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Career Stories
Our company’s journey and that of our employees’ is very important to us. We are proud of our culture and achievements and share just some of these stories here. Be inspired by the innovations, activities and people that motivate and challenge us every day.
1/12/2023 1:52:10 PM
“I feel more confident in my leadership today”
One year ago, Katarina Mannerfelt participated in the WIT program, something that has helped her develop as a leader and also made her interested in coaching. Katarina joined Essity in 2008 and is ba[...]
1/12/2023 1:52:10 PM
“The WIT program moved me out of my comfort zone, boosted my self-confidence and made me a better leader for my team.”
Munich based Olivera has worked at Essity for 14 years and supports the finance and controlling teams with IT solutions as well as providing stakeholders with data for informed decision making. She c[...]
1/9/2023 2:16:11 PM
Creating an environment that encourages employees to step outside the confines of their job title and explore more
At Essity, employees love that you are encouraged to take the lead of your own development and deliver success.
1/6/2023 1:52:10 PM
DEI is an important part of Essity’s sustainability agenda.
Pia Höök has been a researcher at Stockholm School of Economics, and worked with diversity and inclusion at two of Sweden’s biggest companies. Today, she holds the position of Essity’s first Vice Pre[...]
11/24/2022 12:10:35 PM
Essity, opening doors and creating international opportunities
Essity, the global hygiene and health company where it’s all about allowing you to learn and grow in your career, while supporting employee well-being and a sustainable working life.
5/19/2022 2:55:19 PM
Essity - Creating and encouraging room for growth
Even in the midst of a global pandemic, Essity goes out of their way to support people’s development and foster internal progression within the company.
5/16/2022 5:02:46 PM
“I came out of this program learning new things about myself!”
Tisha is located in Charlotte, USA and drives the Supplier Performance Management process in IT as well as the continuous improvement work within her department. In 2019 she had the opportunity to pa[...]
3/25/2022 3:06:06 PM
Essity cares about process improvements and streamlining to make things as efficient and easy as possible
Erika Broadwater works as an Employer Attractiveness and Talent Acquisition Manager for North America, ensuring Essity is attracting the right target audience and looking for the best ways of recruit[...]
3/25/2022 2:37:12 PM
Essity focuses on making things easier and more sustainable
Andrew Hearns is working on carbon reduction projects and energy-saving techniques that will benefit us all, both now and in the future.
11/16/2021 11:35:20 AM
From Team Leader to Operations Leader
Colette Devine was working at News Printers where there had been a lot of redundancies. She started looking elsewhere for work and applied to Essity for a production Team Leader's role. Since then sh[...]
11/12/2021 3:48:00 PM
What it’s like to be a Go Graduate in Sales and Marketing at Essity
Sarah Repko started off at college for Nursing and then her interest changed and she started studying Marketing. During her college job search, she wanted to find somewhere that intersected her desir[...]
6/10/2021 12:02:12 PM
Our Barrier Breakers
At Essity, we are dedicated to improving well-being through leading Hygiene and Health solutions. During these challenging times, we know Hygiene and Health are more relevant than ever before and we [...]
4/7/2021 2:54:39 PM
Working at Essity means access to support, ownership and creativity in the workplace
As a company, we are committed to delivering superior results while caring for our customers and the environment. We have the courage to take the lead and pay special attention to collaboration acros[...]
4/7/2021 2:47:02 PM
At Essity, we encourage all to have an open dialogue about individual growth
Our mission is to sustainably develop, produce, market and sell value-added hygiene and health products and services. These health products and solutions play an essential role in improving well-bein[...]
2/16/2021 12:55:36 PM
Essity wants leaders who can empower employees to reach their full potential
Ulrika Kolsrud, President, Health and Medical Solutions, knows what it takes to succeed in a leadership role.At Essity, a leading global hygiene and health company, each career is unique. In the mid-[...]
2/16/2021 10:09:23 AM
I want to contribute to a more sustainable world, and I am able to do that here
For Mate Saric, it was an obvious decision to choose an employer with high sustainability ambitions. At Essity, sustainability efforts are not merely focused on the environment and climate, but on in[...]
6/12/2020 3:33:31 PM
We help our customers to become more sustainable and circular
At Essity, innovative hygiene products lead to greater well-being and a lower environmental impact.
5/25/2020 2:32:40 PM
"Women aren’t born ashamed of their vaginas and vulvas. I want to do all I can to stop them from ever becoming so."
"Our global FemCare brand identity relaunch is another step in our commitment to our brand purpose - breaking vagina and vulva taboos so women can live the life they want without fear or shame", says[...]
5/20/2020 10:50:58 AM
It’s our job to improve quality of life for women everywhere!
We continue our vital work to empower and support women on every day of the month.
5/18/2020 9:32:40 AM
"Underrepresented and ashamed: why I’m putting women 35+ back on the feminine care stage"
"Women are my commander, they are my captain", says Ute Bey, Global Brand Innovation Director for Feminine Care. She claims that breaking down taboos around vaginas, vulvas and periods – or the V-Zon[...]
4/16/2020 11:19:06 AM
Essity’s GO! Program offers graduates a real job from day one
Victor and Natalie both completed Essity’s GO! Program. Today they have exciting careers within the fields of technological innovation and e-commerce at the company. The global hygiene and health com[...]
3/18/2020 2:32:40 PM
Essity GO! Program – The start of a global career with purpose
Growing up, Maria had over 70 penpals from all over the world. She dreamt of working in a field where she could nurture her interests in languages and different cultures. Her current job as a Global [...]
1/15/2020 11:48:13 AM
Careers in Focus - Lilia Santibañez, Senior Product Engineer
Lilia Santibañez began her story at Essity as part of the cleaning team for our production lines in Ecatepec Manufacturing Plant in Mexico. 15 years later, she's managing a team as a Product Engineer[...]
1/15/2020 9:40:50 AM
Careers in Focus: Aleksandra Bruź, Department Leader, Poland
At Essity, we know that our products are improving the quality of life for millions of people and we are proud of it. Aleksandra Bruź has been working at Essity for eight years, and as she herself ex[...]
9/12/2019 11:24:41 AM
Careers in Focus: Andrea Di Paola, VP Sales and Marketing Retail Brand Europe and Iberia.
Andrea Di Paola is one of the youngest Vice Presidents in Essity at just 37 years old. And, since he joined the company 8 years ago, he has had an exciting career journey with us. Starting in Decemb[...]
9/1/2019 10:53:44 AM
Careers in Focus - Denise Vivas VP E-commerce
Over the last 12 months, the Professional Hygiene E-commerce team has made incredible progress to advance the Tork brand’s position on the digital shelf. Denise Vivas, VP E-commerce, reflects on join[...]
8/21/2019 10:34:34 AM
Essity puts Hygiene and Health on the Global Agenda
At Essity, we do not only develop innovative products and services - we also make a difference by breaking taboos around incontinence and menstruation, educating children and healthcare professionals[...]
8/5/2019 11:08:31 AM
Join us in the Fight Against Antimicrobial Resistance
Essity and colleagues across the company are promoting the importance of effective hand hygiene and proper wound care in the Wound Warriors campaign.Antimicrobial resistance is one of the most pressi[...]
6/3/2019 3:42:04 PM
Global winners announced for the Essity University Challenge 2019!
From social media campaigns with viral potential to data driven customer experiences, find out more about the winning entries.
3/7/2019 10:29:04 AM
Careers in Focus - Gael de Talhouet, VP Brand Building
Gael de Talhouet, Vice President Brand Building, recently sat down with us to share a little of his journey at Essity and the success factors to Brand Building. He gives us a look into how we work ac[...]
11/12/2018 10:10:50 AM
Careers in focus - Alfie Ryder , RST Mechanical Technician
Early in 2017 we sat down for an interview with Alfie Ryder who was, at that time, in the Essity apprenticeship program. Since we last spoke with Alfie he has passed his apprenticeship and has moved [...]
11/9/2018 9:45:04 AM
ESAVE celebrates its 10th anniversary - So much more than just an energy saving program!
This year, we celebrate ten years of ESAVE – Essity's energy savings program. However, its more than just a program, it's about a way of working.
10/25/2018 4:18:36 PM
Essity and Unicharm celebrate 25th anniversary as joint venture partners
The celebration of 25 years partnership with Unicharm took place last week at the Hoogezand Plant in the presence of Board Members of the joint venture as well as Jan Jakob Boersma from the Midden-Gr[...]
10/25/2018 4:08:02 PM
Careers in Focus - Jennifer Diaz, Brand Manager
Initially from Colombia, Jennifer Diaz first moved to France to improve her French speaking skills. After deciding to stay in France and complete her master’s in marketing, Jennifer sought out a new [...]
10/5/2018 11:22:39 AM
Essity Celebrates Global Safety Week
Whether we are working in an office or in a factory, are travelling or working from home, safety must be the number one concern. At Essity, we believe a safe work environment is a happy work environm[...]
9/28/2018 2:38:41 PM
Careers in Focus - Charlotte Lion, Process engineer
With a passion for anything technical from an early age, Charlotte Lion always knew she would end up in engineering. Charlotte initially started at Essity in a traineeship program and, having already[...]
9/14/2018 12:59:54 PM
Apprenticeships at Essity
At Essity we are committed to the training and development of the future success of our business and our Apprenticeship Programs have become well established over many years with opportunities across[...]
8/23/2018 3:17:12 PM
Careers in focus: Juan Manuel Sanchez Jimenez , Technical Apprentice
Two years into his career with Essity, Juan has already learned a lot in the Essity Apprenticeship Program. Juan is 25 and started with Essity in September 2016 in a new position within the Essity ap[...]
7/23/2018 9:41:03 AM
Careers in focus: Rosa Mercade, Retail Brand Manager
Rosa Mercade joined Essity over a year and a half ago and has already had quite a career journey with Essity already in a relatively short period of time.Starting in February 2017 supporting the Reta[...]
6/29/2018 10:12:52 AM
Goodbye doesn’t have to mean the end
At Essity we believe that goodbye doesn’t have to mean the end, with initiatives like the Essity Alumni Network, it could just be the beginning. The Essity Alumni network was first initiated last yea[...]
6/12/2018 10:35:47 AM
That’s a wrap! Fifth year of Essity University Challenge is complete.
The initiative invites partner universities from around the world to collaborate with Essity in an effort to improve well-being for humanity through innovative problem solving.
5/28/2018 4:08:57 PM
Careers in focus - Maria Rodriguez, Brand Manager
With a strong sense of adventure and personal drive Maria Rodriguez has had quite a career journey with Essity. Starting as an Intern for SCA, Maria is now a Brand Manager working in Santa Fe, Mexico[...]
5/4/2018 11:44:35 AM
Essity GO! Program – en perfekt start på en meningsfull karriär
Är du på väg ut i arbetslivet och söker ett roligt och lärorikt arbete där du får vara med och påverka? Essity GO! Program riktar sig till nyutexaminerade masterstudenter som är intresserade av att j[...]
4/19/2018 10:32:12 AM
Careers in focus - Simon Johnson, Site Infrastructure Manager
Simon Johnson has recently joined Essity, in a time of great change and has already been part of some large project in that periods. We took a few minutes earlier this month to sit down with Simon an[...]
4/13/2018 4:00:42 PM
Essity’s University Challenge continues to grow
We are on a mission to innovate and improve essentials people use every day. Each year Essity works closely with our partner universities, inviting students to submit their innovative ideas and solut[...]
3/26/2018 11:06:18 AM
Careers in focus - Katara Davis, Product Assortment / Management Director
Katara (Kat) Davis believes in taking control of your destiny and seeks out challenges. Kat started with Essity in 2010 and has been part of some big projects and changes in that time. As a Product A[...]
3/9/2018 9:46:39 AM
Careers in focus: Osmar Garcia, Essity GO! Graduate
Osmar Garcia seeks out challenges, stretch his limits and has a strong drive for success. As an Essity GO! Graduate Osmar has had the possibility to feed his curiosity and apply his drive into differ[...]
3/1/2018 9:47:39 AM
What happens when 1,900 students converge on the United Nations General Assembly?
You get passion, intellect and true desire to transform the world!
1/17/2018 9:47:07 AM
Pan - EEMEA run - celebrating Essity & healthy living
Throughout the last months Essity employees in Moscow, Vienna, Kosice, Kiev, Athens, Budapest, Bucharest and Dubai have undertaken a series of team-uniting running events to promote a healthy lifest[...]
1/14/2018 9:36:58 AM
Life at Essity blog – An inside look into careers at Essity
The Life at Essity Blog is back and better than ever. After a short break, we have a new blogging forum, with a new look, where you can easily follow our colleagues and join in the conversation.
11/14/2017 12:16:57 PM
Fifth year of the successful GO! Program is soon underway
For the fifth year Essity, formerly SCA, looks to attract the best and the brightest graduates for positions across the globe, through the Essity GO! Graduate Program. If you are looking to work in a[...]
10/31/2017 1:43:11 PM
Hygiene and health company Essity offers everyday necessities
Bear Essity in mind if you are looking for a meaningful and varied career among established brands.
7/26/2017 10:46:00 AM
Careers in Focus: Alfie Ryder, Mechanical Maintenance Apprentice
What better way to get to know what it is like to work with a company, than hearing it from the employees themselves? We have inspiring colleagues in over 60 countries around the world and we aim to [...]