Platform Lead - Wipers

Platform Lead - Wipers

Job Description

You were made to do this work: exploring uncharted questions, engineering innovative solutions, advancing scientific understanding, and constantly pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to solving real-world problems with purpose and precision.

You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

In this role, you’ll help us shape the future and improve lives for billions of people around the world.

It starts with YOU.

As the Platform Lead, you will report to the Kimberly-Clark Professional Value Stream Leader and support the Professional Wipers 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 Professional Wipers GM and leadership team for supply chain and value stream opportunities, issues and activities.

In this role, you will:


* Partner closely with the Professional Wipers Business and R&D teams to develop and deliver the overall Strategic Business Plan and Annual Business Plan


* Drive critical KPIs to manage VS effectiveness, including cost, quality, delivery, customer satisfaction


* Work closely with business leaders and Supply Chain functional leaders to improve the overall Professional Wipers Value Stream delivery


* Develop and implement the Professional Wipers Value Stream multi-year sourcing and supply strategy to meet the needs of strategic business plans and unlock growth while ensuring business continuity and negotiation leverage


* Own Professional Wipers cost transformation to ensure in-year delivery and out-year pipeline development 


* Bring the outside in, ensure competitive understanding, industry benchmarks and global internal capabilities 


* The incumbent facilitates supply chain direction and consulting on a wide array of operational issues, bringing significant depth and breadth of experience.

This position serves as liaison between mill operations and staff functions and the businesses.

He/she would also typically lead development of a major strategic element of the GAP closure plan as well as have responsibility for supply chain points of view/counsel for an assigned category team.


* Influence the development of sector strategies and plans so that NA Tissue's strategic roadmap translates into feasible Supply Chain plans.


* Lead programs to improve product performance, quality and production processes consistent with the business strategy.


* Be the communication conduit between the mills operating teams and category teams, regarding strategies, plans, and issues.


* Influence and coordinate the long-term manufacturing and converting facility plans.


* Provide leadership to ensure the organization attracts, ...