Continuous Improvement Leader

Kimberly-Clark • Hendersonville, NC

125d • $105,740 - $130,620 • Remote

About The Position

You're not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we're out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. In this role, you will: This role is an on-site position at our Hendersonville, NC plant. Kimberly-Clark relocation benefits available.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or higher from an accredited College or University.
• Minimum 8+ years' experience in a high-speed manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years' experience in a Lean and/or Six Sigma environment.
• 3+ years' experience as a Team Leader in Operations.
• Strong understanding of the value and application of Operational Excellence.
• Strong understanding of the value and application of Servant Leadership.
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office.

Responsibilities

• Implement loss control throughout the organization by visibly demonstrating that safety is embraced as a value.
• Support and champion safety in your manufacturing site and team by driving educational and behavioral processes to a world class level, through the application of OPEX, LSS and T4E tools.
• Develops, facilitates, and manages Operational Excellence improvement plans for focus areas.
• Develops and executes site strategy for OPEX implementation in collaboration and partnership with Site Leadership and KCNA SC partners.
• Leads the facility in annual strategy deployment, developing the capability of key thinkers, and ensuring management infrastructure is in place to achieve goals.
• Facilitates Kaizen events within the Mill.
• Ensures existing management infrastructures (i.e. Centerlining, Tier Meetings and KPI's, Leader Standard Work) are interlinked to provide a coherent framework in the Mill.
• Provide continuous feedback to Leadership team, consistent with OPEX Mindsets, the K-C Ways of Working, and the Culture of Accountability.
• Facilitates, promotes, and supports OPEX, LEAN, and T4E cultural development.
• Coaches and develops hourly team in the use of LEAN techniques and thinking.
• Uses LEAN assessment tools to identify opportunities and gap areas.
• Facilitates the development, introduction, and tracking of standard work for leaders within focus areas; Identifies capability gaps and prioritizes activities to address these gaps.
• Develops, leads, and improves the Training For Excellence (T4E) program for the site including work direction to the hourly training team.
• Understand the needs of the Customer (our Employees) and design the Training program to meet those needs.
• Support the development and application of framework standards for management systems and processes to ensure compliance with Plan, Do, Check, and Adjust.
• Provide standard mechanism to track and report scorecard of Operational Excellence transformation measures.
• Understand the P2030 expectations and incorporate standards where applicable across the site.
• Provide cost leadership for the site including the identification and leadership of cost savings projects as well as tracking of mill projects via the WAVE tool.
• Ensure 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 processes.

Benefits

• Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions.
• Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
• Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.
• Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
• Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Paper Manufacturing
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree