Quality Apprentice

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.

**In this role, you will be**:
Reporting to the Quality Team Leader to independently verify that operator self controls are in place and operating effectively.

**Main responsibilities**:
Safety:

- Comply with all Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) rules and regulations at all times. (e.g.10 critical safety rules and three obligations)

Quality:

- Perform appropriate testing and verifications using set standards to identify product quality defects and highlight if operator controls are functioning effectively.
- Full time testing of samples
- Verify if results are within specifications and act accordingly if not
- Analyse data/trends to make decisions with operations team and escalate timeously when required
- Complete all required trainings within the expected time
- Take responsibility for own development and training
- Responsible for conduction quality verifications at RFP.

Housekeeping:

- Responsible to maintain acceptable 5-S housekeeping standards in the labs. Productivity:

- Communicate with outgoing counterpart during shift handover
- Do routine inspections of products in the area of responsibility (based on a communicated schedule) to verify that operator self-controls are functioning.
- Perform specialist low frequency testing of products.
- Perform appropriate tests to highlight raw material defects and rejects including on-the-floor verification of NCR’s raised by operations.
- Communicate defects to operating crews so that corrective action can be taken
- Ensure that shift teams hold defective production and keep record thereof
- Check centrelining activities and report non conformances Dimensions

**About You**

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

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

- National Diploma: pulp and paper
- Great attention to detail
- Committed team player
- Willingness to learn and results-oriented
- Strong administration skills
- Ability to work independently and within a team
- Customer Focus

**To Be Considered**

**And finally, 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 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.

The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.