Lead Process Engineer

Lead Process Engineer

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 incumbent will serve as a Lead Process Engineer focused on both strategic and tactical execution of fiber related objectives for Family Care.

The individual will lead and support in the areas of fiber sourcing flexibility, base furnish optimization and future exploration of alternative fibers and technologies to enable long-term sustainability.

Activities will include support in creating near and long-term strategies, leading in building and then executing learning plans utilizing both pilot and commercial plants for trials culminating in successful commercialization.

Qualified candidates will collaborate broadly across the corporation, including R&D, pilot plant, mill and multi-functional team members and outside the corporation with vendors or strategic partners.

In this role, you will:


* Provide process leadership and support focused on team objectives.

This may include project leadership as business needs dictate.


* Communicates effectively and succinctly in many forms to key stake holders including R&D and cross-functional Leaders.


* Maintain as well as gain technical and scientific expertise in areas of technology ownership.


* Drive a culture of documented and protected innovation utilizing patents and trade secrets.


* Coach and mentor team members to increase technical understanding and ability to execute programs to improve business results.


* Ensure all work complies with Corporate Safety, Regulatory and Quality requirements as well as our Company Code of Conduct.


* Works closely with the Supply Chain, Mills, Finance and other R&D teams to achieve project goals.


* Ability to influence and impact decisions from R&D team leaders.

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

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