
Tel: 0870 240 5962. Fax: 0870 240 5963
Managed by ResourceBank Recruitment Ltd