Kimberly Clark
Overview
Sr Asset Leader (Paris, TX.) You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, this role focuses on building and managing our portfolio of iconic brands while delivering improvements in safety, quality, cost, and operations. In this role, you will
Safety: 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 counter measures 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). Quality: Demonstrate quality as a core value. Responsible for understanding and holding team accountable for upholding K-C’s Quality policy and standards. Achieve 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. People: Build strong relationships across the Mill teams to deliver continuous improvement. Manage teams in accordance with the expected K-C Values and Ways of Working. Lead with high expectations around safety and team support. Partner with Talent Business Partners to have strong performance management processes, with ongoing coaching and mentoring for all team members. Collaborate with Operations Leaders to lead succession planning for hourly operations, reliability and engineering teams. Drive partnerships with other mill teams to build capability within the Operations team. Collaborate with the site T4E team to ensure asset area training compliance and progression to Certified/Mastery levels. Adopt and advance company policies and standards; establish strategic goals and allocate resources to achieve them. Develop talent in continuous improvement capabilities (e.g., Lean Basics, Problem Solving, 5S, Leader Standard Work, Visual Management). Foster a culture of belonging and build capabilities for sustainable, year-over-year improvement. Delivery/Cost: Provide day-to-day direction to operations, reliability and engineering teams. Manage cost of manufacturing and develop strategies/tools for accurate forecasts and forecast conformance. Own asset reliability, including unplanned delay planning, asset down planning, and reflection; partner with mill leadership to deliver the site’s strategic plan and reliability maturity improvement. Lead capital projects with Design for Reliability concepts and stay within budget. Utilize LEAN, LSS and OPEX methodologies to deliver business results. Coordinate with planning on production schedules to reduce cycle time and ensure conformance to source planning; collaborate with Logistics on downstream performance and customer demand. Maintain effective business communication with stakeholders and manage vendor/supplier relationships with a Total Cost of Ownership mindset. Lead department objectives, organizational change, and performance improvements; coordinate with Training to develop team capabilities. Lead operations teams in continuous improvement initiatives and communicate updates to key customers. May establish process/framework standards for the facility and contribute to site strategy. Participate in recruiting activities as needed and develop a Fuel to Grow playbook with Financial Analysts. Lead and drive grade change reduction efforts (SMED) and build partnerships with Staff Value Stream Leaders. About Us
Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend® and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our brands and so does the world. We are committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. Led by Purpose. Driven by You. About You
You perform at the highest level, value a performance culture driven by authentic caring, and are committed to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. We offer flexible (hybrid) work arrangements. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications: Position typically requires a bachelor’s in engineering, business or relevant discipline with 10+ years of related experience. Significant experience in Operations, Business, Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, and/or Maintenance. Strong understanding of operations role in the Supply Chain. Experience mentoring Lean concepts and adaptive leadership. Demonstrated ability to organize, influence and lead a multi-functional team and foster a proactive environment. Experience across multiple mills and staff leadership. Effective collaboration across all levels of the organization. Proficient in LEAN practices; able to teach problem solving, Leader Standard Work, Visual Management, 5S. Ability to build and manage a budget. Summary of Position This position provides overall team leadership for the asset team in safety, quality, cost, productivity, continuous improvement, GMP, asset management, customer service, human resources and team capability development. This role drives continuous improvement through leadership of Operations, Reliability and Engineering teams, partnering with CI, Reliability, Eng, and other resources to deliver platform results. Scope Reports to the site Product System Manager; leads objectives for assigned assets and collaborates across business sectors on related projects. Responsibilities focus on safety, quality, GMP, housekeeping, customer service, continuous improvement, productivity, cost, internal control, asset management and team development. This role manages a complex asset base and coordinates budgets, long-range planning, and project prioritization with cross-disciplinary teams. Key Customers
Internal to Mill: Asset Operations, Reliability & Engineering, Mill Management, CI & Capabilities Team, Logistics Teams Internal to Region: Planning, Staff Value Stream Leaders, KCNA Supply Chain Teams and Management, Other Kimberly-Clark Facilities, Customers, Consumers Working Conditions
Normal scheduled hours vary for a 24/7 operation. Travel up to 15% for benchmarking and best practice sharing across KCNA. Ability to work in a manufacturing environment. Dimensions
30 to 100+ non-exempt manufacturing employees 4+ reliability technicians 3+ engineers Operating budget $10+MM Direct Reports: 100+ Operators, Process employees, Reliability Technicians, Asset Engineers Indirect Reports: Project Engineers, Other Reliability Support Total Benefits
Details available on the careers site and within benefits literature. Employment considerations include equal opportunity employer status, pre-screening tests, and relocation support where applicable. Veterans and Guard members are encouraged to apply. Salary Range: 127,600 – 157,600 USD; base pay plus bonus eligibility and benefits. This range applies to US locations only.
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Sr Asset Leader (Paris, TX.) You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, this role focuses on building and managing our portfolio of iconic brands while delivering improvements in safety, quality, cost, and operations. In this role, you will
Safety: 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 counter measures 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). Quality: Demonstrate quality as a core value. Responsible for understanding and holding team accountable for upholding K-C’s Quality policy and standards. Achieve 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. People: Build strong relationships across the Mill teams to deliver continuous improvement. Manage teams in accordance with the expected K-C Values and Ways of Working. Lead with high expectations around safety and team support. Partner with Talent Business Partners to have strong performance management processes, with ongoing coaching and mentoring for all team members. Collaborate with Operations Leaders to lead succession planning for hourly operations, reliability and engineering teams. Drive partnerships with other mill teams to build capability within the Operations team. Collaborate with the site T4E team to ensure asset area training compliance and progression to Certified/Mastery levels. Adopt and advance company policies and standards; establish strategic goals and allocate resources to achieve them. Develop talent in continuous improvement capabilities (e.g., Lean Basics, Problem Solving, 5S, Leader Standard Work, Visual Management). Foster a culture of belonging and build capabilities for sustainable, year-over-year improvement. Delivery/Cost: Provide day-to-day direction to operations, reliability and engineering teams. Manage cost of manufacturing and develop strategies/tools for accurate forecasts and forecast conformance. Own asset reliability, including unplanned delay planning, asset down planning, and reflection; partner with mill leadership to deliver the site’s strategic plan and reliability maturity improvement. Lead capital projects with Design for Reliability concepts and stay within budget. Utilize LEAN, LSS and OPEX methodologies to deliver business results. Coordinate with planning on production schedules to reduce cycle time and ensure conformance to source planning; collaborate with Logistics on downstream performance and customer demand. Maintain effective business communication with stakeholders and manage vendor/supplier relationships with a Total Cost of Ownership mindset. Lead department objectives, organizational change, and performance improvements; coordinate with Training to develop team capabilities. Lead operations teams in continuous improvement initiatives and communicate updates to key customers. May establish process/framework standards for the facility and contribute to site strategy. Participate in recruiting activities as needed and develop a Fuel to Grow playbook with Financial Analysts. Lead and drive grade change reduction efforts (SMED) and build partnerships with Staff Value Stream Leaders. About Us
Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend® and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our brands and so does the world. We are committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. Led by Purpose. Driven by You. About You
You perform at the highest level, value a performance culture driven by authentic caring, and are committed to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. We offer flexible (hybrid) work arrangements. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications: Position typically requires a bachelor’s in engineering, business or relevant discipline with 10+ years of related experience. Significant experience in Operations, Business, Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, and/or Maintenance. Strong understanding of operations role in the Supply Chain. Experience mentoring Lean concepts and adaptive leadership. Demonstrated ability to organize, influence and lead a multi-functional team and foster a proactive environment. Experience across multiple mills and staff leadership. Effective collaboration across all levels of the organization. Proficient in LEAN practices; able to teach problem solving, Leader Standard Work, Visual Management, 5S. Ability to build and manage a budget. Summary of Position This position provides overall team leadership for the asset team in safety, quality, cost, productivity, continuous improvement, GMP, asset management, customer service, human resources and team capability development. This role drives continuous improvement through leadership of Operations, Reliability and Engineering teams, partnering with CI, Reliability, Eng, and other resources to deliver platform results. Scope Reports to the site Product System Manager; leads objectives for assigned assets and collaborates across business sectors on related projects. Responsibilities focus on safety, quality, GMP, housekeeping, customer service, continuous improvement, productivity, cost, internal control, asset management and team development. This role manages a complex asset base and coordinates budgets, long-range planning, and project prioritization with cross-disciplinary teams. Key Customers
Internal to Mill: Asset Operations, Reliability & Engineering, Mill Management, CI & Capabilities Team, Logistics Teams Internal to Region: Planning, Staff Value Stream Leaders, KCNA Supply Chain Teams and Management, Other Kimberly-Clark Facilities, Customers, Consumers Working Conditions
Normal scheduled hours vary for a 24/7 operation. Travel up to 15% for benchmarking and best practice sharing across KCNA. Ability to work in a manufacturing environment. Dimensions
30 to 100+ non-exempt manufacturing employees 4+ reliability technicians 3+ engineers Operating budget $10+MM Direct Reports: 100+ Operators, Process employees, Reliability Technicians, Asset Engineers Indirect Reports: Project Engineers, Other Reliability Support Total Benefits
Details available on the careers site and within benefits literature. Employment considerations include equal opportunity employer status, pre-screening tests, and relocation support where applicable. Veterans and Guard members are encouraged to apply. Salary Range: 127,600 – 157,600 USD; base pay plus bonus eligibility and benefits. This range applies to US locations only.
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