Automation Project Manager

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.

About 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 Material Movement Automation projects across the network, ensuring successful planning, execution, and implementation.

Leading cross-functional project teams and Supply Chain workstreams to achieve safety, quality, delivery, cost, and project objectives.

Managing project execution, including timelines, risks, action items, roles and responsibilities, and stakeholder communications.

Providing Supply Chain and Operations expertise to support project deliverables, operational readiness, startup, and ramp-up.

Leading steering committee meetings, business case development, and capital funding authorization for major projects.

Coordinating capital and project expense budgets and manage the portfolio of business activities within the 0–18 month horizon.

Required Qualifications

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

Demonstrated experience managing complex, cross-functional projects from scope development through implementation, startup, and project closeout.

Strong project management experience, including managing project schedules, budgets, risks, resources, action plans, and key milestones.

Demonstrated understanding and practical application of LEAN and CI principles and tools.

Ability to provide leadership and influence for multi-function programs and issues.

Ability to learn quickly and self-direct work

High level of communication skills, both written and verbal

This position will require travel 50+% of the time

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or Supply Chain

Experience managing capital, manufacturing, operations, systems, or logistics focused projects

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

Total Benefits

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.​

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com​.

To Be Considered

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