Value Stream Leader - Professional Towels

Value Stream Leader - Professional Towels

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, in...