Continuous Improvement (CI) and Capabilities Manager

Kimberly-Clark USA; Marinette (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Kimberly-Clark USA seeks a Continuous Improvement (CI) and Capabilities Manager to drive process and capability enhancements across the site, coaching teams in problem-solving and Lean tools. You will champion safety, lead transformative initiatives, and align site actions with regional strategies to improve quality and efficiency.

Reporting to the site plant manager, you will develop leaders, manage cross-functional projects, and ensure regulatory compliance while advancing Digital

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 10+ years in manufacturing
• Experience leading Continuous Improvement (CI) and capability development
• Ability to coach problem-solving methods and tools at scale
• Proven ability to manage safety culture and regulatory compliance

Responsibilities

• Reports to the site plant manager and leads CI and capability development for processes, equipment, facilities, digital solutions and personnel.
• Provide strategic leadership to direct reports and coach problem-solving to close gaps in processes and culture.
• Promote loss control and safety as core values across the site.
• Lead Lean, OPEX, LSS, and T4E initiatives to educate and shift behavior.
• Develop and execute site plans aligned to regional strategy for organizational transformation.
• Collaborate with leadership and partners to drive change management and capability building.

Skills

Problem-solving

Leadership

Coaching

Lean Management

Safety

Change Management

Digital Manufacturing

OPEX

LSS

T4E

Team Development

Education

Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Engineering

Tools

CI tools

OPEX tools

Digital Manufacturing tools

Job description

Continuous Improvement (CI) and Capabilities Manager

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.

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:

Reports to the site plant manager and has broad CI and capability development responsibilities for technically complex processes, plant equipment, facilities, digital solutions and personnel.

Provide strategic leadership to direct reports by coaching them in problem-solving methods and tools to identify gaps in processes, capabilities, and culture, uncover CI opportunities, and implement innovative solutions to close those gaps.

Promote loss control across the organization by visibly demonstrating that safety is a core value.

Champion safety at the manufacturing site and within your team by using OPEX, LSS, and T4E tools to support education and behavior-based processes.

Lead your team in achieving safety objectives and maintaining a safe work environment.

Champion and support Continuous Improvement and T4E programs and processes as the way to deliver quality and process capability improvements.

Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

Manage, develop, and support direct reports (T4E Leader, Digital Manufacturing Leader/Engineer) to effectuate changes and developments throughout the site and within each function.

Lead your site's organization to develop and execute an overall site plan that aligns to the regional strategy to drive a cultural transformation, increasing the engagement and enablement of all team members.

Build capability of the asset teams to help lead and manage organizational transformations.

Incorporate organizational transformation thinking into your team's processes and tools, including leveraging Digital Manufacturing resources.

Provide high-level planning with the oversight and/or hands-on execution of the four key areas of Change Management related to site specific initiatives.

Build strong partnerships, consult with leadership, demonstrate empathy, and collaborate on success criteria and KPI progress.

Develop change plan roadmaps, communication, and capability building plans.

Identify and elevate issues, solicit feedback, and support project teams with gap analysis and business process discussions.

Manage change networks, ensure participant engagement, and develop and deliver relevant updates.

Develop long-term strategies, address resistance, and continuously monitor and adjust the change process.

Provide strategy to build capability of all team members at the site through the Training 4 Excellence program.

Provide leadership support to develop, facilitate and manage the site's training strategies aligned to the regional strategy, including providing leadership to the training specialists.

Ensure self and respective team members are active participants in regional networks in the areas they support, sharing learnings and adopting and applying one best way standards and process.

Ensure collaboration between T4E and Digital Manufacturing to drive training and usage throughout the site.

Provide strategic direction to drive Continuous Improvement, using standard tools and processes, across all functions in the site.

Provide Strategic leadership for site's CI programs and efforts.

Reinforce the iOPEX processes and tools to ensure sustainability of the iOPEX program.

Ensure standardization through CI and Culture of Accountability (CoA) practices.

Provide continuous feedback to leadership team, consistent with OPEX mindsets, the Kimberly-Clark Behaviors and CoA principles.

Facilitate, promote, and support Lean cultural development Identify and drive transformation that is inclusive of front-line and support organizations.

Provide education on Lean tools, processes and thinking at your site.

Ensure consistent application of regional framework standards for management systems and processes.

Drives the strategic planning processes for the site including development, communication, and follow-up of all strategic activity for the site.

Leverage Digital Manufacturing and Change Management to embed these tools and processes into the workforce culture.

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

Required:

Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of manufacturing related