Chief of Staff

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Your role at Clorox :

Serve as Chief of Staff to the EVP, Group President, of Care & Connection : Accountabilities include advisorship, strategic alignment and executional integration to enterprise and within Group and BUs, operational efficiency and process optimization, and overall operating support for the Group President and C&C leadership team in a Chief of Staff capacity.

This role also facilitates and crafts communication with key stakeholders, including drafting impactful decks and materials for Board of Directors and executive teams.

Strategic Alignment & Execution : Serve as a key advisor to EVP ensuring alignment between enterprise and Group priorities and on-going operations with C&C.

Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to drive key C&C operations initiatives and projects, ensuring that they align with the organization’s goals and vision.

Operational and Enterprise Efficiency and Process Optimization : Responsible for creating and implementing operational processes, management routines, and communication cadences that enable the SBUs and total Group to operate more effectively in delivering short and long term business outcomes.

Continuously assess and improve C&C operational processes to enhance productivity and quality.

Leadership and Organizational Support : Act as a liaison between the EVP and other parts of the organization and functions, ensuring effective communication and fostering a culture of collaboration with the C&C group.

Operating Support : Further enable the EVP’s effectiveness by being a daily partner in key activities and ensuring the EVP’s strong preparation with on-going C&C operations and key engagements.

Partner on myriad of on-going business needs including key projects, executive and Board level communications, etc.

Lead and Drive C&C Leadership Operating Agenda : Partner with EVP, Group President, to envision, develop, and execute the on-going operations agenda of the Care & Connection Group to ensure delivery of annual and multi-year operational planning outcomes.

Alongside the Group President, continuously translate the operating agenda of the enterprise into C&C’s specific operating agenda through quarterly focus areas & resulting initiatives and ways of working for the C&C Leadership Team and Group-BU.

Actively build and drive all C&C Leadership meeting agendas and communications, lead key sponsored topics, and act as a provocateur and lead facilitator at all meetings.

Act as the on-going leader of C&C Leadership team performance including working with sponsors to shape initiatives & influencing them to bring key topics forward, designing and executing HPT plans with key C&C leaders, and ensuring strong operating foundation (e.g., charter, principles).

Lead End-to-End C&C Business Planning Process & Execution : Develop & operationalize annual and multi-year operational planning processes at the C&C level integrating interdependent functional and resource planning for seamless connectivity.

Partner with Group Finance VP, Director of Enterprise Planning, and other key functional VPs to drive greater integrated planning for C&C within the enterprise and improve the quality of planning outputs.

This Director works for the Group President. This role interfaces with the SBU GMs, Group Functional VPs, and centralized groups including the VP, Operations & Strategy, Director of Business Administration, VP MTO / NRM, and VP IBP.

The role must also partner closely with the equivalent role in the other Group, as well as with the Director of Enterprise Planning.

This role is an enterprise leader role ideal for candidates with future GM aspirations to provide earlier career visibility to strategy and business operations work across a large portfolio;

but could also be appropriate for high potential functional leaders looking to broaden their experience set with enterprise work.

In this role, you will :

Develop and lead the C&C operating agenda including building on-going focus areas, meeting agenda, facilitating key topics, and driving follow-through and results.

Implement and enable business performance metrics tools and routines for Group and SBUs, including progress against key targets and metrics.

In partnership with Group functional leads, recommend SBU targets and metrics to Group President and develop tracking mechanisms.

Help drive connectivity between BU reporting and enterprise reporting to enable clear metrics and simplify ways of working.

Enable implementation of enterprise operating processes and capabilities into the SBUs, including a heavy focus on developing and leading integrated annual and multi-year planning for C&C and standard work processes.

Support capability pilots and help to quickly scale, as appropriate, across BU’s.

Understand enterprise priorities and agendas for the key executive teams (especially Enterprise Operations Team and Enterprise Planning) and ensure seamless connection between them .

Create executive-level presentations and materials and be able to understand and articulate a business story and surface key insights.

• Facilitate effective on-going Group communication and coordination via managing Teams channels, meeting notes, communication tools, and offsites.
• Strategically advise and support Group President enterprise initiatives and special projects , including as initiative lead and / or subject matter expert.
• Identify and remove waste in operational processes, routines, and reporting. Actively seek redundant or low value work to eliminate, and scope work initiative to improve outcomes for lower effort.

As needed partner with Enterprise and / or C&C resources, depending on nature of waste.

What we look for :

Minimum 8+ years in roles of increasing responsibility in Sales, Marketing, Finance, and / or management consulting. Roles must have included significant cross-functional collaboration.

Desirable : The ideal candidate would have experience in management consulting or similar work, where they have experience toggling between self-driven work product that incorporates the perspective of a broad audience of senior leaders.

Skills and Abilities

Standard leader skills expectations of a Director level Sales or Marketing leader, and also

High level of comfort working in ambiguity and developing novel solutions to business challenges

Must be comfortable working, and in some cases providing direction to, very senior leaders

Very strong communication skills, particularly written; demonstrated skill to summarize complex concepts into clear executive communication materials

Education Level / Degree : College / B.S. or equivalent experience. MBA preferred but not required.

Workplace type :

The position is going to be hybrid : 3 days a week at the Oakland office and 2 days a week working from home.

We seek out and celebrate diverse backgrounds and experiences. We’re looking for fresh perspectives, a desire to bring your best, and a non-stop drive to keep growing and learning.

At Clorox, we have a Culture of Inclusion. We believe our values-based culture connects to our purpose and helps our people be the best versions of themselves, professionally and personally.

This means building a workplace where every person can feel respected, valued, and fully able to participate in our Clorox community.

Learn more about our I&D program & initiatives here .

U.S. Additional Information :

At Clorox, we champion people to be well and thrive, starting with our own people. To help make this possible, we offer comprehensive, competitive benefits that prioritize all aspects of wellbeing and provide flexibility for our teammates’ unique needs.

This includes robust health plans, a market-leading 401(k) program with a company match, flexible time off benefits (including half-day summer Fridays depending on location), inclusive fertility / adoption benefits, and more.

We are committed to fair and equitable pay and are transparent with current and future teammates about our full salary ranges.

We use broad salary ranges that reflect the competitive market for similar jobs, provide sufficient opportunity for growth as you gain experience and expand responsibilities, while also allowing for differentiation based on performance.

Based on the breadth of our ranges, most new hires will start at Clorox in the first half of the applicable range. Your starting pay will depend on job-related factors, including relevant skills, knowledge, experience and location.

The applicable salary range for every role in the U.S. is based on your work location and is aligned to one of three zones according to the cost of labor in your area.

Zone A : $171,700 - $352,600

Zone B : $157,400 - $324,200

Zone C : $143,100 - $294,700

All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

This job is also eligible for participation in Clorox’s incentive plans, subject to the terms of the applicable plan documents and policies.

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