Continuous Improvement and Capabilities Manager

Kimberly-Clark•New Milford, CT

2d•$173,400 - $214,200•Onsite

About The Position

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. As a CI Leader at Kimberly Clark you will provide strategic leadership for Continuous Improvement (CI) and capabilities processes and teams at the manufacturing site. This position is responsible to provide leadership to embed a CI and change management mindset. They will also develop capability and a learning culture through Training 4 Excellence (T4E) standards and processes and drive cost savings and process improvements using various tools and techniques such as Operational Excellence (OPEX) and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) and Fuel to Grow (F2G), while fostering a strong, people first culture for the site. As a person, you’re a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. About You In one of our manufacturing roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

Requirements

Position requires knowledge and experience typically associated with a bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of manufacturing related experience.
Minimum 5+ years’ experience in a high-speed industrial manufacturing environment/plant experience.
The incumbent would typically have significant experience in Engineering, Operations, Lean Manufacturing, and Maintenance and be very familiar with the application of Lean, CI, OPEX, LSS, adult learning tools and theory.
Possesses strong understanding of the broader business and organization; and can relate and connect the CI and Capabilities organization to it.
Incumbent would possess demonstrated ability to organize and lead a multi-functional team and foster a proactive team environment.
Experience with developing and cascading large-scale strategy, demonstrated problem-solving mindset, strong project management skills, and proficiency with MS Suite are desired.

Nice To Haves

Experience in multiple mills, product systems and staff experience, leadership of exempt workforce is highly desired.
Experience in change management in addition to coaching and mentoring at all levels to drive collaboration across teams and functions is highly desired.
Change management certification or designation strongly desired (Prosci preferred).

Responsibilities

Safety. Quality. People: Focus on Organizational Transformation and Culture. Provide high-level planning with the oversight and/or hands-on execution of the four key areas of Change Management related to site specific initiatives.
Delivery: Provide strategy to build capability of all team members at the site through the Training 4 Excellence program.