Sr Asset Leader (Paris, TX.)

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.

In this role, you will:

Safety:

• Support the loss control improvement process by championing and complying with critical safety rules.
• Visibly demonstrate that safety is a core value by role modeling and ensuring compliance with safety procedures and maintaining a safe workplace.
• Ensure that the development of processes, standards and equipment meets national, local and K-C safety codes, policies and guidelines.
• Own development of safety improvement plans.
• Ensure safety investigations are completed and counter measures are in place per incident investigations standard.
• Ensure assets comply with pertinent housekeeping standards.
• Ensure consumer safety requirements are met and strengthened.
• Achieve KCNA specific health and safety objectives (i.e. EHS Maturity Score, URM/UHET)
• Achieve KCNA specific environmental and sustainability objectives (energy, water, plastics, landfill)

Quality:

• Demonstrate quality as a core value.
• Responsible for understanding and holding team accountable for upholding K-C’s Quality policy and standards.
• Achieve objectives around quality metrics (i.e. significant events, RFT, Cost of quality)
• Understands and ensures compliance with applicable FDA and other regulatory agencies and codes.

People:

• Build strong relationships across the Mill teams to deliver continuous improvement.
• Manage teams in accordance with the expected K-C Values: We Care, We Own, We Act and Ways of Working: Focus on Consumers, Play to Win, Move Fast and Grow our People.
• Lead with high expectations around safety and team support.
• Partner with your Talent Business Partners to have strong performance management processes, where coaching and mentoring for all team members is ongoing.
• Collaborate with the Operations Leaders at the site to lead succession planning for your hourly operations team members
• Partner with the Plant Reliability Manager to support succession planning for your hourly reliability team members
• Partner with the Plant Engineering Manager to support succession planning for your engineering team members
• Drive partnerships and collaboration with other mill teams such as CI, Reliability, Training 4 Excellence to build capability within the Operations team.
• Collaborate with the site T4E team to ensure asset area is adhering to the training plan, training documentation is current and accessible and that team members are progressing to Certified and Mastery levels for the right skill mix
• Willingly adopt and advance company policies and standards.
• Establish clear and concise strategic goals; and assign the resources and priorities to achieve those goals.
• Build Talent in your team’s Continuous Improvement Capability such as: Lean Basics, Problem Solving, 5S, Leader Standard Work, Visual Management, Leader Standard work.
• Drive cultural and business results improvement through development, ownership, and execution of Tactical Implementation Plans (TIPs) focusing on performance and health of their process and team, visibly remove barriers for completion of assigned work, and ensure sustainability and health of the process via ownership of the OPEX Health Check processes.
• Foster a culture of belonging
• Responsible for building talent of new or future operations leaders.
• Build capability and put systems in place to deliver sustainable year over year improvement.
• Develop long-term vision for platform beyond the TIPs.

Delivery/Cost:

• Provide day-to-day direction to operations, reliability and engineering team members.
• Manage cost of manufacturing (i.e. operating supplies, waste, labor, maintenance, etc.). Develop strategy and tools to provide accurate forecasts and conformance to forecasted spending.
• Own reliability for assets: Asset unplanned delay plan and execution Asset down planning, execution and reflection Partner with mill leadership and support teams Reliability team to deliver site strategic plan Deliver reliability maturity improvement to plan Support continuous improvement through problem solving unplanned delay based on triggers Asset Maintenance round development, execution and continuous improvement Autonomous Care Reliability analytics
• Capital projects: Influence project engineering team to utilize Design for Reliability concepts/standards and drive project to successful completion within budget.
• Lead the team through utilization of LEAN, LSS and OPEX methodology to deliver business results.
• Collaborate with planning on the production schedule, rates, and sequence to deliver customer service; and work towards cycle time reduction and conformance to source planning (CTSP). Understand directives and initiate changes to deliver results.
• Partner with Logistics to understand impact of operations on downstream performance and customer demand in support of volume conformance metrics.
• Use effective business communication appropriately with all stakeholders, corporate support teams, employees and external contacts.
• Manage vendor/supplier relationships with a Total Cost of Ownership mindset.
• Lead the development of department objectives and action plans for delivery.
• Lead organizational change, build relationships, and drive performance.
• Accountable for the capability development of team members. Coordinate with Training 4 Excellence to facilitate skills development.
• Lead operations teams to support mill/regional/global continuous improvement efforts and initiatives.
• Lead business update communications. Take information from key customers and present to the team.
• May lead and establish standards for a process/framework (housekeeping, performance manager, etc.) for the facility.
• Lead a site strategy as a key thinker.
• Participate in recruiting activities as needed utilizing STAR interview techniques.
• Develop and maintain a Fuel to Grow playbook with Financial Analysts, including Design to Value concepts.
• Lead and drive grade change reduction efforts (SMED).
• Develop a strong partnership with Staff Value Stream Leaders.

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. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.

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

• Position typically requires a bachelor’s in engineering, business or relevant discipline of 10+ years of equivalent related experience.

• The incumbent would typically have significant experience in Operations, Business, Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, and/or Maintenance.
• Possess a strong understanding of operations role in the Supply Chain.
• Leverage and mentor Color Wheel concepts and ability to adjust leadership style.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge in the people management and/or technical areas of expertise (or aptitude to learn) described in the role.
• Incumbent would possess demonstrated ability to organize, influence and lead a multi-functional team and foster a proactive team environment.
• Experience in multiple mills, product systems and staff experience, along with leadership of a non-exempt workforce is highly desired.
• Work collaboratively and effectively with individuals across all levels of the organization.
• Proficient in LEAN business practices. Can role model and teach 4 step simple problem solving, LSW, Visual Management, 5S.
• Ability to build and manage to a budget.

Summary of Position

This position provides overall team leadership for their asset team in the areas of safety, quality, cost, productivity, continuous improvement, housekeeping/5S, good manufacturing practices (GMP), internal control, asset management, customer service, human resources and team capability development. This position drives continuous improvement on their assets through leadership of their Operations, Reliability and Engineering teams. This person will also partner with other site resources (CI, Reliability, Eng, etc.) to deliver platform results.

Incumbent will set objectives that will have a direct and significant impact on plant and sector results and in the delivery of customer service for Kimberly-Clark.

Scope

Incumbent reports to the site Product System Manager. This role is responsible to effectively lead business objectives for the assigned assets. This role will have interaction across business sectors and opportunities for involvement in broad based business projects. Objectives typically are focused at the department and asset level for safety, quality, GMP, housekeeping, customer service, continuous improvement, productivity, cost, internal control, asset management, human resources and team capability development.

This role is responsible for a more complex asset base with either number of assets, number of employees, asset complexity and/or business criticality. Incumbent determines mill programs and projects needed to accomplish the objectives of the business units; ensure the effective and cost-efficient execution of these programs. The Asset Leader will work with project teams compiled of employees from multiple disciplines; Set priorities, prepare and administer total budget and participate in long-range planning.

Key Customers

Internal to Mill: Their asset Operations, Reliability & Engineering employees. Mill Management, CI & Capabilities Team, Logistics Teams

Internal to Region: Planning, Staff Value Stream Leaders, and other KCNA Supply Chain Teams and Management, Other Kimberly-Clark Facilities, Customers, Consumers

Working Conditions

• Normal scheduled hours will vary based on the need to support a 24/7 Operation
• Flexibility to travel up to 15% for benchmarking and best practice sharing across KCNA.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment

Dimensions

• 30 to 100+ non-exempt manufacturing employees,
• 4+ reliability technicians,
• 3+ engineers
• Operating budget $10+MM
• Direct Reports: 100+ of Operators, Process employees, Reliability Technicians, Asset Engineers
• Indirect Reports: Project Engineers, Other Reliability Support

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.

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.

To Be Considered
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And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world, which is why we seek to build a workforce that encompasses the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role.

The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clark’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will be decided at Kimberly-Clark’s sole discretion.

Salary Range: 127, 600 – 157, 600 USD

At Kimberly-Clark, pay is just one aspect of our total rewards package, which also includes a variety of benefits and opportunities to achieve, thrive and grow. Along with base pay, this position offers eligibility for a target bonus and a comprehensive benefits suite, including our 401(k) and Profit Sharing plan. The anticipated base pay range for this role is provided above for a fully qualified hire. Actual pay will depend on several factors, such as location, role, skills, performance, and experience. Please note that the stated pay range applies to US locations only.

Primary Location

Paris Plant

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time