Director, EGM Project & Portfolio Management - Supply Chain

About the role

Kimberly-Clark is hiring a Supply Chain Director, EGM Project & Portfolio Management, based in Singapore (UE Square). Reporting to Christine Cowell, the role leads segment and regional portfolio and project management, giving visibility into the pipeline, reporting and analytics, and project execution discipline so that innovation priorities are selected, resourced, governed and delivered against growth, launch-readiness and business commitments.

Key responsibilities

• Own segment and regional portfolio visibility across sectors, covering pipeline health, project flow, value, risk and resource demand.
• Lead regional portfolio reporting and analytics, turning project data into insights for segment, regional and business leadership decisions.
• Facilitate portfolio reviews and stage-gate governance, with clear inputs, trade-offs and accountability.
• Support project management execution for priority initiatives, managing milestones, owners, risks, dependencies and decisions.
• Apply global PPM standards locally, including stage-gate discipline, decision documents, portfolio metrics and project management ways of working.
• Partner with R&D, commercial, supply chain, regulatory, medical, packaging and consumer science teams to remove execution bottlenecks.
• Escalate portfolio risks and trade-offs requiring leadership decisions on scope, timing, resources or business value.
• Keep segment innovation resources focused on priority projects, balancing growth, lifecycle, launch readiness and execution capacity.

Required profile

• Segment or regional PPM leader with strong portfolio management, project execution and innovation governance experience.
• Strong analytical ability to turn portfolio data into business trade-offs across growth, risk, resources and launch priorities.
• Ability to orchestrate cross-functional project teams across R&D, commercial, supply chain and enabling functions.
• Stage-gate discipline and stakeholder management, able to drive decisions through segment and regional governance forums.

Success is measured by the percentage of projects compliant with global PPM standards, the on-time delivery of priority projects within approved scope and resources, and portfolio health and data quality. Candidates outside the role's location options must self-relocate; immigration support and company-sponsored relocation are not provided.