Every day 1.3 billion people use Kimberly-Clark’s trusted and recognized personal care brands including KLEENEX®, ANDREX®, HUGGIES® and KOTEX®  and professional products such as Wypall and Kimtech. Quality, service and fair dealing are the standards and values that have helped establish Kimberly-Clark as a leading edge health and hygiene business.

Our Graduate Programme

Our aim is to develop our future leaders so, with a real job and real responsibilities from day one, our successful graduates must possess the ability to thrive and excel in a challenging environment.  Our 2 year structured programme (3 year Finance programme) offers the opportunity to gain broad experience across your chosen function with European exposure and responsibilities.  We believe that our graduate training programme is one of the best in Europe, both for the quality of the training and the breadth of the experience that it offers!

Training and Development

Through our Professional Graduate Development Programme, which covers a series of modules, you will receive both business and personal skills training.  We are an approved quality training provider with CIMA (Finance) and our Graduate Engineering training scheme is accredited by IMechE, IEE and IChemE.  Study towards relevant professional qualifications in other disciplines is also encouraged and supported. 

A mentor/’buddy’ will support and encourage you in the early stages of your career with us and you will have the opportunity to share experiences with other professionals from different functions and nationalities across Europe, helping you build your network of support and friendship.

Opportunities

We offer Graduate opportunities within Consumer Marketing & Sales, B2B Marketing, Finance, Engineering, Supply Chain and Product & Technical Development.

We also offer Undergraduate 12 month work placement opportunities within B2B Marketing, Supply Chain and Engineering.

Our Requirements

• Minimum 2.1 degree or equivalent gained in the UK or internationally
• Engineering functions require specific Mechanical/Electrical/Chemical/Process degrees 
• Adaptable, team orientated people with good leadership potential
• Mobility and availability to work in the UK and other European locations 
• Strong numeric and analytical skills
• Ideally fluency in a second European language 
• Experience gained within a commercial environment will be beneficial

Our Benefits

• Starting salary £25,000
• Contributory pension scheme
• Private health care
• Share Purchase Plan
• 25 days holiday
• Study Support
• Relocation assistance

Our recruitment campaigns for our Graduate and Undergraduate programmes start in September 2007.  The start date for Graduates is September 2008 and for Undergraduates summer 2008.  For full details on all our opportunities please visit our website.

How to apply

If working in a professional environment where people really count sounds appealing, please visit our website at www.kc-careers.com/europe to apply online.