Digital Manufacturing Systems Program Leader

Digital Manufacturing Systems Program 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. 

In this role, you will:

• Lead the deployment of digital applications across Kimberly-Clark’s North American manufacturing facilities. 
• Oversee the planning, execution, and delivery of complex digital initiatives that align with strategic business goals.
• Possess a strong background in digital technologies, program management, and cross-functional leadership, and can seamlessly operate as both strategist and tactician.
• Lead continuous improvement efforts as well as sustain the health of assigned digital applications.
• Lead on-site training, kick-off events, and capability building initiatives across all North American manufacturing facilities as required. 
• Report to the Digital Solutions Associate Director. 
• Lead delivery of digital programs aligned with business objectives and stakeholder expectations.
• Own capability strategy, serving as technology expert.
• Act as a key thought leader contributing to the broader Digital Solutions vision and strategies.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and vendors for seamless execution.
• Lead the application deployment, training, and rollout.
• Monitor and drive program progress, including rollout status, adoption, and value delivery.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Governance.
• Establish and enforce governance standards and represent North America in global forums.
• Serve as the main liaison with the vendor Customer Success Manager, defining shared value metrics and maintaining a strong partnership.
• Facilitate a NA Community of Practice call to share best practices and foster collaboration.
• Provide coaching and technical support to the North American Site Champion network.
• Partner with business process owners to define requirements, integrations, and standards.
• Manage the development strategy, backlog, and enhancement strategies in partnership with the manufacturing product manager.
• Compliance & Sustainment
• Establish and enforce compliance requirements, such Computer System Validation (CSV) as needed.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks throughout the program lifecycle.

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. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, engineering, supply chain, business, or a related field from an accredited college or university.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience.
• Excellent communication skills: concise and effective verbal communication; presentation: context framing, problem formulation and solution proposition; strategic influence and storytelling at all levels of the organization.
• Oversee continued deployment of digital application SchedulePro across all remaining North American manufacturing facilities, and the proof-of-concept initiative for Innovapptive at two North American sites.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Previously demonstrated abi