Kimberly-Clark · 1 month ago
Sr Asset Leader - 1st Technology
Warren, OH
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$128K/yr - $158K/yr
10+ years expKimberly-Clark is a leading company committed to creating Better Care for a Better World. In this role, the Sr Asset Leader will provide overall team leadership for their asset team, focusing on areas such as safety, quality, cost, and continuous improvement while driving results through collaboration and effective management of resources.
ManufacturingProduct DesignWholesale
Responsibilities
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
Own development of safety improvement plans
Ensure safety investigations are completed, and countermeasures are in place per incident investigations standard
Ensure assets comply with pertinent housekeeping standards
Ensure consumer safety requirements are met and strengthened
Achieve KCNA specific health and safety objectives (i.e. EHS Maturity Score, URM/UHET)
Achieve KCNA specific environmental and sustainability objectives (energy, water, plastics, landfill)
Demonstrate quality as a core value
Responsible for understanding and holding team accountable for upholding K-C’s Quality policy and standards
Achieve and improve objectives around quality metrics (i.e. significant events, RFT, Cost of quality)
Understands and ensures compliance with applicable FDA and other regulatory agencies and codes
Build strong relationships and put systems in place to deliver sustainable year-over-year improvement for your asset platform
Manage teams in accordance with the principles and tenets of the plant’s High Performance Work System and expected K-C Values: We Care, We Own, We Act and Ways of Working: Focus on Consumers, Play to Win, Move Fast and Grow our People
Lead with high expectations around safety and team support
Partner with your Talent Business Partners and Peer Resource Groups to have strong performance management processes, where coaching and mentoring for all team members is ongoing
Collaborate with the other Asset Leaders at the site to lead succession planning for your hourly operations team members
Partner with the Plant Engineering & Reliability Manager to support succession planning for your engineering and reliability team members
Drive partnerships and collaboration with other plant teams such as Manufacturing Excellence, Reliability, Training 4 Excellence to build capability within the Operations team
Collaborate with the site T4E team to ensure asset area is adhering to the training plan, training documentation is current and accessible and that team members are progressing to Intermediate and Advanced levels for the right skill mix
Willingly adopt and advance company policies and standards
Establish clear and concise strategic goals; and assign the resources and priorities to achieve those goals
Build Talent in your team’s Continuous Improvement Capability such as: Lean Basics, Problem Solving, 5S, Leader Standard Work, Visual Management, Leader Standard work
Drive cultural and business results improvement through development, ownership, and execution of Tactical Implementation Plans (TIPs) focusing on performance and health of their process and team, visibly remove barriers for completion of assigned work, and ensure sustainability and health of the process via ownership of the OPEX Health Check processes
Foster a culture of belonging
Responsible for building talent of new or future operations leaders
Develop long-term vision for platform beyond the TIPs
Provide day-to-day direction to operations, reliability and engineering team members fostering the culture and principles of a High-Performance Work System
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
Accountable for asset reliability:
Asset unplanned delay plan and execution
Asset down planning, execution and reflection
Partner with plant leadership and support teams to deliver site strategic plan
Deliver reliability maturity improvement to plan
Support continuous improvement through problem solving unplanned delays based on triggers
Asset Maintenance round development, execution and continuous improvement
Autonomous Care
Reliability analytics
Capital projects: Influence project engineering team to utilize Design for Reliability concepts/standards and drive project to successful completion within budget
Lead the team through utilization of LEAN, LSS and OPEX methodology to deliver business results
Collaborate with planning on the production schedule, rates, and sequence to deliver customer service; and work towards cycle time reduction and conformance to source planning (CTSP). Understand directives and initiate changes to deliver results
Partner with Logistics to understand impact of operations on downstream performance and customer demand in support of volume conformance metrics
Use effective business communication appropriately with all stakeholders, corporate support teams, employees and external contacts
Manage vendor/supplier relationships with a Total Cost of Ownership mindset
Lead the development of department objectives and action plans for delivery
Lead organizational change, build relationships, and drive performance
Accountable for the capability development of team members. Coordinate with Training 4 Excellence to facilitate skills development
Lead operations teams to support plant/regional/global continuous improvement efforts and initiatives
Lead business update communications. Take information from key customers and present to the team
May lead and establish standards for a process/framework (housekeeping, performance manager, etc.) for the facility
Lead a site strategy as a key thinker
Participate in recruiting activities as needed utilizing STAR interview techniques
Develop and maintain a Fuel to Grow playbook with Financial Analysts, including Design to Value concepts
Lead and drive grade change reduction efforts (SMED)
Develop a strong partnership with Staff Value Stream Leaders
Qualification
Required
Position typically requires a bachelor's in engineering, business or relevant discipline 10+ years of equivalent related experience
The incumbent would typically have significant experience in Operations, Business, Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, and/or Maintenance
Possess a strong understanding of operations' role in the Supply Chain
Leverage and mentor Color Wheel concepts and ability to adjust leadership style
Demonstrates advanced knowledge in the people management and/or technical areas of expertise (or aptitude to learn) described in the role
Incumbent would possess demonstrated ability to organize, influence and lead a multi-functional team and foster a proactive team environment
Work collaboratively and effectively with individuals across all levels of the organization
Proficient in LEAN business practices. Can role model and teach 4 step simple problem solving, LSW, Visual Management, 5S
Ability to build and manage a budget
Preferred
Experience in multiple plants, product systems and staff experience, along with leadership of a non-exempt workforce is highly desired
Benefits
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 maximize health care options and stretch dollars 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.
Company
Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark ranked among the top 10 World's Best Multinational Workplaces by Great Places to Work Institute for the third year in a row.
10001+ employees
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