Lead Process Engineer - IC & Facial

Lead Process Engineer - IC & Facial

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.

Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands.

In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

The Lead Process Engineer is an integral part of the Value Stream Engineering Optimization Intimate Care & Facial (VSEO IC&F).

The role will help deliver a step-change in asset performance while driving costs down to world class benchmarks.  This position collaborates with mill, staff and cross-functional team members in the design, development, and optimization of processes in support of overall OEE delivery, cost reduction, and sustainability compliance.

Organizational Relationships:


* Reports to the Senior Engineering Manager on the VSEO IC & F Team.



* Interacts frequently with Mill Operating Teams, Staff Manufacturing, Research & Engineering (R&E), safety, quality, planning, distribution, procurement, equipment suppliers and external service providers.

In this role, you will:


* Flow to work as part of the Value Stream Engineering Team.  Expected to be able to support converting and manufacturing activities across all Intimate Care and Facial assets.

In the event of escalation, assist mill teams to return asset to target results.


* Drive the development and execution of asset OEE improvement plans.

Coordinate and lead targeted onsite action plans.

Provide hands-on assistance to onsite teams.

Significant presence at Family Care mills is expected.


* Support and implement strategy deployment process for capacity and capability liberation supporting the OEE Strategy, Supply Chain Priority Initiatives, and Cost Transformation requirements.


* Provide technical leadership of sector-wide initiatives that improve Supply Chain OEE.


* Ensure data integrity for key Supply Chain performance KPIs, including MIDAS-based OEE- and productivity-related metrics.


* Pull MIDAS data for Platform Leads, Sector Modelling, et al. 


* Support TM standardization (i.e.

modification by line spreadsheet, PID/P&ID loop health, et al)


* Effectively collaborate with a cross-functional team that includes Mill Operating Teams, Staff Manufacturing, Research & Development (R&D), safety, quality, planning, distribution, procurement, equipment suppliers and external service providers.

Partner with mill teams keeping a customer-focused mindset.


* Maintain technical and scientific expertise in an areas of tissue manufacturing (UCTAD-, creping-, or Airlaid-based) and converting (rolled, folded, wipes).

Be able to communicate impact of process or product developments on Kimberly-Clark processes.


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