Automation Consultant - Layout Execution

Job 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 development and execution of multiple automation capital projects across North American manufacturing and distribution locations.

Managing project activities related to facility layout, equipment installation, capacity, timelines, and achievement of project objectives.

Partnering with Technical Service Providers, suppliers, contractors, and cross-functional teams to successfully design and deploy automation solutions.

Coordinating cross-functional design discussions with Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Logistics, EHS, IT, Procurement, and other stakeholders to align on project scope and execution.

Driving value engineering and cost-saving opportunities while ensuring projects meet safety, quality, regulatory, financial, and operational requirements.

Coaching and guiding Technical Service Providers and project team members while managing project documentation, capital appropriation activities, and overall execution.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field with 5+ years of related experience, or equivalent relevant experience in lieu of a degree.

Expertise in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Process Engineering, Warehouse Engineering and Design or Mechatronics with a demonstrated ability to translate that knowledge into execution of process and capacity improvements in capital or expense projects.

Demonstrated success in leading and delivering on capital projects - management/execution

Knowledge and demonstrated success in leveraging Project Management Practices (PMP)

Incumbent should have the ability and flexibility to work in a distribution or manufacturing environment with a 24/7 operation

Must be able to travel up to 50+% of the time

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in the design requirement and safe operation of high-speed tissue manufacturing / Tissue Converting, high-speed personal care product manufacturing equipment and Logistics/Distribution facilities processes with an ability to translate that knowledge in support of automation implementation projects.

Experience in a combination of engineering, operations, and/or leadership

Experience with logistics and/or manufacturing automation technologies such as AGVs, AMRs, 6 axis robotics, etc. with desire to grow and employ that knowledge as a subject matter expert.