Capability Leader - Bowling Green, United States - Essity

Description

Essity is a global leader in health and hygiene with our corporate headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, and North American headquarters in Philadelphia, PA.

We are a multi-billion-dollar company that is committed to breaking barriers to well-being. Essity does this through innovative brands in the areas of Professional Hygiene, Consumer Goods, and Health & Medical Solutions.

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place.

With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

At Essity you will find a caring and compassionate culture where we remain grounded in our beliefs & behaviors.
Essity Health and Medical Solutions is currently seeking a Capabilities Leader at our manufacturing facility in Bowling Green, KY.

We're looking for people who embody our values, aren't afraid to challenge, innovate, experiment, and move at a fast pace.

We're always looking for ways to improve our products and ourselves. If this is you, we'd love to talk.

What You Will Do

Manufacturing Excellence and improvement process
Accountable for implementation of the Operator Centric way of working;
Interact with other sites and global teams regarding Manufacturing Excellence, for alignment and implementation of enablers that contribute to the CBN, as well as the best practices sharing to ensure that standards are effective and are delivering the expected results;
Facilitate and promote networking inside and outside the plant;
Interact, develop and coach process and Enabler owners to ensure performance improvement are achieved from the implementation and execution;
Focus and drives the Manufacturing Excellence and Continuous Improvement initiatives (i.e. Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Continuous Improvement (CI) and Six-Sigma) to Sites Objectives and goals;
Proactively promotes and gives follow up to the consistent implementation of Hygiene Manufacturing Excellence (HMEx) initiatives, according to the defined master plan, and business and Sites priorities;
Ensures Sites systems are in place, standardized and are aligned with Manufacturing Excellence principles;
Lead and drive the Health Check system and culture in the site;
Provides transparency to the management team about progress on both enablers and capability development;
Review with management team the efficiency of the system and assess if it is delivering the expected improvement in the performance results, identify actions to realign if necessary;
Gives feedback to Ops Manager about opportunity areas in leadership and systems for continuous improvement;
Coordinate awards and recognitions regarding Manufacturing Excellence.
Is a role model on Safety: knows and applies safety policy and procedures;
Applies the behaviors and standards on Safety defined by Essity;
Understands, applies and support the implementation of Safety enablers in collaboration with Quality Risk Environmental Health and Safety (QRESH) Manager;
Detect and report unsafe behaviors and conditions.
In collaboration with Process/Enabler owners, Training Coordinator, and HR manager identify strategy and develop plan necessary to the implementation of HMEX program and enablers;
Drive and build development, train and coach leaders within operations in the HMex tools, and assess these via health checks;
Support and advice Management team and line management on how to improve the structure of capability development, through sharing, learning and reapplication of best practices;
Promote and support the implementation of eLearning.
Operation
Transfers knowledge and capabilities to HMEx pillars in their activities planning and execution;
Drive rigor and discipline related to standards;
Ensure capability development roadmaps and skills matrices for new operators, young engineers, trainees and continuous learning paths for all other personnel in operations are in place, used and activities documented;

Support Product Supply and HMex initiatives by providing learning opportunities for people and participate actively in initiatives (PE School, EDN).

Provides support and guidance to Plant Leadership in Essity agreed topics and trainings to the target audience;
Communicate updates in central material to the organization and update links in skills matrices;
Support Global Hygiene Supply (GHS) HMEX group in developing structures and systems to be applied across all sites;
Actively networks with the factories in Personal Care and supports application of agreed standards;
Supports shared training sessions between the sites. Eg. Essity PCE school content to all factories.
Morale
Introduce best practices in Change management and can engage people in the change process;
Contribute to generate an environment oriented to trust, open communication and teamwork;
Able to overcome barriers and support people to deliver expected targets;
Respects, applies and promotes the Code of Conduct.
Who You Are

Major or bachelor degree in Engineering (mechanical, electrical, mechatronics, chemical, industrial, etc.) or related area;
3 + years of experience in manufacturing environment; with prior experience in a leadership role preferred;
Strong knowledge of business and technical tools and practices related to Manufacturing Excellence, Lean Manufacturing, TPM or other continuous improvement tools;
Practical experience and proven results driving continuous improvement principles and achieving targets.


APTITUDES:
Change Management;
Dealing with ambiguity;
Time management;
Strategic Agility;
Process driven.
About Our DEI Culture
Guided by our Beliefs & Behavior, our culture is the foundation that connects our history with our future. At Essity, care, collaboration and inclusion are more than buzzwords, they are practiced on an everyday basis.

And with a purpose of breaking barriers to wellbeing, promoting gender equality and enable customers and consumers to lead a fuller life at all stages of life, DEI is in our core.

As we work in diverse teams across geographies, cultures and professional areas, inclusive leadership is something we expect from ourselves and each other.

In our leadership platform, we express this as leveraging the power of differences.

From experience we know that diverse and inclusive teams are key to innovate and profitably grow our business while simultaneously address our ambitious climate targets.

What We Can Offer You

At Essity, we believe everyone's learning and professional development is unique and want to empower employees to reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose.

Compensation and Benefits:

Expected Compensation:
Competitive annual salary +

annual incentive bonus

• benefits.

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors such as knowledge, skills, and experience.
Along with competitive pay you will be eligible for the following benefits:
United Healthcare PPO / EyeMed Vision Insurance / Delta Dental Insurance;
Wellness program provided through Rally;
Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA);
401(k) with employer match and annual employer base contribution;
Company paid Basic Life, AD&D, short-term and long-term disability insurance;
Employee Assistance Program;
PTO offering with Paid Holidays;

Voluntary benefits to include:
critical illness, hospital indemnity, and accident insurance;
Employee discounts program;
Scholarship program for children of Essity employees.
Collaborative and Inclusive Culture | Empowering & Engaged Leaders | Working with Powerful Purpose & Sustainable Impact | Learning and Growing in your Career | Supporting Well-being & Sustainable Working Life | Life-changing Innovations | Competitive Total rewards
Additional Information
The Company is committed to equal

employment opportunity and providing

reasonable accommodations to qualified

candidates and employees pursuant to

applicable law. We value and encourage

diversity and solicit applications from all

qualified applicants without regard to race,

color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed,

national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital

status, sexual orientation, physical or mental

disability, medical condition, military and

veteran status, gender identity or expression,

genetic information, or any other

characteristic protected by federal, state, or

local law.
Together, we are improving lives, every day

Working at Essity is not just a career; it is a chance to directly make the world a healthier, more hygienic and safer place.

With impactful innovations coupled with sustainable solutions, we strive to reach more people every year with the necessary and essential solutions for well-being.

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About Us

Essity

a globally leading hygiene and health company, breaking barriers to well-being.

Our expertise in hygiene and health began with the acquisition of the Swedish company Mlnlycke in 1975, through which our roots stretch back to 1849.

Today, o

ur sustainable innovations from globally trusted brands, designed for everybody and every body, care for the well-being of 1 billion people in 150 countries every day.

Working at Essity is not just a career but a chance to make the world healthier, safer, and more hygienic.

Our barrier breakers

innovate for good

and contribute to shaping a sustainable future. At Essity, every career is as unique as the individual. We empower employees to

excel together

and reach their full potential in a winning culture motivated by a powerful purpose. We provide a sustainable work-life based on flexibility for both employees and employers. At Essity, we are committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in everything we do. It is the key to our success in creating an inclusive, collaborative

,

and caring company culture where you can be you with us.

Our purpose of Breaking Barriers to Well-being, is to enable customers and consumers to lead fuller lives at all stages of life.

Our leading global brands include TENA, Tork, Actimove, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic and Zewa.

Essity has about 36,000 employees.

Net sales in 2023 amounted to approximately SEK 147bn (EUR 13bn).

The companys headquarters is located

in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity

is

listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. If you want to join a company where dedication to people is powered by innovation, welcome to Essity

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