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Continuous Improvement – CI
| Company | Kimberly-Clark |
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| Location | CT, USA |
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| Salary | $140320 – $173360 |
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| Type | Full-Time |
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| Degrees | Bachelor’s |
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| Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of manufacturing related experience
- 5 plus years’ experience in a high-speed industrial manufacturing environment/plant experience
- Significant experience in Engineering, Operations, Lean Manufacturing, and Maintenance
- Familiarity with the application of Lean, CI, OPEX, LSS, adult learning tools and theory
- Six Sigma Black Belt Certification or progress towards it
- Strong understanding of the broader business and organization
- Demonstrated ability to organize and lead a multi-functional team
- Strong project management skills
- Proficiency with MS Suite
Responsibilities
- Implement loss control throughout the organization by visibly demonstrating that safety is embraced as a value
- Support and Champion safety in your manufacturing site and team by driving educational and behavioral processes through the application of OPEX, LSS and T4E tools
- Lead your team to complete safety objectives and ensure a safe working environment
- Champion and support Continuous Improvement and T4E programs and processes as the way to deliver quality and process capability improvements
- Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
- Manage, develop, and support direct reports to effectuate changes and developments throughout the site
- Develop and execute an overall site plan that aligns to the regional strategy to drive a cultural transformation
- Provide high-level planning with the oversight and/or hands-on execution of the four key areas of Change Management related to site specific initiatives
- Provide leadership support to your T4E leader in their efforts to develop, facilitate and manage the site’s training strategies
- Provide Strategic leadership for site’s CI programs and efforts
- Ensure standardization through CI and Culture of Accountability (CoA) practices
- Facilitate, promote, and support Lean cultural development
- Drive the strategic planning processes for the site including development, communication, and follow-up of all strategic activity for the site
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with developing and cascading large-scale strategy
- Experience in multiple mills, product systems and staff experience
- Leadership of exempt workforce
- Experience in change management in addition to coaching and mentoring at all levels
- Change management certification or designation strongly desired (Prosci preferred)
