Value Stream Leader - Professional Towels - Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Roswell, GA 30075
About the Job
Job Description
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.
This role reports to the Director of NA Towel & Wiper Value Stream, and is responsible for the Professional Towel end-to-end Value Stream’s strategic planning, cross-functional collaboration, and continuous improvement efforts to enhance efficiency, cost, quality, and innovation across the product lifecycle. The role acts as the principal partner to the KCP Towel GM and leadership team for supply chain and value stream opportunities, issues and activities.
In this role, you will:
Value stream optimization
- Lead supply chain strategy development in alignment with the NA Family Care ABU, NA Professional ABU, Enterprise Supply Chain (ESC) and NA Supply Chain organizations
- Detail advantaged actions and initiatives, including the prioritization of VS process optimization and capital engineers, to drive consumer value and reduce cost
- Orchestrate Value Stream teams to advance, innovate and design the Intimate Care & Facial value stream
- Work closely with business leaders and Supply Chain functional leaders to improve the overall VS
- Develop and implement the NA Supply Chain multi-year sourcing and supply strategy to meet the needs of strategic business plans and unlock growth while ensuring business continuity and negotiation leverage
- Maintain strong commercial partnership and understanding of customers and consumers to ensure the supply chain can deliver as expected
- Define and manage the definition of Target Value Stream Condition / Design and maintain plans to achieve
NA Business Integration
- Partner closely with the NA Premium Bath, Value Bath & Facial Business team to develop and deliver the overall Strategic Business Plan and Annual Business Plan
- Leadership for supply chain integration and connection to the NA Premium Bath, Value Bath, Facial business unit GM’s
- Own NA Family Care Fuel to Grow (F2G) cost transformation to ensure in-year delivery and out-year pipeline development in alignment with the 4%-6% gross productivity target.
- Lead capital prioritization process across responsible Value Streams while maintaining capital efficiency
- Act as a key player during strategic supplier top to tops to drive alignment on NA Intimate Care & Facial priorities
Goal setting and performance management
- Drive critical KPIs to manage VS effectiveness, including cost, quality, delivery, customer satisfaction
- Identify and mitigate risks within VS, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and company policies
- Lead the cross-functional Control Tower process to ensure consistent supply chain performance
- Bring the outside in, ensure competitive understanding, industry benchmarks and global internal capabilities
New product and process innovation
- Provide supply chain leadership throughout the stage-gate innovation process to ensure delivery of the business value proposition and excellence in execution
- Drive the manufacturing technology advancement roadmap, understanding asset capabilities and needs, tied to the innovation roadmap, the asset strategy and process advancements
About Us
Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You
You 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. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. 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 (hybrid) work 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.
To succeed in this role, you’ll need:
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Mgt, Logistics, Engineering or related field
- 10+ years of experience in operations management within the CPG/B2B industry, with a proven track record of driving process improvements
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in data-driven decision-making
- Excellent leadership and team management capabilities
- Experience in end-to-end innovation cycles
- Effective, consistent global communications and stakeholder management skills
- Global operations experience, including familiarity with international manufacturing and supply chain practices
- Knowledge of Lean, Six Sigma, and other continuous improvement methodologies
- Willingness to travel for on-site assessments and collaboration with segments and sectors globally
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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
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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.