Daywork Shift Manager

Overview

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.

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.

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