Paris Plant Manager

About Us

Cottonelle . Scott . Kleenex . Kotex . Poise . Huggies . 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.

What You'll Do (Role Purpose)

Leads, directs, and controls the day-to-day activities of the Paris manufacturing facility to achieve the short and medium-term financial and operating objectives set by the overall organization business plan. Drives improvement through execution of Global Supply Chain tools and methods. Leads the transformation of the workforce to a highly enabled and engaged one. It is the responsibility of the Plant Manager to ensure production meets output and at desired quality for the lowest possible cost working within the standards of corporate, state, and federal policy. The Plant Manager will direct, coach and mentor staff to devise methods to use the plant's human capital and capital resources to best meet production goals. Budgetary responsibility includes oversight of the facility's processes and activities to achieve KPI's across multiple categories including safety, quality, labor, waste, costs, efficiencies, etc.

The incumbent reports to the Senior Director of Manufacturing - Personal Care.

The Impact You can Make

Management
•  Provide overall leadership and direction to plant managerial and hourly teams in all aspects of the production operation including production, warehousing and shipping operations, reliability, capital projects and continuous improvement.
•  Lead team to assure employee engagement, safety, quality, customer service, cost, and production objectives are met or exceeded.
•  Develop and articulate the vision and strategies needed to deliver business results .
•   Optimize operations for maximum efficiency and profitability.
•  Anticipate trends in organization's market trends, raw material purchasing price fluctuations, community factors, or associate cultural factors which may influence operating activities.
•  Contributes to achieving production objectives through coordinating workflow and product quality.
•  Monitor departmental performance against goals to ensure that progress is being made, and that corrective action is taken if necessary.
•  Anticipate and provide direction on future capital projects and equipment needs.
•  Maintain effective community and government relations to assure the early identification of potential problems and maintain and build Kimberly-Clark's image in the community. Safety
•  Lead risk reduction throughout the organization by visibly demonstrating that safety is embraced as a value.
•  Provide resources, develop safety systems and maintain those systems in accordance with Kimberly-Clark loss control management to achieve a safe working environment.
•  Establish and ensure achievement of safety objectives and fully comply with corporate loss management policies as well as government safety and health regulations.
•  Consistently follow the KCNA Supply Chain Roles & Responsibilities Instruction and ensure all team members adhere to the Loss Prevention & Control Leadership Matrix.
•  Quickly address any safety, drug or alcohol issues within corporate guidelines.
•  Ensure a safe work environment by ensuring safe work behaviors, safe work conditions and, corrects any deficiencies in a timely manner.
•  Monitor building security and maintain good housekeeping.
•  Provide training avenues to employees as needed leveraging Safety, SOP's, and user manuals.
•   Manage the operation so that the working environment is maintained at the highest level of safety, housekeeping, appearance, and physical condition to ensure compliance with corporate policies, government regulations, and good manufacturing practices.
•  Drive behavioral based safety program to change current culture and results.
•   Motivate team members to "do the right thing, even when no one is looking."
•   Enforce safety and environmental rules/practices to ensure 100% adherence to standard, including EHS Event Reporting & Investigation process .
•   Drive results with an end-to-end supply chain mindset. Operations
•  Takes complete ownership and accountability for overall plant operations with a desire to win.
•  Lead quality and continuous improvement initiatives in support of operations. Take leadership role by training and implementing continuous improvement efforts within the team.
•   Provide Lean leadership and thinking to the facility teams to ensure accomplishment of facility and sector objectives and to create an environment of continuous improvement.
•  Ensure quality issues are addressed and solutions developed to maximize first-time quality and minimize waste.
•  Work with operators and vendors to improve raw and packaging materials performance.
•  Responsible for achievement of department efficiency goals, and standards.
•  Ensure maintenance and production, track downtime and develop and implement plans with operators and mechanics to improve line performance.
•  Ensure that the facility operates within corporate and governmental guidelines.
•  Ensure compliance with all quality requirements to protect customers, consumers; including all state and federal regulations.
•  Monitor key performance indicators to assess labor and variance to budget, productivity, and schedule adherence.
•   Optimize operations for maximum efficiency and profitability.
•   Anticipate and integrate supply chain trends connected with business strategies.
•   Problem solve inter-mill flow issues to optimize internal supply chain . People
•   Drive positive employee relations through Employee engagement and enablement activities.
•  Provide leadership, guidance, and training to employees by developing and implementing plans to improve abilities.
•  Directly support the development of internal talent in preparation for future advancement and promotional opportunities.
•  Coach, motivate, train and effectively manage the performance of plant managerial and support personnel.
•  Ensure efficient use of resources to maximize labor savings.
•  Develop skills in the operations group to build quality into the production process.
•  Work closely with quality manager to review product consistency in order to determine areas of improvement,
•  Work closely with the Human Resources Manager in implementing and adhering all employees to policies and processes.
•  Responsible for enforcing consistent, fair and inclusive employment practices, legal and corporate compliance, as well as behaviors reflective of the company's commitment to diversity.
•  Lead direct reports and partner with indirect functional staff, e.g. finance, continuous improvement and human resources to implement policies and procedures.
•   Develop and maintain a favorable employee relations climate that will result in all employees considering their facility a fair and equitable place of employment.
•   Establish and implement affirmative action programs in accordance with corporate policies and government guidelines that will ensure equal employment with opportunity for personal development and advancement.
•   Provide leadership to ensure the organization attracts, develops, and retains the best people and fosters an environment which motivates a diverse team to fully use its capabilities in achieving desired business results.
•   Establish community relations to ensure that Kimberly-Clark is perceived as a good corporate citizen and a preferred employer. About You:

You're driven to perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

Experiences We're Looking For
•   Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business or related engineering discipline
•   Minimum of 7-10 years leadership experience in a fast paced environment with manufacturing operations or business function.
•   7-10 years of Supply Chain/Manufacturing experience leading large-scale change
•   Demonstrates safety is a value, actively coaches and participates in safety management on an ongoing basis and is knowledgeable of safety procedures and practices.
•   Understands the application of quality systems for measuring, monitoring, controlling and improving materials, products and processes.
•   Ability to organize and plan; delegate responsibility and authority; lead and motivate people; and maintain effective control of the operation.
•   Broad knowledge and extensive experience in business management, including the successful management of a product system or functional department
•   Judgment and ability to interact effectively with governmental agencies to maintain positive community relations
•   Proven Lean and Operational Excellent manufacturing knowledge and experience and the ability to deploy this knowledge and experience to accelerate KCNA's transformational efforts click apply for full job details