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. At Kimberly-Clark, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands and take our future to the next level. In this role with K-C's procurement team, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.
It starts with YOU.

Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented individual to lead our Lean Capabilities for Enterprise Supply Chain. This role is accountable for improving organizational effectiveness and is recognized as a digital & analytical skill expert with experience in driving business impact initiatives across multiple areas. They work with an extended team to provide process, tools, methods, and business transformation practices across the organization. The Black Belt Expert will ensure alignment of initiatives to the vertical/functional strategic priorities and are expected to drive change, solve business process challenges and generate business impact by leading high impact lean six sigma projects.

Role Accountabilities

• Collaborate with segment leaders to understand strategic business objectives to understand where there are gaps and create a prioritized road map to address improvement opportunities where objectives/strategies are not being achieved.


• Engages champions, process owners, team members and stakeholders to deliver performance improvement using Lean Six Sigma tools, methods and concepts, while providing leadership and advice on these technical areas.


• Guides the organization through a structured process that deals with resources, decision-making, resistance identification and resolution, conflict management, skills enhancement, organizational development, metrics and performance results, coaching, mentoring and behavioral change.


• Coaches and mentors' others through curriculum development, Champion engagements, charter development, best practice diffusion, benchmarking, financial reporting and other duties to enable program success.


• Leads a portfolio of Lean Six Sigma DMAIC projects and/or programs to deliver business results including but not limited to cost reduction, cash flow improvement, revenue enhancement, defect reduction, end-to-end process transformation and execution of business strategies. Creates and leads the transformation glidepaths to support projects.


• Performs studies, analysis (trend, variance, impact), risk assessments to determine impacts, and constraints involving product development, production rates, process improvement, program initiatives and develop appropriate countermeasures as needed.


• Manages stakeholder adoption/change activities through project management tools across process, organizational design and technologies.


• Provides analytical and conceptual direction to project team members throughout the life of the project, ensuring alignment and value delivery.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, chemical engineering, electrical engineering, management, finance, accounting, industrial technology or other related field.


• At least 10 years of experience working directly with six sigma tools and methods in a LEAN manufacturing environment.


• Master Black Belt certification


• Minimum 5 years' work as a Master Black Belt.


• Experience leading and creating high-performing teams and championing change.


• Broad knowledge and application experience with LEAN, process improvement, structured problem solving, TQM tools and methods.


• Strategic business acumen and deployment: taking creative action in solving problems while exhibiting judgment and a strategic systematic approach to decision-making.


• Prior Project management or Transformation experience with relevant experience in process excellence


• Able to communicate effectively across a heavily networked organization, including senior leader.


• Evidence of successfully identifying, leading and managing high impact improvement projects both operationally and organizationally.


• Occasional global travel may be required to support the business (up to 25%)

Please note: While this role is posted for a specific location(s), this role is eligible for qualified applicants who are located in any country where Kimberly-Clark has operations. https://www.kimberly-clark.com/en-us/locations

Total Benefits

Here are a few of the benefits you'd enjoy. For a complete overview, see
www.mykcbenefits.com.

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  Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options. 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.


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  Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.


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  Diverse income protection
  insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.


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  Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

Hybrid Work Arrangements: You're looking to make a difference. When and where it works best for you. And 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 work (hybrid) 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.

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

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.

Additional information about the compensation and benefits for this role are available upon request. You may contact 866-444-4516 - when prompted for employee ID, say "OTHER CALLER" - or

kcchrprod@service-now.com
for assistance. You must include the six-digit Job # with your request.

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

Kimberly-Clark will support in-country relocation for the chosen candidate for the role. The benefits provided will be per the terms of Kimberly-Clark's applicable mobility policies. The benefits/policy provided will be decided at Kimberly-Clark's sole discretion.