Kimberly Clark is better than most when it comes to promoting African Americans and people of color but in Finance they are lacking considerably. There is a clear unconscious bias towards people of color within Finance and I had a senior leader admit as much to me in a conversation. Finance is dominated by white men and there is virtually no representation at a leadership level when it comes to people of color and absolutely no representation when it comes to African Americans. There were a number of women in high level positions but they left during the restructure and were replaced with white men.
Also, experience outside of KC from a Finance perspective is not valued. I applied for a job that would have been a promotion. I was told that I interviewed well but hadn't started my career at KC and therefore the role would not be offered to me even though I had several years of external experience. The role was given to a white male who was a level below me (2 level promotion for him) and the hiring manager offered a role to me reporting into the white male at a level lower than I was at.
Finally, there is a lot of value placed on non value added presentations and managers and leaders that bloviate/pontificate at KC. Also simple processes at other companies are completely over complicated there. A lot of the systems are not what you would expect at a company so large. As an example, instead of using a known system like Hyperion for financial reporting, Anaplan is used which is more of data analytic software than it is a financial reporting package.
Overall, if you are a minority or an external candidate at a manager level in Finance, I would avoid KC. Also, I would avoid roles that are not in a business unit. Central roles (GNW/Global Supply Chain) are not as respected.
