Company overview
- Sector
- Industrial, Machinery & Engineering
- Sub-sector
- Mechanical Or Industrial Engineering
- Mandate (derived)
- Multi-Function / Full-Stack GCC
- Parent headquarters
- Irving, Texas, United States
- Parent revenue (USD)
- $17,200,000,000
- Parent headcount
- 13,980
- India headcount
- 500+
GCC locations
- Bengaluru
- Mumbai
GCC notes
Consumer goods supply chain, digital analytics and operations
Department mix
Global department counts, used as a proxy for the India mandate. These are not India team counts.
Technology stack
- .NET
- 24-7 Media
- 3M 360 Encompass - Health Analytics Suite
- ABAP
- AC500 PLC
- AI
- ALEX
- AMP
- ANGEL LMS
- AVEVA PDMS
- AVImark Rapport
- AWS Analytics
- AWS Database Migration Service
- AWS Transfer for SFTP
- AWS Trusted Advisor
Public leadership
Akshay Kulkarni
Global Head of AI/Gen AI
Public leadership listed in the dataset; the role is not necessarily the India GCC head.
Key roles
Software Engineers (Supply Chain/Analytics); Data Scientists; Business Analysts; Product Managers; Digital Marketing Engineers
Research overview
Kimberly-Clark is a U.S.-based global consumer products company (Huggies, Kleenex, Scott, Kotex) with roughly $17.2B global revenue and about 14,000 employees worldwide, selling in more than 175 countries.
- India launch
- 2018
- Maturity
- Multi-Function / Full-Stack GCC
Bengaluru center spans data & analytics, AI/GenAI, ML, cloud transformation, digital supply chain, digital operations & automation, and digital sales/marketing - described as Kimberly-Clark's largest global technology hub with regional (APAC) technology leadership based there.
Location rationale
Bengaluru chosen for AI/GenAI, data & analytics, cloud, digital supply chain and automation talent. Mumbai (Phoenix Market City, Kurla) serves as India corporate HQ and West Regional office - commercial rather than tech-center function.
Timeline
- 2017
Kimberly-Clark converts India business from the Kimberly-Clark Lever JV with Unilever into a wholly-owned subsidiary.
- 2018
Establishes Global Digital Technology Centre (GDTC) in Bengaluru, initial investment ~$2.5M.
- 2019-02-28
GDTC formally opens on Infantry Road, Bengaluru, starting with ~200 experts in AI, automation, data management and UX.
- 2024
GDTC reports 8x growth since founding; runs third internal Digital Hackathon; Gen AI tools cited as lifting productivity ~25%.
- 2025-01
Kimberly-Clark positions Bengaluru as its largest global technology hub, citing platforms with >$20M and >$50M in savings.
Leadership context
Akshay Kulkarni holds title Global Head of AI at Kimberly-Clark (LinkedIn). AI/ML evangelist, published author, keynote speaker; prior Senior Data Scientist at Publicis Sapient, Gartner, Accenture. Note: press coverage of GDTC instead names Zack Hicks (global CDTO) and Rajesh Gopal (CIO, APAC) in connection with center leadership - Kulkarni's authority over the India GCC as a whole unconfirmed.
Real estate
GDTC & South Regional Office: Prestige Saleh Ahmed, Infantry Road, Bengaluru. Corporate Office & West Regional Office: Phoenix Market City, Kurla, Mumbai. Manufacturing mills: Sanaswadi (Pune) and Sricity (Andhra Pradesh).
Hiring signal
- Open roles
- 52
- As of
- 2026-08-27
- Software Engineers (Supply Chain/Analytics)
- Data Scientists/AI-ML Engineers
- Digital Supply Chain & Automation
- Business/Sales Analysts
News and developments
India's Thriving Tech Hub Fuels Kimberly-Clark's Digital Transformation
Bengaluru GDTC's 8x growth since 2018 founding; largest global tech hub; platforms like Maestro (>$20M savings) and Warehouse Automation Platform (>$50M savings).
2025-01-07 PR Newswire ↗
Sources
Sources and research notes
Source: Indian GCC 2026 Master Compendium, Company Master and research records. Sector, mandate and public leadership are derived fields. Missing values are shown as not disclosed. Revenue and global headcount describe the parent company, not the India centre.