Technical Leader - Process - AFC

Technical Leader - Process - AFC

Job Description

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. 

The Process Technical Leader serves as a key technical authority for the Adult & Feminine Care (AFC) Supply Chain within Personal Care, representing the Value Stream Engineering Team. This role is tasked with driving process optimization within the existing AFC portfolio of Pants, Tampons, Pads & Liners. The leader aims to achieve significant improvements in asset performance while simultaneously reducing costs to meet world-class benchmarks. This technical leadership position collaborates closely with mill and cross-functional team members to design, develop, and optimize processes that enhance overall operational efficiency (OEE), drive costs reductions, and ensure compliance with sustainability standards.

In this role, you will:

• Flow to work as part of the Supply Chain Team.  Expected to be able to support manufacturing and converting activities across all Adult & Feminine Care. In the event of escalation, assist AO teams to return asset to target results.
• Drive the development and execution of the OEE plans for assets.  Coordinate and lead targeted onsite action plans.  Provide hands-on assistance to onsite teams. Significant presence at Adult & Feminine Care mills is expected.
• Support and implement strategy deployment process for capacity and capability liberation supporting the Adult & Feminine Care OEE Strategy, Supply Chain Priority Initiatives, and Cost Transformation requirements.
• Collaborate with mill teams to set annual Glidepaths for AFC Portfolio. Support mill teams in Glidepath development and changes.  Final decision in the approval / denial process.
• Pull production data for Platform Leads, Sector Modelling, et al.
• Provide technical leadership of sector wide initiatives that improve Supply Chain OEE. 
• Effectively collaborate with a cross-functional team that includes R&E, Global Value Stream, Supply Chain, mill operations, procurement, equipment suppliers and external service providers.  Partner with mill teams keeping a customer focused mindset.
• Lead, coach, and mentor team members to increase technical understanding and ability to execute programs to improve AFC’s business results.
• Assist with scheduling and planning team member’s travel schedule. Coordinate with mills and staff as needed.
• Implement the documentation and report of unit work as required by KC policy, effective communication, protection of proprietary information, and compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Provide leadership by example in corporate safety, quality, regulatory, product safety and sustainability.
• Ensure that all elements of the corporate Human Resources Development policy are fully supported.

Organizational Relationships & Influence:

• Reports to the Value Steam Engineering Leader in Adult Feminine Care Supply Chain
• Interacts daily with leaders across the Kimberly-Clark organization (Mill Operating Teams, Staff Manufacturing, Research & Engineering (R&E), Global Value Stream, Planning, Distribution, Procurement, Marketing, and Sales.)
• Establishes strong mentor / coaching relationships with engineers across the AFC Value Stream organization and in the manufacturing facilities.

About Us

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend on®. 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, an