[Hiring] Technical Automation Lead @Kimberly-Clark

Role 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.

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World. As a person, you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and driving continuous improvement. You see the big picture while mastering the details, ensuring that every product, process, and partnership flows with precision and purpose. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always working to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

In one of our Supply Chain 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:

• Leading the design, development, and implementation of Distribution Center automation systems and processes across the network.
• Managing project execution, including timelines, risks, action items, system requirements, and operational readiness.
• Partnering with cross-functional teams and vendors to align functional design, systems development, and operational processes with project objectives.
• Providing Supply Chain and Operations expertise to support system implementation, go-live activities, startup, and performance ramp-up.
• Leading operational training, change management, and adoption of new warehouse automation systems and processes.
• Leveraging warehouse management and automation systems, including Blue Yonder WMS, to improve distribution center operations and achieve safety, quality, delivery, and cost objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering with 5+ years of related experience, or equivalent relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Prior WMS, distribution and/or automation experience highly desired.
• Knowledge of or willingness/ability to learn analytical tools such as: SQL, Tableau, Microsoft Access, and SAS.
• Ability to analyze complex data and identify root causes or areas of opportunity.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, especially around complex topics.
• Enthusiasm for new challenges and an ability to take clear ownership of responsibilities.
• Ability to collaborate with and leverage diverse resources to achieve results.
• Must be able to travel 50+% of the time.

Requirements

• Familiarity with distribution center layout and flow and/or CAD experience also desirable for this position.
• Broad supply-chain systems and functional knowledge including supply chain, manufacturing operations, transportation, procurement and customer solutions.
• Ability to apply CI/Lean principles towards continuous improvement of a process.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits suite, including our 401(k) and Profit Sharing plan.
• Eligibility for a target bonus.

Company Description

We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.