Continuous Improvement (CI) and Capabilities Manager

Kimberly-Clark•Marinette, WI

1d•$127,600 - $157,600•Onsite

About The Position

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

Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of manufacturing related experience.
5+ years’ experience in a high-speed industrial manufacturing environment/plant experience.
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.
Six Sigma Black Belt Certification or progressing towards a Six Sigma Black Belt Certification.
Possess strong understanding of the broader business and organization and can relate and connect the CI and Capabilities organization to it.
Demonstrated ability to organize and lead a multi-functional team and foster a proactive team environment.
Normal scheduled hours will vary based on the need to support a 24/7 Operation.
Flexibility to travel up to 15% for benchmarking and best practice sharing across the region.
Ability to work in a manufacturing environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience developing and cascading large-scale strategy, demonstrated problem-solving mindset, strong project management skills, and proficiency with MS Suite.
Experience in multiple plants, product systems and staff experience, leadership of exempt workforce.
Experience in change management in addition to coaching and mentoring at all levels to drive collaboration across teams and functions.
Change management certification or designation strongly desired (Prosci preferred).

Responsibilities

Reports to the site plant manager and has broad CI and capability development responsibilities for technically complex processes, plant equipment, facilities, digital solutions and personnel.
Provide strategic leadership to direct reports by coaching them in problem-solving methods and tools to identify gaps in processes, capabilities, and culture, uncover CI opportunities, and implement innovative solutions to close those gaps.
Promote loss control across the organization by visibly demonstrating that safety is a core value.
Champion safety at the manufacturing site and within your team by using OPEX, LSS, and T4E tools to support education and behavior-based processes.
Lead your team in achieving safety objectives and maintaining a safe work environment.
Champion and support Continuous Improvement and T4E programs and processes as the way to deliver quality and process capability improvements.
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.
Manage, develop, and support direct reports (T4E Leader, Digital Manufacturing Leader/Engineer) to effectuate changes and developments throughout the site and within each function.
Lead your site’s organization to develop and execute an overall site plan that aligns to the regional strategy to drive a cultural transformation, increasing the engagement and enablement of all team members.
Build capability of the asset teams to help lead and manage organizational transformations.
Incorporate organizational transformation thinking into your team’s processes and tools, including leveraging Digital Manufacturing resources.
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.
Build strong partnerships, consult with leadership, demonstrate empathy, and collaborate on success criteria and KPI progress.
Develop change plan roadmaps, communication, and capability building plans.
Identify and escalate issues, solicit feedback, and support project teams with gap analysis and business process discussions.
Manage change networks, ensure participant engagement, and develop and deliver relevant updates.
Develop long-term strategies, address resistance, and continuously monitor and adjust the change process.
Provide strategy to build capability of all team members at the site through the Training 4 Excellence program.
Provide leadership support to develop, facilitate and manage the site’s training strategies aligned to the regional strategy, including providing leadership to the training specialists.
Ensure self and respective team members are active participants in regional networks in the areas they support, sharing learnings and adopting and applying one best way standards and process.
Ensure collaboration between T4E and Digital Manufacturing to drive training and usage throughout the site.
Provide strategic direction to drive Continuous Improvement, using standard tools and processes, across all functions in the site.
Provide Strategic leadership for site’s CI programs and efforts.
Reinforce the iOPEX processes and tools to ensure sustainability of the iOPEX program.
Ensure standardization through CI and Culture of Accountability (CoA) practices.
Provide continuous feedback to leadership team, consistent with OPEX mindsets, the Kimberly-Clark Behaviors and CoA principles.
Facilitate, promote, and support Lean cultural development
Identify and drive transformation that is inclusive of front-line and support organizations.
Provide education on Lean tools, processes and thinking at your site.
Ensure consistent application of regional framework standards for management systems and processes.
Drives the strategic planning processes for the site including development, communication, and follow-up of all strategic activity for the site.
Leverage Digital Manufacturing and Change Management to embed these tools and processes into the workforce culture.