Continuous Improvement Leader

Job Description Job Description Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact. At the KC Warren Plant, we are building more than a manufacturing facility—we are building a High Performance Work System (HPWS) where employees are empowered to make decisions, solve problems, develop new skills, and directly influence business results. Our culture is built around shared leadership, continuous learning, accountability, and respect for people. Employees are expected to contribute ideas, challenge the status quo, and work collaboratively to improve safety, quality, reliability, and performance every day. POSITION SUMMARY: This role leads the development, deployment, strategy, and training of the Training 4 Excellence (T4E) program across the manufacturing site. This role will provide leadership, guidance, coordination, and functional direction to drive and sustain improvements in personnel capability and performance utilizing CI principles and training strategies to deliver improved results in the facility. The incumbent reports directly to the site Continuous Improvement and Capabilities Manager; and will receive some direction from KCNA Training & Capability Sr. Manager. The position is responsible for executing the KCNA T4E multi-year strategy, addressing site specific training needs/gaps and engaging team members across the organization, to drive continuous improvement through training and capability improvements of Manufacturing/Operations & Maintenance & Reliability team members. This role will provide day-to-day work direction for the trainers/training coordinators throughout the site along with teaching, coaching, and mentoring other site team members. Actively pursues and supports standard training solutions across the site and within the KCNA Supply Chain. As a person, you’re a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU. About You In one of our manufacturing roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. Job responsibilities include: Safety Partner with the site safety team on training standards, documentation, and compliance. Ensure training materials reflect current safety requirements and lessons learned. Embed a strong safety mindset in all classroom and on-the-floor training. Support site safety systems and comply with all corporate and site safety policies. Quality Partner with the site quality team on training standards, documentation, and compliance. Ensure training materials align with current quality standards and regulatory requirements. Promote a quality-first mindset through all training programs. People Model Kimberly-Clark and Warren Plant Values and Ways of Working. Lead, coach, and develop the On-the-Job (OJT) to achieve training objectives. Mentor OJT and support site-wide training capability development. Own Warren Plant Learning Management System (LMS) Delivery – Training Strategy & Execution Lead deployment of site training strategy aligned with KCNA T4E and Plant priorities. Develop and manage annual training plans, objectives, and improvement initiatives. Ensure compliance with T4E standards across onboarding, qualification, certification, refresh training, and leadership development. Delivery – Metrics & Continuous Improvement Establish and monitor KPIs to measure training program effectiveness. Conduct audits and health checks to ensure compliance with training standards. Cost Manage training resources and budgets responsibly. Ensure compliance with corporate financial and internal control requirements. Communication & Meetings Communicate training priorities, progress, issues, and results to stakeholders. Provide timely coaching and feedback to trainers and trainees. Participate in KCNA T4E meetings, workshops, and continuous improvement reviews. Change Management Champion and communicate training-related changes. Lead and influence adoption of new processes and initiatives. #J-18808-Ljbffr