Innovation & Continuous Improvement Process Specialist - IFP

Innovation & Continuous Improvement Process Specialist - IFP

Job Description

Your Job

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. 

Role Overview & Primary Accountabilities:

The Innovation and CI Process Specialist within the R&D organization of International Family Care & Professional (IFP) will provide technical leadership in area of Process development & Materials development for Tissue products to support the delivery of 1-3yr innovation pipeline and cost & margin transformation ambitions to ultimately enable delivery of the business objectives and plans for the Asia + Australia regions. This role involves identifying new technology opportunities, and leading the Process/material development work to evaluate these, and bring to commercial reality, partnering with the Multifunctional team. It will also involve leveraging your expertise to provide technical leadership for the implementation and start-up of new assets, processes and materials and providing R&D support for trouble-shooting activity within our mills. The ideal candidate is a technical expert with strong leadership skills and a passion for leveraging technology to solve consumer, sustainability & business challenges.

Innovation & Technology Roadmap Development:

• Creates a vision for their technology programs to influence & support the development of technology roadmaps, consulting with other R&D leaders and IFP Growth & Supply chain leaders in service of delivery of overall IFP Growth strategy & Innovation pipeline.

• Contributes ideas and programs to populate technology roadmaps linking technology developments to potential innovation programs that give our products a competitive advantage from consumer benefit/cost/sustainability point of view and seeks to influence innovation and product development

• Drives a culture of protected and documented innovation to protect and defend KC’s proprietary technologies, products and business processes through appropriate use of patents and trade secrets.

Technology Program ownership:

• Leads technology projects & programs to deliver the 0–3-year technology roadmap which will include Innovation, renovation, cost/margin and sustainability activities and will involve working multiple programs in parallel across the different stages of Technology development.

• Acts as a Technical subject matter expert in at least one field of technology.

• Partners with Supply Chain resources to support problem solving & resolution of significant, extraordinary technical issues in our mills that risk to cause significant business disruption.

• Provides R&D leadership for the implementation and successful start-up of any new assets, processes and materials, partnering closely with Engineering, Supply Chain & R&D Product development team.

• Develops partnerships with vendors to become preferred Innovation partner of all key suppliers and work with internal partners to shape & influence our Material and Asset strategy.

Organisational Leadership:

• Acts as subject matter expert for their “technology area”, and develops technical knowledge talent across the organisation and especially develop technical talent within the R&D and mill teams.

• Owns the connection with other Subject matter experts across the globe to share/exchange developments and best practices, and ultimately leverage and contribute to the power of One KC.

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 151 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

You 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. You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results.

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Essential Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a science, engineering or related discipline.

• Minimum of 10+ years of experience of Process, Product Development or Engineering experience and ideally prior experience in a variety of R&D and Mill/Manufacturing assignments.

• Demonstrated evidence of process or material development experience within an R&D or Operations environment. With demonstrated ability to lead new technology/material development programs.

• Exceptional Technical Curiosity & Problem Solving: Demonstrated ability to conceive, develop and validate ideas leading to new or improved products, processes, materials and systems.

• Ability to build collaborative relationships amongst numerous partners & stake-holders, both within technical & commercial community to drive balanced business decisions.

• Experience in the process requirements, design of experiments, data analysis and operation of Tissue Manufacturing and Converting equipment with the ability to translate knowledge in support of process and product requirements.

• Experience working closely with the brand and market research team members translating consumer insights into product opportunities.

• Desire and awareness to seek and understand competitive technologies and innovation.

• Proven ability to collaborate across functions/departments to drive balanced business decisions, including preferably experience in working in global/multi-regional teams.

• Experience working with external research partners & equipment vendors.

• Strong passion for sharing knowledge/expertise in support of building capability.

Location: Thailand/Taiwan

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.
 

Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions. Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.

Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.

Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.

Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

To Be Considered
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And finally, the fine print….

For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

No Relocation:

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.

Primary LocationPathumthani - North Mill

Additional Locations

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time