Senior Asset Leader

Kimberlyclark; Chester (Delaware County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) and Profit Sharing

Job summary

Kimberly-Clark in Chester, PA, seeks a Senior Asset Leader to guide safety, quality, and cost across asset teams in a high-speed manufacturing setting. You will lead the Operations, Reliability and Engineering groups to deliver continuous improvement and plant performance.

This role requires a strong Lean mindset, proven people management, and the ability to build budgets and forecast spend while collaborating across sites and functions to meet strategic objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, business or related field with 7+ years of experience.
• Experience in Operations, Lean Manufacturing, and/or Maintenance.
• Proven ability to lead multi-functional teams and manage budgets.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall team leadership for asset team in safety, quality, cost, productivity, and continuous improvement.
• Lead the Operations, Reliability and Engineering teams to drive platform results.
• Collaborate with CI, Reliability, Eng and other site resources to deliver results.
• Deliver cost management and forecasting for manufacturing operations.

Skills

Leadership

Lean Manufacturing

Budgeting

Cross-functional leadership

Problem solving

Team management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in engineering, business or relevant discipline

Job description

Senior Asset 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.

Ready to take the next step in your leadership journey? As a Sr. Asset Leader, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. This role is a critical part of our operations leadership pipeline—a steppingstone toward Product System Leadership and, ultimately, future Plant Management opportunities. You’ll gain hands‑on experience managing assets in a high‑speed manufacturing environment while building the leadership skills that set you apart.

Your growth matters to us, and we’ll invest in it through structured development programs and exposure to diverse operations. Flexibility and mobility are essential - willingness to relocate opens doors to new plants, new challenges, and new opportunities to make an impact. If you’re ready to lead with vision, embrace continuous improvement, and take ownership of your career trajectory, this is where your future begins.

As a Sr. Asset Leader, you will provide overall team leadership for your 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. You will also partner with other site resources (CI, Reliability, Eng, etc.) to deliver platform results.

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.

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).

People:

• Build strong relationships across the Mill teams to deliver continuous improvement.
• Manage teams in accordance with the expected K-C Values and Ways of Working.
• Lead with high expectations around safety and team support.

Delivery/Cost:

• Provide day‑to‑day directions 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.

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.

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 engineering, business or relevant discipline of 7+ years of related experience.

• The incumbent would typically have significant experience in Operations, Business, Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, and/or Maintenance.
• Possess a strong understanding of the operations role in the Supply Chain.
• Demonstrates advanced knowledge in the people management and technical areas of expertise (or aptitude to learn).
• Demonstrated ability to organize, influence and lead a multi‑functional team and foster a proactive team environment.
• Experience in multiple plant environments, 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. For example, can role model and teach 4 step simple problem solving, LSW, Visual Management, 5S.
• Ability to build and manage a budget.

Working Conditions:

• Normal scheduled hours will vary based on the need to support a 24/7 Operation.
• Ability to work in a manufacturing environment.

Salary Range: 140,320 – 173,360 USDAt 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

Chester, PA, USA

Additional Locations

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time