Production Executive

Kimberly-Clark Corporation; Pune District; On-site; INR 500,000 - 800,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation support

Job summary

Kimberly-Clark Corporation in Pune, India, is seeking a Production Executive to maintain equipment and oversee safety, quality, and efficiency across production, packaging and distribution operations. The role emphasizes preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance to ensure continuous, safe product flow in a high-volume facility.

You will drive centerlining, data analysis, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver stable runs, reduce downtime, and meet mill objectives while upholding

Qualifications

• Adopt safety practices that meet safety codes, policies, and guidelines.
• Achieve business objectives by establishing and following safe workplace practices.
• Conduct Safety Audits as per set frequency.
• Minimize damage or losses.
• No safety incidents during regular work activities.
• Develop myself to full potential through feedback received during Performance Management discussions, appropriate training and education, goal setting, and career development discussions.
• Expected result will be: 100% completion of Performance Plan.100% completion and implementation of own Individual Development Plan (IDP).

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to improve production and maintain process stability and capabilities.
• Plan and manage production as per plan.
• Keep close communications with other departments.
• Develop a centerline and make it a daily practice for each activity on the machine.
• Maintain data for settings and analyze the data to provide solutions.
• The machine will have a stable and consistent run.
• No unexpected machine breakdown due to process issues to help achieve the mill objectives.
• Lead in delay and waste reduction activities.
• Improve productivity and quality by collecting data and troubleshooting with process specialists when needed.
• Analyze causes of waste/process/mechanical problems and implement action plans to meet productivity targets.
• Develop and maintain the best setting on the machine control.
• Discuss with the process engineer causes and solutions to move settings forward.
• Monitor, identify, and seek solutions to issues arising from settings.
• Ensure center lining data records are accurate and up to date.
• Center lining setup is continuously improved and moved forward with the program.

Skills

Safety compliance

Safety audits

Process improvement

Performance management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Production Executive Job Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: as a person, you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and driving continuous improvement. You see the big picture while mastering the details, ensuring that every product, process, and partnership flows with precision and purpose. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always working to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories. 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 Supply Chain roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. You will be maintaining equipment associated with the production, packaging and distribution of Kimberly-Clark products through preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance work. This role is part of Kimberly-Clark’s investment in creating new jobs and expanding its capabilities to produce premium Products that are essential to millions of lives around the world, and right here in India. It starts with 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.

Required Qualifications

• Adopt safety practices that meet safety codes, policies, and guidelines.
• Achieve business objectives by establishing and following safe workplace practices consistent with KC.
• Conduct Safety Audits as per set frequency.
• To Minimize damage or losses.
• No safety incidents during regular work activities.
• Develop myself to full potential through feedback received during Performance Management discussions, appropriate training and education, goal setting, and career development discussions.
• Expected result will be: 100% completion of Performance Plan.100% completion and implementation of own Individual Development Plan (IDP).

Ways to Measure Accomplishment

• Completion of effective Performance Plan for the year. Completion and implementation of IDP for the year.

Provide Solution to Processes

• Provide leadership to improve production and maintain process stability and capabilities.
• Plan and manage production as per plan.
• Keep close communications with other departments.
• Develop a centerline and make it a daily practice for each activity on the machine.
• Maintain data for settings and analyze the data to provide solutions.
• The machine will have a stable and consistent run.
• No unexpected machine breakdown due to process issues to help achieve the mill objectives.

Quality Assurance

• Adopt practices that meet Quality codes, policies, and guidelines.
• Achieve business objectives by following practices consistent with KC guidelines – QMS, RQGL.
• Ensure safe, clean & good quality products are delivered to the consumer.
• Implement short and long-term action plans to deal with recurring quality issues.
• Ensure defective products are quarantined and sorted out most effectively.
• Ensure that Quality Indices are achieved as per the target set by the regional QA team and Management.
• Ensure all products being made are up to FPS attributes and variables.
• Quality Management Systems are followed as per KC guidelines.
• Nullified customer complaint rates.

Ways of measurement

• No. of customer complaints, Quality Indices results of the mill published by QA team.
• Internal as well as external Quality system audit scores from KC or external authorities.
• Defective product disposal report.

Productivity Improvement

• Lead in delay and waste reduction activities.
• Improve productivity and quality by collecting data on the same and carrying out troubleshooting together with process specialists when they require assistance.
• Analyses the causes of waste/process / mechanical problems through close communication with the operation support team leader and other engineers, sets up the action plan, and takes action to eliminate the causes. To achieve productivity targets.

Ways to Measure Accomplishment

• Productivity improvement projects completion and improvement in line productivity.

Owner of Center Lining Data

• Develop and maintain the best setting on the machine control.
• Discuss with the process engineer the causes and solutions to move the setting to the next level.
• Monitor, identify, and seek solutions to the issues that are arising out of specified setting.
• Ensure center lining data records are accurate and kept up to date.
• Expected result: Issues encountered on specific Center lining sets up is monitored regularly.
• Solutions to Center lining issues are addressed on time.
• Center lining setup is continuously improved and moving progressively in accordance with the program.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

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 local policies. Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests which may include Medical Check, background check. Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

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.

In-Country Relocation: Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role, including assistance to obtain proper work authorization. The benefits provided will be in terms of Kimberly-Clark’s applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will be decided at Kimberly-Clark’s sole discretion.

#LI-Onsite Primary Location Pune, India Additional Locations Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Regular Time Type Full time

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