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.
Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented individual to join our Global Chemicals Procurement team. You will make a difference by supporting global category strategy and associated execution activities in support of the strategy to achieve results in the sense of business continuity, cost productivity, working capital, sustainability and innovation & growth. You will work as a central SME to support “bring the outside in - market and category knowledge”, supplier development, and overall supplier management processes, including managing the entire contract life cycle from request for proposal (RFP) to supplier exit. In addition, you will work closely with segment category leads, business units and cross-functional teams to achieve strategic sourcing objectives for Chemicals.

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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.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

• Support the development and execution of the global Chemicals category strategy collecting input from relevant Segment/ABU procurement and supply chain leaders, conducting analyses on market trends and synergies between segments and sub-categories, understanding the needs of business partners across geographies
• Execute category strategy & implementation plan/roadmap created by Global Category Leader
• Project manage cross-regional sourcing events and category initiatives
• Support sourcing events, working with Agile Squads
• Manage global supplier relationships, escalate and resolve supplier continuity issues, etc. working closely with Global Category Lead and Segment Category Leads
• Serve as a BAU analytics resource (e.g., support analysis on supplier landscape and market dynamics), working as an SME with Amplified Commodity team
• Manage, track, and report on category cost, sourcing initiatives & results
• Support in the creation and maintenance of category knowledge and processes to ensure the category strategies are informed, relevant and up to date
• Monitor supplier performance indicators and initiate supplier reviews as required or in accordance with agreed programs to drive improvement and reduce risk across the enterprise
• Build trust and credibility with suppliers by demonstrating integrity, commitment and results orientation to drive and deliver results
• Maintain an effective business relationship with all suppliers and stakeholders based on clear, concise group and personal communication
• Segment-agnostic category support role; reports into Global Category Lead

TO SUCCEED IN THIS ROLE, YOU WILL NEED THE FOLLOWING QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher from an accredited institution in business, supply chain or related discipline
• 5+ years of experience in Procurement, preferred experience in category management
• Intellectually curious, strong analytical skills
• Experiences in Sourcing Strategy Development (Industry (Chemicals) / Supply Intelligence and Spend & Cost Analysis)
• Business acumen, excellent communication skills (both written and oral) able to communicate up and across the organization, cross functional collaboration & influencing, project management, analytical, problem solving, Functional and Technical awareness, Manage Vision and Purpose
• Strong Excel & Power BI skills
• Ability to work independently in a heavily matrixed organization
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time (Domestic U.S.)