Innovation Series Meet the Plant Manager Running the Largest Family Care Site in the World

Mehoopany Family Care Plant Manager Cecilia Colburn runs the largest Family Care site in the world. She is responsible for 90 acres of machinery that produce 100s of cases of Bounty and Charmin products.

“A doctor once told me what I do is a lot like managing triage in the ER,” she says. “I take in information, process quickly, and make decisions – all to balance the safety, quality, production, cost, delivery, and morale of 1200 P&G employees.”

It’s Colburn’s job to oversee everything from product quality to cafeteria improvement plans, but her favorite part is interacting with different people every day. She uses her 20 years of P&G experience to help solve the problems and frustrations her employees are facing.

“It’s my job to help eliminate those barriers so they can be their best at work,” she says. “In the process I get to learn fascinating things about the unique people that work for P&G, like what they are passionate about. I really enjoy getting the chance to build an inclusive culture in the places I work.”

Outside of P&G, Colburn finds trying new things exciting and informative. “You can say I like to ‘experiment’ in my personal life,” she says. “Over the last 10 years, I’ve gone downhill and cross-country skiing, run a 5K, learned to golf, hiked national parks and explored new things with my family. I fully embrace trying anything once!”