Daywork Shift Manager

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Location: Northfleet Plant, Kent, UK
You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

Job Description
Day Shift Manager
Location: Northfleet Plant, Kent, UK
You’re not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we’re out to create Better Care for a Better World, and that takes a certain kind of person and teams who care about making a difference. Here, you’ll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

This role will be part of Kimberly Clark\’s International Family Care and Professional (IFP) business—an organization rooted in purpose and innovation that has built a legacy with global impact. As Kimberly-Clark forms a strategic partnership with Suzano to create a world-class international tissue and professional products company, this role is proposed to transfer to the new venture once the transaction closes, anticipated in mid-2026, subject to consultation and other applicable legal requirements. This is a rare opportunity to help shape a new global leader backed by two industry powerhouses. You’ll be part of a high-potential business that combines Kimberly-Clark’s iconic brands and commercial excellence with Suzano’s industrial and sustainability leadership

As part of the Day Team, the Day Shift Manager acts as the conduit between Shift and Day teams, reporting directly to the Operations Manager. This role takes ownership of setting and aligning operational standards across five shifts, working collaboratively with Shift Managers, Asset Leaders, and support functions. The Day Shift Manager connects with the shift operations team to deliver consistency of operation, driving high-quality and efficient performance across all metrics. The role is accountable for embedding a culture focused on people, safety, and quality through coaching, behaviours, and adherence to standard processes. It is pivotal driving continuous improvement and ensuring alignment with site-wide goals

In this role, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

• Strong People leader and at ease to connect and influence teams on various levels on shift, days or the business. Comfortable to have difficult conversations for behaviours in response to performance issues or alignment within teams
• Driven to play to win and move fast to actively avert or resolve shift issues using problem solving if required for longer-term opportunities working across asset and functional areas
• An ability to harness a team environment and develop/coach for a high performing team and influence members in the team to achieve overall business aims.
• Engaging and leading collaborative data driven problem solving
• Generating innovative solutions; trying different and novel ways of working
• Ensuring that the customer and consumer perspective (internal, external and/ or consumer) is a driving force behind Shift and long-term decisions and activities; implementing shift practices that meet customers’ and our organisation’s needs.

About Us
Huggies. Kleenex. Cottonelle. Scott. Kotex. Poise. Depend. Kimberly-Clark Professional. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You
You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fuelled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results.

Qualifications
You will focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the centre. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• 3-5 years’ experience in a FMCG, People Lead position or a similar role which shows leadership experience.
• Preferable experience in a Shift role and knowledge of industry and safety standards.
• Leadership Qualification desirable

Total Benefits
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.
Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions.
Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch pounds when caring for yourself or dependents.
Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. Our belief in promoting a healthy work-life balance drives us to support our employees’ total well-being, offering comprehensive benefits not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.

To Be Considered
Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

Equal Opportunity Employer
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.