IFP Dry Tissue LCM Team leader, ASIA/Australia

IFP Dry Tissue LCM Team leader, ASIA/Australia

Job Description

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The IFP Dry Tissue LCM leader, Asia/Australia will be responsible for delivering the Innovation agenda and the Cost/margin transformation across all the Family Care tissue business and Professional tissue businesses for the ASIA + ANZ ABUs, supporting the growth acceleration and margin transformation in that region, which hosts three of the five focus markets for IFP (ANZ, Thailand, Taiwan).

This individual will report into the Dry Tissue LCM Senior Team Leader (based in UK), and will be an active participant & contributor of IFP Dry Tissue Platform Leadership team.

The individual will also serve as the go-to R&D partner for the ABU leadership in the region, facilitating seamless connection between the ABU and R&D leadership teams.

This role requires senior expertise in innovating on highly-commoditised categories like tissue, as well as solid experience in driving substantial cost & margin improvements through product, technology & process innovation, together with an exceptional understanding & knowledge of KC tissue manufacturing processes & facilities.

Role Overview & Primary Accountabilities:


* ANZ  IFP markets.  Partnering closely with the R&D innovation team to ensure seamless handover, and with PS counterparts to ensure successful start-up in mills.  Also, leading complete end-to-end development & implementation of multiple local renovations for each of the individual countries within their region (with ANZ, Thailand & Taiwan making up 3 of the 5 focus markets for IFP).

Working across 7 mills (3xTaiwan, 1 Australia, 2xThailand, 1xMalaysia and several ECMs (Contract Manufacturing)


* Margin transformation & Cost management: Serve as regional R&D leader to develop the 0-3yr DTV (Design to Value) strategies, define key initiatives and execute the plan  to ensure annual DTV targets are met/exceeded, partnering closely with Value stream teams, supporting the delivery of ~150Mn$/yr savings required from IFP to deliver Powering Care goal of 3Bn$ over 5 years


* Life Cycle Management:  Lead and own all product Life Cycle Management activities to ensure strong business continuity & fast resolution of raw material or product related supply interruptions in partnership with Product supply together with ongoing work to mitigate such risks. 


* Resource prioritization:  Accountable to ensure team (6 FTE) is empowered and have clarity.

Team members located in: Australia, Thailand...