New Openings at Kimberly-Clark
Kimberly-Clark and its well-known global brands are an indispensable part of life for people in more than 150 countries. Every day, 1.3 billion people - nearly a quarter of the world's population - trust K-C brands and the solutions they provide to enhance their health, hygiene, and well-being. With brands such as Kleenex, Scott, Huggies, Pull-Ups, Kotex, and Depend, Kimberly-Clark holds No.1 or No. 2 share positions in more than 80 countries.
We are recruiting to fill the positions below:
Job Title: Asset Leader
Ref Id: 802915
Location: Nigeria -Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Worker Sub-Type: Regular
Job Description
- To manage and lead a multi disciplined Diaper team in order to achieve excellence in safety, quality, centre-lining, productivity, housekeeping, cost management, human resource and asset management
Safety:
- To direct and maintain high level of safety and 5S housekeeping awareness through 100% employee participation and the development of sound safety programmes and maintenance of good working conditions, adherence to Organisation and Legal Safety rules and regulations.
Quality:
- To ensure that quality and centerline culture is adopted, implemented and enforced and that quality systems are adhered and compliance is achieved by the shift teams.
- Participate in quality review meetings. Maintain a “run to target” philosophy at all times.
- Continuous monitoring of EWMA / quality charts results and coordinating of relevant corrective actions.
- Assist in providing answers to customer quality complaints and providing action plans to prevent these from re-occurring.
Productivity:
- Manage programmes which will ensure optimum performance in achieving targets and objectives in the areas of waste, output, machine delay/ efficiency and reliability.
- Continual process optimisation in order to achieve the correct rate of operation, waste, delay and volume without compromising safety and quality.
- Investigate and document all reasons for waste and delay and communicate any outstanding items with recommended action plans.
- Control and continuously optimize all changeovers, ensuring they are performed using good run settings and best practices at all times.
Cost:
- Manage departmental costs i.e. overtime, wages, salaries, operating and maintenance ensuring that they are in line with budgets
- Ensure that Internal controls are adhered to and maintained as per the CFI’s guidelines and the maintenance of Code of Conduct.
Technical Development:
- Manage the inspection and replacing of all wearing parts in accordance with the relevant PM schedules.
- Assisting with the planning and set up of the machine for all product and process trials.
- Provide technical information to the maintenance teams detailing work requests for planned and reactive maintenance.
- Development of the team’s process knowledge on an ongoing basis through one on one coaching and employee assessments.
- Ensuring the continuous optimisation of change-overs on machines.
- Adhere and implement best practices on the machine.
Human Resources:
- Provide coaching and development for teams and individual employees.
- Identifies training needs and arranges on-the-job training, and the development of subordinates.
- Attends to I.R. matters and conducts counselling sessions and take appropriate action and ensures that discipline is maintained at all times.
Qualifications
- Minimum of Higher National Diploma (HND) in either Electrical, Mechanical Engineering or Operations Management. A bachelors Degree in engineering would be an added advantage.
- Minimum of 10 years experience on high speed manufacturing equipment, of which at least 2 years must be at a supervisory level.
- Previous knowledge of Diaper machines and an understanding of Kimberly-Clark's Policies and Procedures would be an advantage.
- Sound knowledge of I.R. and L.R.A. Practices and experience in leadership or supervisory capacity in a manufacturing environment would be an advantage.
- Has demonstrated good leadership qualities in line with K.C policies and practices.
- Computer Literacy.
Global VISA and Relocation Specifications:
- To fill the 2nd Asset Leader position. It is open to all qualified citizens of Nigeria.
Job Title: Shift Process Leader
Ref Id: 804049
Location: Nigeria -Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Worker Sub-Type: Regular
Job Description
- The Shift Process Leader leads the machine crew on shift in order to continuously meet and exceed throughput, quality and safety targets.
Safety:
- Ensure compliance to all departmental and plant safety rules and regulations. All non-conformances should be dealt with immediately. All unresolved issues must be raised with Asset Leader.
- Follow the correct work procedures and Process Instruction for all tasks performed. Carry out continual development of process optimization to ensure safety.
Quality:
- Ensure all quality issues are reported and logged on the appropriate documentation.
- Continuous monitoring of PASS / SPC (Statistical Process Control) charts results and coordinating of relevant corrective actions. Maintain a “Run to Target” philosophy at all times.
- Ensure all process check sheets are completed.
- Ensure that the right quality raw materials are supplied for production
Productivity:
- Leads the crew that runs the machine in order to achieve the target throughput, yield, and uptime without compromising safety and quality.
- Troubleshoots, fix and documents all reasons for waste and delay during the shift in the shift log book. Communicate any outstanding items with recommended action plans.
- Participates in all changeovers, ensuring they are performed using good run settings and best practices at all times.
- Chairs team meetings to review issues and problems affecting production and set targets for the shift.
Housekeeping:
- Maintain 5S housekeeping principles in the department at all times, including all equipment and surroundings. Ensure all unused items are removed from the operating area and stored correctly.
- Ensure the work area is clean and tidy at shift change, handover with the oncoming process leader giving detailed information of machine status.
- Ensures that his crew has housekeeping checklists all the time and that the checks are completed.
Human Resources:
- Lead and control the operating team on shift to achieve objectives.
- Identify areas of development required for team members to improve individual and team performance.
- Ensure that all departmental guidelines are adhered to by the team. Inform the Asset Leader of any non-conformances immediately including performance and disciplinary issues.
- Conduct performance management activities for his crew members.
- Coach and train operators in their respective positions.
Technical Development:
- Assist with the planning and set up of the machine for all product and process trials.
- Provide technical information to the maintenance teams detailing work requests for planned and reactive maintenance.
- Development of the team’s process knowledge on an ongoing basis through one on one coaching and employee assessments.
- Adhere and implement best practices on the machine.
Qualifications
- B.Eng / HND or equivalent in either Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or Industrial Engineering
- Minimum 5 years’ experience on high-speed production equipment, of which at least 3 years must be process experience.
- Prior high-speed production machine maintenance or operating experience, especially on Diaper machines will be advantageous.
- Safety Awareness
- Ability to communicate effectively
- Strong leadership skills
- Demonstrate interpersonal skills and ability to build effective relationships
- High degree of self motivation
- Understand how his/her and the team’s contribution relates to KPI’s
Lean Manufacturing Principles:
Global VISA and Relocation Specifications:
- A role in the new mill. It is open to all eligible citizens of Nigeria.
Job Title: MOP Operator
Ref Id: 804039
Location: Nigeria -Lagos
Job Type: Full time
Worker Type: Employee
Worker Sub-Type: Regular
Job Description
- Perform as part of the shift team to ensure that safety, quality, productivity and housekeeping are maintained to the required standards in an environment of continual improvement.
Main Responsibilities
- Complies with all safety rules, procedures and works instructions.
- Maintain a high standard of housekeeping and hygiene in the department and follow 5S Housekeeping principles.
- Operate the MOP of the diaper machine to manufacture product according to specifications and to ensure quality compliance.
- Communicates with the rest of the team on what they need to do in order to keep the machine running.
- Operate the diaper machine at target speeds to achieve rate of operation targets. (MDH, Waste,Delay,Ti, Ci,ppm)
- Controls the production process and correct the components phases to ensure product is produced within specification.
- Takes and checks samples of product regularly to ensure quality product is being produced. Takes necessary action if product is out of specification.
- Makes decisions on when to stop the machine when product is out of specification.
- Enter data on PASS system continuously to monitor process and produce product within specification.
- Capture causes and reasons for delay as accurately as possible to effectively use this information for analysis and decision making on corrective and preventative actions.
- Perform modular process health checks in-line with centerlining guidelines.
- Knows and actively participate in all work and repairs which are carried out in his/her sector by the support teams
- Reports and informs team leader of the maintenance and improvement required of his sector.
- During shift changes, communicates to the incoming operator all new occurrences, repairs, process changes and materials issues.
Qualifications
- National Diploma (ND) / C&G 1 / Trade Test Grade 3 qualification in either Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or Industrial Engineering.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience on high-speed production equipment, of which at least 2 years must be process experience.
- Prior high-speed production machine maintenance or operating experience, especially on Diaper machines will be advantageous.
- Computer Literate.
Global VISA and Relocation Specifications:
- A role in the new mill. It is open to all eligible citizens of Nigeria.