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Kimberly-Clark · 3 days ago

Training For Excellence (T4E) Team Leader

Chester, PA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$94K/yr - $116K/yr

5+ years exp

Kimberly-Clark is a leading global company known for its iconic brands such as Huggies and Kleenex. The Training For Excellence (T4E) Team Leader will lead the development and deployment of the T4E program to enhance personnel capability and performance within the manufacturing site, ensuring compliance with training standards and driving continuous improvement.

ManufacturingProduct DesignWholesale

No H1B

Responsibilities

Provides strategic and tactical leadership to build the capability of the T4E training team by providing work expectations, guidance and coaching to address barriers to delivery

Ensure projects/tasks meet objectives while manage site T4E budget

Establish a regular cadence of floor/Gemba time to understand what’s working well and what training issues exist

Consult with site Safety, Environmental, Quality, and Reliability teams on training best practices, documentation, and tracking. Champion safety, quality, and reliability in your manufacturing site by ensuring training documents reflect current safety standards and practices

Partner with Continuous Improvement team to respond to training issues and gaps through root cause analysis, problem solving, diagnostic interviews and surveys. Work with training teams, both at staff and mill level, to prioritize and address identified capability gaps

Manages team performance by setting objectives, conducting 1:1’s, regular coaching, communication and executing performance reviews

Leads, mentors, and supports entire site in execution of the training calendar and execution plan

Ensure compliance and execution of KC T4E framework standards, including but not limited to, new hire orientation, new to role, new to department, qualified/certified and mastery process, skills refresh, continuous improvement, leadership training and knowledge transfer

Partner with KCNA T4E Core Team to actively engage in benchmarking and sharing of best practices

Manage relationships with third party vendors for training and development

Qualification

Training systemsLean ManufacturingContinuous ImprovementDevelopmentSupply ChainOperationsCoachingMentoringProblem solvingCommunication

Required

Bachelor's degree and 5+ years experience in a high-speed industrial manufacturing environment/plant experience

Extensive experience in several of the following: Learning and Development, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Lean Manufacturing, and Maintenance

Adept understanding of training systems, tools, technology, processes, and adult learning styles

Normal scheduled hours are days but can vary based on the need to support a 24/7 Operation; Ability to work in a manufacturing environment

Flexibility to travel up to 15% for team meetings, training workshops, benchmarking and best practice sharing across KCNA

Preferred

Experience in a variety of mill and staff assignments is desired along with a familiarity with other related disciplines and business functions to enable a system-wide view