Kimberly-Clark
ReliabilityManager
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“Reliability Manager at Kimberly-Clark. Skills: Reliability engineering, Asset performance, Loss prevention. Manage technically complex processes, plant equipment, and facilities. Provide strategic leadership for maintenance skilled resources”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver improved asset performance; Achieve business objectives; Achieve facility objectives; Achieve sector/supply chain objectives; Deliver 3% year-on-year reduction in spending; Ensure costs associated with inventory are at the right level; Improve safety; Improve quality; Improve OEE; Reduce maintenance costs; Drive improvements in safety; Drive improvements in quality; Drive improvements in inventory level; Drive improvements in delivery; Drive improvements in cost reduction; Provide world class service; Drive sustainable cost improvement
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis; Troubleshooting
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Report to Engineering and Reliability Sr Manager, Provide strategic leadership, Implement loss control, Develop and maintain safety systems, Support improvement initiatives, Provide resources and systems, Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements, Manage yourself in accordance with One Kimberly-Clark Behaviors, Lead and develop mill Stores and Reliability team, Lead site succession planning, Ensure reliability tools and standards implemented, Build reliability knowledge and capability, Assure cost effective resource capacity allocations, Lead, resource, develop, and inspire reliability team, Lead, develop, and inspire stores team, Work in partnership with facility leadership, Work in partnership with staff Reliability and Enterprise Supply Chain Reliability Team, Represent manufacturing site within sector and corporate technical community, Champion maintenance budget process, Manage skills matrix for maintenance organization, Deliver 3% year-on-year reduction in spending, Lead stores team to ensure accurate inventory, Place emphasis on CFI’s and Internal Controls, Own and deploy site reliability strategy, Provide leadership for integration of reliability practices, Lead development and execution of multi-year reliability roadmap, Establish and sustain governance routines, Partner closely with Operations, Engineering, and Central Stores, Ensure reliability and maintenance capabilities support operations, Drive sustainable cost improvement
What You'll Do.
Manage technically complex processes
Provide strategic leadership for maintenance skilled resources
Deliver improved asset performance
Implement loss control throughout the organization
Embrace safety as a value
Ensure a safe working environment
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements
Manage performance accountabilities
Manage resource sharing approach
Manage skill development
Provide career guidance
Manage the right number of technical resources
Provide effective reliability services
Drive breakthrough step change in asset performance
Reduce maintenance costs
Drive improvements in safety
Drive improvements in quality
Drive improvements in inventory level
Drive improvements in delivery
Drive improvements in cost reduction
Support site assets and teams
Provide world class service
Achieve facility objectives
Provide governance to all established reliability processes
Ensure continual improvement
Ensure standards for all Reliability systems are followed
Determine and track investments in reliability technology
Achieve facility and sector/supply chain objectives
Align team and objectives to Sector strategy and
Foster partnerships in cross functional accountability of adhering
Manage routine check and adjust process associated with
Participate in capital planning process
Provide improved reliability performance and service
Embrace and foster culture of loss prevention and
Drive continuous improvement in reduction of breakdowns
Drive continuous improvement in reduction of other losses
Ensure costs associated with inventory are at the
Ensure alignment with Mill Strategy Deployment
Ensure alignment with Product System priorities
Ensure alignment with long-range business plans
Integrate reliability practices into daily operations
Define initiatives for reliability roadmap
Define owners for reliability roadmap
Define milestones for reliability roadmap
Define performance targets for asset availability
Define performance targets for OEE
Define performance targets for maintenance effectiveness
Drive cross-functional alignment
Drive continuous improvement in reliability performance
Embed reliability priorities in production plans
Embed reliability priorities in outage planning
Embed reliability priorities in resource allocation
and stable 24/7 operations
Manage critical asset risk
Ensure emergency response readiness
Optimize use of internal and external resources
Eliminate chronic losses
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Cross-functional accountability; Partnership with facility leadership; Partnership with staff Reliability and Enterprise Supply Chain Reliability Team; Partnership with Operations, Engineering, and Central Stores
Process & Methodology
Roadmap planning, Capital planning
Full Job Description
Reliability Manager ## **Job Description** You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: this is your opportunity to explore uncharted questions, engineer innovative solutions, advance scientific understanding, and constantly push the boundaries of what’s possible. You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to solving real-world problems with purpose and precision. You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. In this role, you’ll help us shape the future and improve lives 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. * Report to the Engineering and Reliability Sr Manager. * The Reliability Manager is responsible for technically complex processes, plant equipment, and facilities. * Provide strategic leadership for maintenance skilled resources and reliability engineering groups to deliver improved asset performance. * Implement loss control throughout the organization by visibly demonstrating that safety is embraced as a value. * Develop and maintain safety systems in accordance with Kimberly-Clark loss control management and lead your team to complete safety objectives and ensure a safe working environment. * Support improvement initiatives towards process capability and precision maintenance work execution. * Provide resources and systems to align equipment, products, processes, materials, systems, and procedures to achieve business objectives. * Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements. * Manage yourself in accordance with the One Kimberly-Clark Behaviors and values. * Lead and develop the mill Stores and Reliability team (Stores, maintenance technicians, planners, reliability engineer) – including performance manager accountabilities, resource sharing approach, skill development, and
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