Manager Production

Kimberly-Clark USA, LLC; Pune District; On-site; INR 2,500,000 - 4,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Kimberly-Clark USA, LLC in Pune, India, seeks a Manager Production to lead Personal Care manufacturing lines and offline packing, delivering safe, high-quality output and cost efficiency. You will drive asset performance, safety compliance and cross-functional collaboration across a 85-person team, shaping daily production and continuous improvement.

You will foster a World Class Manufacturing culture, mentor teams, coordinate with HR for talent development and ensure adherence to KC standards

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, specialized training or relevant professional qualification.
• 7–10 years of relevant manufacturing, production or operations experience.
• Strong people leadership, performance management, communication, analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Working knowledge of safety, quality systems, production procedures, centerlining, AM/PM, 5S, Kaizen, SMED, SAP/DTR, Workday and QMS. Hands on with digital tools, power BI and analytics.

Responsibilities

• Lead Personal Care manufacturing lines and offline packing operations to deliver safe, reliable, high-quality and cost-effective production.
• Drive operational excellence through asset performance, safety and quality compliance, people leadership, continuous improvement and cross-functional coordination.
• Lead safety, housekeeping, quality, centerlining, maintenance coordination and production output improvement across assigned assets.
• Manage offline packing activities at Pune Plant.
• Drive machine reliability, OEE improvement, waste reduction, productivity improvement and conversion cost optimization.
• Manage production department resources and budget in line with plant priorities.
• Lead or sponsor product, process development, continuous improvement and cost-saving projects.
• Support engineering initiatives, technical knowledge transfer, project execution and asset/process improvement.
• Build a World Class Manufacturing culture through standard work, capability building, benchmarking and best-practice sharing.
• Partner with HR for recruitment, performance management, coaching, recognition, development planning and succession readiness.
• Make day-to-day operational decisions on production schedules, machine performance, shop-floor priorities and resource deployment.
• Halt operations where safety, quality or compliance risks are identified.
• Quarantine defective products, initiate root cause analysis and drive corrective actions.
• Recommend training, staffing, development actions and performance improvement plans.
• Initiate cost-saving, productivity and continuous improvement actions within approved plant guidelines.

Skills

People leadership

Performance management

Communication

Analytical

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

SAP/DTR

Workday

QMS

Power BI

Job description

Manager Production

Job Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kotex®, Poise® and Depend®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.

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.

About You

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. Job responsibilities include:

You will lead Personal Care manufacturing lines and offline packing operations to deliver safe, reliable, high-quality and cost-effective production. You will also be responsible to drive operational excellence through asset performance, safety and quality compliance, people leadership, continuous improvement and strong cross-functional coordination. This role is part of Kimberly-Clark’s investment in creating new jobs and expanding its capabilities to produce premium that are essential to millions of lives around the world, and right here in Pune. It starts with YOU.

• Manage 04 manufacturing assets and offline packing operation across Personal Care operations.
• Lead a team of approximately 85 employees, including frontline employees and production staff.
• Own day-to-day production delivery, offline packing output, safety performance, quality adherence, machine uptime, waste reduction and conversion cost control.
• Ensure compliance with KC standards, statutory requirements, QMS, ISO expectations and site operating procedures.
• Set and deliver production targets with focus on capacity utilization, product performance, customer service and optimized manufacturing cost.
• Lead safety, housekeeping, quality, centerlining, maintenance coordination and production output improvement across assigned assets.
• Manage offline packing activities at Pune Plant.
• Drive machine reliability, OEE improvement, waste reduction, productivity improvement and conversion cost optimization.
• Manage production department resources and budget in line with plant priorities.
• Lead or sponsor product, process development, continuous improvement and cost-saving projects.
• Support engineering initiatives, technical knowledge transfer, project execution and asset/process improvement.
• Build a World Class Manufacturing culture through standard work, capability building, benchmarking and best-practice sharing.
• Partner with HR for recruitment, performance management, coaching, recognition, development planning and succession readiness.
• Make day-to-day operational decisions on production schedules, machine performance, shop-floor priorities and resource deployment.
• Halt operations where safety, quality or compliance risks are identified.
• Quarantine defective products, initiate root cause analysis and drive corrective actions.
• Recommend training, staffing, development actions and performance improvement plans.
• Initiate cost-saving, productivity and continuous improvement actions within approved plant guidelines.

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

• Bachelor’s degree, specialized training or relevant professional qualification.
• 7–10 years of relevant manufacturing, production or operations experience.
• Strong people leadership, performance management, communication, analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Working knowledge of safety, quality systems, production procedures, centerlining, AM/PM, 5S, Kaizen, SMED, SAP/DTR, Workday and QMS. Hands on with digital tools, power BI and analytics.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

And finally, the fine print….

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 local policies.

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.

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Primary Location

Pune, India

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time