Primary Location
Northfleet Mill
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. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
How would you like to help us innovate the way we innovate? Kimberly-Clark is the leading branded tissue manufacturer in EMEA and we have world renowned brands in Baby Child Care (Huggies) and Adult (Depend) and Feminine protection (Kotex). We now have an exciting opportunity for someone who has an interest in supporting our innovation agenda to support R&D product improvements, through technical and human subject testing, providing the company with data and expertise.
The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the laboratory processes, sensory testing, systems and personnel comply with the Kimberly-Clark Quality Management System. The role is accountable for contributing to the business objectives and must demonstrate the One K-C Behaviours and values.
The successful candidate will be expected to:
1. Safety and Compliance: Uphold the Northfleet Mill Safety Policy and maintain a safe working environment by rigorously applying 5S housekeeping standards.
2. Innovation Testing: Execute testing protocols to support consumer business innovations effectively.
3. KPI Development and Reporting: Develop, report, and analyze lab KPIs for stakeholders, conducting reviews with technicians to ensure targets are met. Prepare comprehensive budget and performance reports, create detailed monthly PowerPoint presentations, and lead coordination meetings to discuss lab results.
4. Team Coordination: Oversee daily priorities, distribute tasks efficiently, review outstanding jobs for compliance, supervise sensory tasks, manage TRFs, conduct annual equipment reviews, and implement necessary changes.
5. Quality Management System (QMS): Spearhead the development, implementation, and upkeep of an effective QMS. This includes conducting management reviews, internal audits, and updating the quality manual and policy.
6. Quality Objectives: Establish and communicate SMART quality objectives, ensuring alignment with strategic goals, supported by relevant Key Performance Indicators.
7. Training: Deliver comprehensive training to laboratory team members, ensuring all tests and procedures are conducted accurately and adopting new testing methodologies.
8. Equipment Proficiency: Demonstrate proficiency in the use of test equipment, develop new testing protocols as needed, and collaborate with suppliers and in-house experts to maintain and troubleshoot equipment.
9. Systems Development: Lead and manage the development and troubleshooting of computer systems, offering training to team members and stakeholders as required.
10. Resource Management: Optimize resource management to meet customer requirements and expectations effectively.
11. LEAN Principles: Apply LEAN principles to enhance the working environment and practices, contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
12. Project Management: Lead and execute 1-2 annual projects focusing on instrument reliability or technological advancements for the lab.
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:
1. Have a structured and organised approach to document and record management.
2. Be able to effectively manage a team.
3. Proven ability of troubleshooting, problem solving and new process development.
4. Ability to use SAP, SharePoint, Coupa, JMP and a good understanding of Excel (V-lookups, Macros and understanding of formulas).
5. Can demonstrate good communication skills across a range of levels within a business.
6. Be flexible to support changing business needs and priorities.
7. Be willing to travel to other EMEA locations to support trials if requested.
8. Have a degree level qualification or at least two years’ experience in a similar role (desirable but not essential).
Total Benefits
We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. Our belief in promoting a healthy work-life balance drives us to support our employees’ total well-being, offering comprehensive benefits not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.
Certain benefits, such as flexible work schedules and parental leave, can be tailored to meet specific individual needs, giving our employees the flexibility to manage their commitments inside and outside of work.
To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.
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. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects 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.
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