Kimberly-Clark Exec Named HR Leader

Kimberly-Clark Corporation’s Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, Liz Gottung, received the 2012 Top 10 Breakaway Leaders Award by Evanta HR.  The award recognizes HR leaders and their organizations for excellence and innovation in human resource management.

 

"Liz is a visionary leader who seizes new opportunities and takes smart risks that truly unleash the power of our people," says Thomas J. Falk, chairman and CEO. "She continues to identify ways that we can attract, develop, engage, and retain the best people to drive innovation and growth on a global basis at Kimberly-Clark."

 

Under Gottung's leadership, the company’s HR department has been transformed into a strategic, competitive business.  Most recently, she led the development of a five-year People Strategy with initiatives focused on creating world-class employee engagement, talent management, diversity and inclusion, leadership development and new technologies that help the company better manage its global workforce.
 

Gottung joined Kimberly-Clark in 1981 in a labor relations role at a manufacturing facility in Memphis, Tennessee.

 

The Top 10 Breakaway Leaders Award recipients were selected from more than 400 nominations.