Huggies LCM Facility Lead 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.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Huggies LCM Facility Lead

Location: Lagos
Employment type: Full time

Job Description

• The role includes Baby Child Care responsibilities.
• Sustain current Products, Processes, and Materials, at optimum cost to ensure continuity of the Consumer/Brand Experience
• Lead Implementation of Global/Regional Innovation projects
• Lead the qualification work of Cost Transformation activities related to product and materials
• Lead gathering of and insight development from competitive data for local key products
• Process support of new or existing materials and finished product
• Work to agreed safety standards, act as an example and comply with company & country safety regulations
• Lead the local implementation of Global Renovation & Innovation projects from a product point of view
• Develop & Implement the Regional Product Improvement plans in partnership with Marketing & Mill in-line with agreed strategy & country ‘soft points’
• Lead the implementation of Mill cost transformation initiatives relating to product and materials
• Build the Strategic Capability, knowledge, and influence of the Role within the Business in anticipation of future growth & investment
• Provide local Technical mentoring support to the Mill for the implementation of product and equipment changes and provide technical direction to multifunction teams for all facility LCM activities
• Ensure security of material supply through qualification of local material vendors and manage material issues and risks prioritising mitigation efforts and disaster recovery
• Stay close to the operational team by participating in daily production meetings, mentoring operational support of product and materials
• Represent the interests of the customer /shopper/chooser/user within the facility by interfacing with Marketing, Quality & Mill Operation as appropriate
• Drive consumer understanding as related to product use. Participate in initiatives that aim to improve consumer satisfaction & where necessary lead projects to eliminate/reduce product design sources of consumer dissatisfaction or complaint
• Ensure facility compliance with Corporate, Sector and Regulatory requirements. Work with Regional team to ensure knowledge of competitive intelligence and patents
• Ensure full awareness of BU LCM activity and issues by appropriate, accurate and timely communication to all parts of the business
• Maintain the local specs and BOMS (products, primary and secondary packaging).

Minimum Requirements

• A minimum standard of a Bachelor or similar University Degree, or significant work place experience in the LCM, Research or Operational fields
• The role must have a thorough understanding of all facility and logistics operating areas
• Experience of working effectively in multifunctional teams is needed
• Prior experience of Regional working within LCM will be highly preferred to facilitate a fast on boarding with both the technical & consumer aspects of the role
• Travel and Location: The role is based in Nigeria and occasion travel particularly to key customer locations will be required
• English is essential.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidate should:
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