Manufacturing Asset Team Leader

Kimberly-Clark • Corinth, MS

3d

About The Position

Manufacturing Asset Team Leader Job Description 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. Summary of Position: Provide effective leadership coaching, supervision, and coordination for asset team (across four crews) to ensure that mill objectives are met as outlined for safety, quality, cost, delivery and people development. In this role, you will be responsible for: Actively demonstrate Environmental, Health and Safety as a value through active leadership, positive influence of mindsets and by identifying and addressing risks to prevent loss to our people, processes and materials, while ensuring compliance with regulations, corporate policies, and plant guidelines. Establish plans to deliver and continuously improve key performance indicators in the areas of Safety, Quality, Deliver, Cost and People Development, and provide leadership, supervision, and coordination to ensure that crews establish and sustain respective standards Strengthen communication and accountability of self-managed teams in respective area. Maintain positive employee relations to enhance continued operation of a successful mill. Develop plans to continuously build technician capability; provide coaching to crews and functional leaders for career development. Engage in open and timely dialogue, through the use and exercise of independent judgment, with asset team to provide supervision, coaching, progressive discipline and/or praise, and other feedback to employees on job performance, career growth, opportunities for development and recognition to reinforce growth and modify employee behavior. Provide leadership and input to ensure the organization attracts, hires, develops, and retains the best people and fosters an environment which motivates a diverse team to fully use its capabilities in achieving desired business results. Lead lean capability development and utilization of lean tools; continuously evolve the Daily Accountability Process, Standard Work & Leader Standard Work. Provide effective leadership and supervision for maintenance work performed and/or mechanical process changes made in their area of responsibility to ensure the least possible amount of downtime and ensure efficient operations. Evaluate recommendations from engineering sources for product or process innovations to ensure changes compatible with operating goals. Develop and ensure the implementation of special plant and corporate projects to meet cost management objectives, increase company profitability, and meet changing production requirements. Ensure the effective application of internal control systems and procedures applicable to the functional areas of responsibility by proving management direction and support to the implementation, maintenance, and audit of corporate and plant internal control policies, instructions, and procedures. Develop and lead system, process, and standard improvements in operations. Provide leadership of focused improvements within the team to both aid in building peer capability and effectiveness. About Us Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you. At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark. Led by Purpose. Driven by You. About You You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. 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 or equivalent industrial experience required.
• Ability to organize and plan, delegate responsibility and authority, lead and motivate people, and maintain effective employee relations with peers and subordinates.
• 10+ years total experience.
• Prefer at least 4 years of leadership experience in Operations, Engineering or Maintenance

Nice To Haves

• converting pulp-based materials a plus.
• Experience in Continuous Improvement and Lean Six Sigma is a plus.
• Ideal candidates will have interest in continuing development via rotation to other mill or staff assignments within 3-5 years.

Responsibilities

• Actively demonstrate Environmental, Health and Safety as a value through active leadership, positive influence of mindsets and by identifying and addressing risks to prevent loss to our people, processes and materials, while ensuring compliance with regulations, corporate policies, and plant guidelines.
• Establish plans to deliver and continuously improve key performance indicators in the areas of Safety, Quality, Deliver, Cost and People Development, and provide leadership, supervision, and coordination to ensure that crews establish and sustain respective standards
• Strengthen communication and accountability of self-managed teams in respective area.
• Maintain positive employee relations to enhance continued operation of a successful mill.
• Develop plans to continuously build technician capability; provide coaching to crews and functional leaders for career development.
• Engage in open and timely dialogue, through the use and exercise of independent judgment, with asset team to provide supervision, coaching, progressive discipline and/or praise, and other feedback to employees on job performance, career growth, opportunities for development and recognition to reinforce growth and modify employee behavior.
• Provide leadership and input to ensure the organization attracts, hires, develops, and retains the best people and fosters an environment which motivates a diverse team to fully use its capabilities in achieving desired business results.
• Lead lean capability development and utilization of lean tools; continuously evolve the Daily Accountability Process, Standard Work & Leader Standard Work.
• Provide effective leadership and supervision for maintenance work performed and/or mechanical process changes made in their area of responsibility to ensure the least possible amount of downtime and ensure efficient operations.
• Evaluate recommendations from engineering sources for product or process innovations to ensure changes compatible with operating goals.
• Develop and ensure the implementation of special plant and corporate projects to meet cost management objectives, increase company profitability, and meet changing production requirements.
• Ensure the effective application of internal control systems and procedures applicable to the functional areas of responsibility by proving management direction and support to the implementation, maintenance, and audit of corporate and plant internal control policies, instructions, and procedures.
• Develop and lead system, process, and standard improvements in operations.
• Provide leadership of focused improvements within the team to both aid in building peer capability and effectiveness.

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