Engineering Technical Leader - Packaging - Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Neenah, WI 54956
About the Job
Job Description
As a person, you’re a learner – an innate leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story. In your Engineering Technical Leader role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.
Summary of Position:
Provide packaging technical engineering leadership for the North American Personal Care manufacturing platforms. The position is accountable for defining, implementing, and optimizing the current and future portfolio Personal Care packaging equipment, including Robotic optimization. This includes all elements of process and equipment from supporting the strategic vision through Life cycle management. Serve as the technical engineering representative on the BCC Value Stream Packaging team.
In this role, you will:
- Coach and mentor packaging technical resources.
- Build documented technical knowledge for the portfolio of Personal Care packaging technologies to facilitate the development of packaging technical knowledge.
- Data driven analysis to identify top loss sources and root cause problem solving.
- Partner with R&E, Manufacturing, and the Personal Care Value Stream teams to develop packaging technology roadmaps that support the product and supply chain efficiency strategies.
- Cross-functionally collaborate with product, materials, brand packaging, and value stream resources.
- Provide technical subject matter expertise and oversight for the Personal Care packaging technologies.
- Maintain and support North America and Global relationships.
- Technical liaison to Research and Development teams.
Influence:
This role will interact daily with leaders across the Kimberly-Clark organization (R&E, Supply Chain, manufacturing, marketing, and sales.) This position will also have strong mentor / coaching relationships with engineers and technicians across the BCC Value Stream organization and in the manufacturing facilities.
About Us:
At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best teams committed to driving innovation and growth. We’re founded on 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform—so what can you do with that? There’s no time like the present to make an impact at Kimberly-Clark. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.
About You:
You’re driven to 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.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or scientific discipline or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of engineering, scientific/technical experience, or operations
- Demonstrated ability to drive process development in all project types (development, innovation/renovation, life cycle maximization)
- Strong LEAN/problem solving/technical documentation skills.
- Strong communication, both verbal and written
- Strong technical skills or working knowledge of Personal Care packaging technologies
- Strong business acumen
Preferred Qualifications:
- Ability to network, collaborate, and influence in an organization across staff functions and departments as well as manufacturing sites.
- Technical understanding of manufacturing systems, materials, product, and competitive process knowledge
- Demonstrated ability to conceive, develop, and validate ideas leading to new or improved products, processes, materials, and systems.
- Process validation working knowledge.
- Automation and robotics
- Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
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
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.
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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.
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.