Tissue Reliability - Converting at Kimberly-Clark in Maumelle, Arkansas

Job Description:

You're not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we're out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

Position Purpose

To deliver a breakthrough step change in asset reliability performance by assisting with the development and ensuring the execution of the North America reliability strategy (short and long term) and coordinating the mill Reliability Leaders and associated resources to execute their individual Reliability Strategies to meet and exceed expected business deliverable results.

Customers and Customer Expectations

The primary customer is the Kimberly Clark North America leadership team. Other key customers include Plant Managers and Operations leadership (asset performance), Mill and Staff Engineering, and Plant Maintenance. Additional customers include Planning and Distribution, Procurement, and Stores.

Customer expectations are:

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  Establish the reliability technical strategies for the permanent elimination of equipment defects at the root and latent levels.

  
  


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  Ensure the equipment reliability aspects of OEE and availability performance is on trajectory to meet and/or exceed target requirements on/ahead of time.

  
  


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  Provide Engineering with information and insights to develop "Design for Reliability" capabilities.

  
  


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  Deliver highly reliable asset availability performance as required by Planning and Distribution,.

  
  


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  Actively supporting the vision of Zero Injuries.

  
  

In this role, you will:

This position is accountable for delivering a breakthrough step change in asset performance with a principal focus on the equipment reliability aspects to generate both OEE and cost value creation on/or ahead of schedule. Included in this accountability is the continued development and execution of the reliability strategy to realize the full long-term phases (Intermediate to Advanced).

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  Provide Reliability leadership and thinking to the sector and plant teams to ensure delivery of sector financial requirements and to create a "Culture of Reliability".

  
  


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  Lead, resource, develop, and inspire the reliability plan execution including indirect management of the plant level Reliability Leaders.

  
  


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  Lead the development and use of sector reliability analysis tools, processes and their associated financial analysis, and general reporting for business management. This includes training of TPM and analytics to Mill and Staff Reliability team members and train the trainer.

  
  

This position is accountable to meet customer expectations including:

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  Deliver the value identified associated with the Reliability Strategy on/ahead of time.

  
  


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  Work in partnership with the raw materials and process areas to mutually achieve the OEE and cost targets with a primary focus on the equipment reliability aspects.

  
  


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  Ensure that the equipment reliability aspects of OEE and availability performance are on trajectory to meet and/or exceed target requirements on/ahead of time.

  
  


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  Provide Engineering with information and insights to develop "Design for Reliability".

  
  


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  Provide protection to reliability technologies and processes through appropriate use of patents and trade secrets.

  
  


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  Locate or create existing, internal or external, or novel technical reliability technology solutions for business value delivery.

  
  


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  Maintain technical and scientific expertise in the area of reliability technology and communicate impacts of development of Kimberly-Clark North America.

  
  


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  Ensure alignment with Corporate Financial Instructions and Corporate policies.

  
  

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 professional 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:

Qualifications/Education/Experience Required/Work Conditions

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  Requires knowledge and ability typically associated with a bachelors or advanced degree(s) in Engineering or related scientific field from an accredited college or university.

  
  


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  A minimum of 10 years engineering experience in a variety of technical or operational assignments in a high-speed consumer product manufacturing and/or staff environment.

  
  


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  Minimum of 2 years of reliability and maintenance leadership experience in a mill manufacturing or staff leadership role.

  
  


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  Incumbent must have the ability to organize and plan, delegate, lead, and inspire people, and maintain effective influence while driving breakthrough thinking and results.

  
  


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  The position requires knowledge and experience in business and asset management, including the successful management of organizations/functions or projects to effectively plan and manage change as well as organize integrated systems and processes.

  
  


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  A demonstrated ability to perform in cross-functional teams to achieve objectives within required timeframes.

  
  


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  Ability to travel up to 50% of time to execute the leadership responsibility.

  
  

Preferred Qualifications

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  5+ years of reliability and maintenance leadership experience in a mill manufacturing or staff leadership role.

  
  


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  In depth technical knowledge and expertise in tissue and/or towel converting and/or high-speed manufacturing or web converting equipment.

  
  


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  Demonstrated ability to utilize Lean principles and strategic thinking to discover best practices, influence the adoption of those practices, and implement sustaining systems to ensure the practices endure at our facilities.

  
  

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 www.mykcbenefits.com.

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.

To Be Considered

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And finally, the fine print….

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.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role's country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.

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