US Corporation to Cut 350 Admin Jobs |
26 Sep 2006 |
| Consumer-products giant Kimberly-Clark Corp. said Wednesday it will lay off about 350 people as it outsources parts of its human resources, information technology and administrative departments. The Dallas-based company, which makes brands such as Kleenex tissues and Huggies diapers, said the move is part of its efforts to trim corporate payroll by 10 percent or 6,000 jobs by 2008. The announcement will affect about 350 positions in Neenah, where the company used to be based. The cuts will also affect employees in the sourcing and supply management areas. The company has been announcing plans over the previous months to downsize operations in Neenah. About 4,500 people currently work there, spokesman Dave Dickson said. Employees were told of the latest changes at meetings on Wednesday, and will be told in the coming months if they will be losing their jobs, the company said. Some of them who will be losing their jobs will be able to move to new positions with the outside companies, said Ian Maginnis, Kimberly-Clark vice president of business support delivery. Other employees will receive severance packages and help finding jobs elsewhere, he said. "To increase effectiveness in some areas, we have decided to secure services from external partners that specialize in these disciplines, allowing us to better focus our resources on innovation, brand-building and other capabilities that will drive growth," Maginnis said. Other jobs will be kept in-house and the company will focus on making those more efficient, he said. |
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