Global Machine Safety Program Leader, (Roswell, GA./Remote)) - Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Roswell, GA 30075
About the Job
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. At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands and take our future to the next level. In this role with K-C's procurement team, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented individual to lead our Global Machine Safety program. In this role, you will use your expertise in machine safety to drive meaningful change through the development and execution of global tactical improvement plans across impacting performance at the site level across the enterprise. You will actively partner with internal teams, including Research & Engineering and Supply Chain Operations to develop and deploy creative solutions aimed at reducing the risk of injury to our people during the manufacturing process. It will be critical that you are able to effectively collaborate, communicate, and influence without authority within a heavily networked environment, including with senior leaders. This role is an individual contributor with no direct reports.
Role Accountabilities:
- Provide leadership and subject matter expertise in the identification and analysis of trends, technologies and processes, and applying insights into deployment of machine safety opportunities to minimize personal injury and property loss.
- Develop, drive and maintain the machine safety roadmap and strategy plans across the enterprise by partnering with our supply chain operations and engineering groups.
- Deploy machine safety metrics (KPI’s) and supporting data management/analytics platforms that identifies performance gaps and drives improvement actions that reduce risk.
- Implement machine risk reduction and compliance plans, leveraging risk prioritization that informs annual resource planning. Tracking and driving delivery of these plans for both capital and non-capital initiatives.
- Drive global compliance to machine safety standards across the enterprise and develop action plans to remedy substandard conditions.
- Lead safety assessment activities across the enterprise to drive compliance with governmental, industry and K-C standards.
- Use insights from assessments and identified compliance gaps to establish minimum control standards and compliance requirements across the enterprise.
- Develop and execute an enterprise-wide training and education curriculum by leveraging various learning processes and embedded operating systems, ensuring that all sectors and regions develop and maintain the required Machine Safety skills and competencies.
- Work cross-functionally in a heavily networked environment, using leadership, high degree of influence without authority, and business acumen to evaluate risks and opportunities and propose appropriate courses of action to mitigate machine safety risks.
- Effectively manage multiple priorities, make decisions and drive solutions quickly and efficiently, working independently as well as within a variety of teams.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, safety or other related field from an accredited institution.
- 7 plus years of experience in the area of safety management or engineering in a high-speed manufacturing environment.
- Previous experience effectively working with global teams in a heavily networked organization.
- Ability to develop and execute strategic plans.
- Expert knowledge of machine safety codes, regulatory requirements, engineering principles and leading practices.
- Proven ability to problem solves machine safety issues as well as develop and deploy effective solutions.
- Strong project management and global program execution experience.
- Ability to set and drive meaningful decisions through decisive decision making and appropriate recommendations that propels performance at pace while managing differing stakeholder expectations.
- Previous experience with leveraging operational excellence processes and six sigma principles to embed machine safety standards across networks.
- Strong communication skills with stakeholders at varying levels of the organization
- Strategic visionary with a strong ability to influence without authority.
- Ability to influence a broad range of internal and external stakeholders in the area of machine safety.
- Occasional travel may be required to support the business (up to 20%)
Preferred Qualifications:
- Professional certification in safety (CSP, CIH) or engineering.
To Be Considered
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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.
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Total rewards at Kimberly-Clark includes pay and a full package of benefits that can be tailored to individual needs. The anticipated pay range for this job has a range of $X-$X in addition to bonus potential. Individual pay levels will be based on multiple factors including, but are not limited to, location, role, skill set, and level of experience.
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Veterans and members of the Reserve and Guard are highly encouraged to apply.