Digital Manufacturing Leader

Digital Manufacturing Leader

Job Description

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: 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.

This role is responsible for the digital manufacturing strategy execution at the site level, in alignment with the KCNA Digital Strategy, as well as effectively leading business objectives for the site.

The incumbent will work with project teams compiled of employees from multiple disciplines.

This role will have interaction across sites and opportunities for involvement in broad-based business projects.

Objectives typically are focused at the mill level for safety, quality, continuous improvement, productivity, cost, internal control, asset management, and team capability development, but should drive standardization across KCNA.

Incumbent reports to the site Continuous Improvement Leader.

The purpose of this role is to own the execution of the KCNA Digital Manufacturing strategy for the plant; focused on equipment, capability building, and value delivery.

He/she will be a technical expert and support the advancement of major digital systems, processes, and capabilities to achieve a highly connected, operationally efficient, and effective manufacturing environment across the plant.

Incumbent will also champion and support all other mobile digital applications used by the site (i.e.

Poka, Seeq, Schedule Pro, etc.), in alignment with other Kimberly-Clark North America facilities.

This role is viewed as an expert in complex application environments, encompassing both business process understanding and technical expertise.

Influential communication, growth mindset, and the ability to strategically navigate at multiple levels of a diverse plant organization are important in this role.

Key stakeholders include, but not limited to, KCNA Supply Chain Digital teams, Plant leaders, DTS, Engineering and Mill teams.

Key Customers: Internal to Mill: Front line employees, Mill Leadership, Operations, Engineering and Reliability Teams, CI & Capabilities Team, Logistics Internal to Region: Digital Manufacturing System Team, Planning, Operations Consultants, and other KCNA Supply Chain Teams and Management, peers from other Kimberly-Clark Facilities, DTS partners and vendors

In this role, you will:


* Be the key strategy owner for implementing digital programs for sustaining the long-term growth of the KC digital manufacturing strategy.


* Develop, advise, and recommend long-term resolutions to systemic manufacturing problems.


* Technic...