Continuous Improvement (CI) and Capabilities Manager

About the role

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Job responsibilities

• Reports to the site plant manager and has broad CI and capability development responsibilities for technically complex processes, plant equipment, facilities, digital solutions and personnel.
• Provide strategic leadership to direct reports by coaching them in problem-solving methods and tools to identify gaps in processes, capabilities, and culture, uncover CI opportunities, and implement innovative solutions to close those gaps.
• Promote loss control across the organization by visibly demonstrating that safety is a core value.
• Lead your team in achieving safety objectives and maintaining a safe work 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 (T4E Leader, Digital Manufacturing Leader/Engineer) to effectuate changes and developments throughout the site and within each function.
• Lead your site’s organization to develop and execute an overall site plan that aligns to the regional strategy to drive a cultural transformation, increasing the engagement and enablement of all team members.
• Build capability of the asset teams to help lead and manage organizational transformations.
• Lead change management initiatives, build strong partnerships, consult with leadership, demonstrate empathy, and collaborate on success criteria and KPI progress.
• Develop and deliver relevant updates.
• Identify and escalate issues, solicit feedback, and support project teams with gap analysis and business process discussions.
• Manage change networks, ensure participant engagement, and develop and deliver relevant updates.
• Develop long-term strategies, address resistance, and continuously monitor and adjust the change process.
• Provide strategy to build capability of all team members at the site through the Training 4 Excellence program.
• Provide leadership support to develop, facilitate and manage the site’s training strategies aligned to the regional strategy, including providing leadership to the training specialists.
• Ensure self and respective team members are active participants in regional networks in the areas they support, sharing learnings and adopting and applying one best way standards and process.
• Ensure collaboration between T4E and Digital Manufacturing to drive training and usage throughout the site.
• Provide strategic direction to drive Continuous Improvement, using standard tools and processes, across all functions in the site.
• Provide Strategic leadership for site’s CI programs and efforts.
• Reinforce the iOPEX processes and tools to ensure sustainability of the iOPEX program.
• Ensure standardization through CI and Culture of Accountability (CoA) practices.
• Provide continuous feedback to leadership team, consistent with OPEX mindsets, the Kimberly-Clark Behaviors and CoA principles.
• Facilitate, promote, and support Lean cultural development.
• Identify and drive transformation that is inclusive of front-line and support organizations.
• Provide education on Lean tools, processes and thinking at your site.
• Ensure consistent application of regional framework standards for management systems and processes.
• Drives the strategic planning processes for the site including development, communication, and follow-up of all strategic activity for the site.
• Leverage Digital Manufacturing and Change Management to embed these tools and processes into the workforce culture.

  Qualifications

  • Required: Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of manufacturing related experience.
  • 5+ years’ experience in a high-speed industrial manufacturing environment/plant experience.
  • Experience in Engineering, Operations, Lean Manufacturing, and Maintenance and be very familiar with the application of Lean, CI, OPEX, LSS, adult learning tools and theory.
  • Six Sigma Black Belt Certification or progressing towards a Six Sigma Black Belt Certification.
  • Possess strong understanding of the broader business and organization and can relate and connect the CI and Capabilities organization to it.
  • Demonstrated ability to organize and lead a multi-functional team and foster a proactive team environment.