Description
Ass. Director Asset Care IFP (International Family Care & Professional)
Permanent, Full Time
Location: UK
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.
The specific focus for this role will be on influencing and driving the operational performance through best practice adoption and optimization, fully integrating digital systems in continuous improvement and leveraging data analytics capability to bring our Supply Chain operation to the next level.
Additionally, the role will have 13 direct reports including Asset Care, Regional Technical and Reliability Leaders across 5 Accountable Business Units in IFP Segment and will be leading a very diverse culture and work through different time zones.
In this role, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
1. Responsible for the development and deployment of the IFP Integrated Operational Excellence (iOPEX) strategy as well as making sure successful implementation that will position KC Supply Chain team as a top tier performer.
2. Key influencer in the development and implementation of the Global Manufacturing strategy
3. Key liaison with Global Manufacturing team, and ultimate owner of Global Manufacturing performance reporting systems within IFP (i.e OEE Umbrella, P2030 Best Practice tracking)
4. Key influencer in the development and implementation of the IFP Digital Manufacturing strategy
5. Provide feedback on footprint potential and Mill optimisation to support Supply Chain optimisation
6. Leverage a global mindset with the ability to dimension business case/value delivery in Supply Chain and across all businesses within IFP to drive value for the business.
7. Manage the Regional Technical & Reliability leaders to drive iOPEX implementation to fulfil (or anticipate) regional execution timeline; optimize and amplify manufacturing efficiency.
8. Leads the team to analyse performance gaps, value the opportunities, work with mills to develop and implement action plans to resolve prioritized gaps.
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.
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.
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:
9. Engineering or Technical Degree from an accredited college/university.
10. Preferably, minimum 10+ years of relevant professional experience in Tissue Manufacturing
11. Significant relevant professional experience, preferably with 5+ years of experience in a Consumer/Professional business unit.
12. Strong knowledge of Lean and demonstrated examples of application of LEAN principles.
13. Knowledge of end-to-end Supply Chain interconnectivities relative to overall business implications
14. Previous exposure to internal supply chain metrics: OEE, Production Conformance, OTIF & RFT.
15. Exposure to large, interconnected software systems such as SAP ERP, CPC, MES, PIMS, PIPE etc.
16. Ability to analyse, interpret, make decisions and dimension value opportunity utilizing data
Total Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see .
Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximie health care options and stretch pounds when caring for yourself or dependents.
Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.
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.
To Be Considered
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And finally, the fine print….
Primary Location
United Kingdom- Flexible Location - South East England
Additional Locations
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time