Digital Manufacturing Leader

Digital Manufacturing 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:

• Own the execution of the KCNA Digital Manufacturing strategy for the plant; focused on equipment, capability building, and value delivery.
• Serve as a technical expert and support the advancement of major digital systems, processes, and capabilities to achieve a highly connected, operationally efficient, and effective manufacturing environment across the plant.
• Champion and support all other mobile digital applications used by the site (i.e. Poka, Seeq, Schedule Pro, etc.), in alignment with other Kimberly-Clark North America facilities.
• Serve as an expert in complex application environments, encompassing both business process understanding and technical expertise. Influential communication, growth mindset, and the ability to strategically navigate at multiple levels of a diverse plant organization are important in this role.
• Support key stakeholders include, but not limited to, KCNA Supply Chain Digital teams, Plant leaders, DTS, Engineering and Mill teams.
• Assist customers such as: Front line employees, Mill Leadership, Operations, Engineering and Reliability Teams, CI & Capabilities Team, Logistics, Digital Manufacturing System Team, Planning, Operations Consultants, and other KCNA Supply Chain Teams and Management, peers from other Kimberly-Clark Facilities, DTS partners and vendors.
• Responsible for the digital manufacturing strategy execution at the site level, in alignment with the KCNA Digital Strategy, as well as effectively leading business objectives for the site.
• Work with project teams compiled of employees from multiple disciplines.
• Interact across sites and opportunities for involvement in broad-based business projects. Objectives typically are focused at the mill level for safety, quality, continuous improvement, productivity, cost, internal control, asset management, and team capability development, but should drive standardization across KCNA.

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:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, ITS or related field from an accredited college or university.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience with 3+ years with systems support and development.
• Exposure to Lean and demonstrated examples of application of LEAN principles.
• Possess or demonstrate ability to learn statistical/analytical skills: Regression, Statistical Process Control, Financial Analysis, Analytical Modeling, and Industrial Process Analytics.
• Direct experience with large, interconnected software systems such as SAP ERP, MES, PLM, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to lead the execution of a global, regional, or functional strategic initiative.
• High interpersonal and communications skills to motivate & lead a diverse group of team members.
• Ability to adapt to changes in a dynamic and developing business environment.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with individuals across all levels of the organization.