🌟 Kimberly-Clark is Hiring Associate Trainee! 🌟
📝 Job Description
As a person, you’re a learner – a natural leader – someone who is always taking initiative to make things better and bring others along with you. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity and quality, always ensuring your responsibilities become a long-term success story. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
🏢 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.
🚀 Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth, and impact. With more than 150 years of market leadership, we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – and that means an open door of opportunity is here for you.
🙌 About You
You perform at the highest level possible and appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. You love what you do—especially when your work makes a difference.
🔧 Manufacturing Role Responsibilities & Qualifications
In one of our Manufacturing roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed, you will need the following qualifications and to meet these expectations:
Education
Diploma/Fresher in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Overall Safety Expectations
Follow all KC Safety rules and Guidelines. Take care of your own safety as well as others'. Perform periodic safety observations to identify hazards and support closing them. Report near misses, abnormal conditions, and unsafe acts in a timely manner. Adhere to risk assessment, work SOPs, LOTO Management, work permits, emergency response plans, safety targets, PCS, and other safety compliance measures.
Overall Quality Expectations
Follow personal and workplace hygiene, as well as all GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) per KC guidelines and QMS (Quality Management System). Focus on actions that keep customer and consumer expectations at the center. Your individual actions should contribute to delivering high-quality products to the market—a quality-focused mindset is essential.
Production & Machine Operations
• Team of Production Associates for machine tasks including raw material & packing material preparation, loading, splicing, and unloading at the shift level.
• Material threading and routing with defined routes and rechecking products after material splicing.
• Machine troubleshooting for breakdowns, quality defects, and short stops. Conduct problem-solving RCA periodically.
• Maintain machine and work area cleaning and ensure 5S compliance on the shop floor.
• Document all material traceability reports, production logbooks, packing logbooks, and other records.
Quality & Process Control
• Perform real-time variable and attribute checks for various product and packaging quality parameters; record results in quality systems/software and other documents.
• Follow “non-confirming product” handling guidelines to ensure only good products are shipped out; segregate and recheck products on hold for quality reasons.
Machine Settings & Maintenance
• Set and run the machine on center line with good run settings (GRS) and maintain all critical machine settings/equipment to deliver a safe product.
• Achieve volume delivery KPIs, OEE, waste reduction, and other performance, quality, and safety KPIs.
• Perform cleaning, lubrication, inspection, and tightening on machines to maintain optimal condition.
• Follow visual health checkups, temperature, vibration, greasing, and oiling checks; plan to close any abnormalities.
• Perform preventive & predictive maintenance periodically.
Additional Responsibilities
• Ensure proper cleaning on hot melt applications to increase part lifespan and operational performance.
• Follow systematic spare parts replacement (based on lifecycle and condition) for breakdown-free operation.
• Carry out pack count changes, product size changes, and tier changes using QCO (Quick Changeover) Lean principles.
• Enter data on machine downtime, stops, waste, production, and machine performance in various software and MIS systems.
• Focus on Lean Manufacturing to reduce material and product waste and improve quality.
• Apply Kaizen and continuous improvement principles to deliver benchmark performance in safety, quality, productivity, cost, and compliance KPIs.
Quality Assurance & Engineering Support
• Quality Assurance Associate: Follow personal and plant hygiene, perform quality testing and inspections, handle customer complaints, and document quality results. Conduct periodic audits for critical control points and maintain 5S and QMS standards.
• Mechanical Engineering Associate: Manage spare parts inventory, perform overhauling of units, conduct stock counts, refurbish hot melt parts, maintain ink jet coding machines, and support PM and changeover activities.
• Utility Associate: Oversee utility and electrical operations including transformers, HT/LT rooms, DG sets, compressors, chillers, AHUs, WTP, STP, and more. Support panel maintenance, new project installations, and ensure uninterrupted mill operations.
🤝 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. In the meantime, please check out our careers website.
📝 The Fine Print
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 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 our continued success. 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 protected characteristic.
Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.
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📍 Primary Location
India - Pune
Worker Type: Employee Worker Sub-Type: Regular Time Type: Full Time
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