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.
Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented individual to join our Global Procurement M&E team. You will make a difference by driving global execution activities in support of the strategy to achieve variable cost productivity, working capital, and business financial goals. You will lead the supplier selection, 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 the engineering teams, business segments and cross-functional teams to achieve strategic sourcing objectives for the category.

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.
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:

• Coordinate with business stakeholders on Capital Equipment needs and strategy (e.g., collect business requirements) with annual spend of $100-$200 million
• Provide input to global equipment mega-category strategy based on market dynamics, supplier landscape, business needs within focus category
• Drive execution of category strategy & implementation plan
• Lead equipment sourcing events
• Lead execution of category strategic initiatives
• Manage supplier relationships, escalate, and resolve supplier continuity issues, etc.
• Serve as analytics resource (e.g., support analysis on supplier landscape and market dynamics)
• Manage, track, and report on category cost savings, sourcing initiatives and results
• Support 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 regional 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

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

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in engineering, business, supply chain or related discipline; Advanced degree preferred
• 10+ years of experience in Engineering, Procurement, Project Management, Manufacturing or similar; capital equipment category management experience preferred
• Intellectually curious, strong analytical skills
• Proficient in business acumen
• Excellent communication skills (Both written and oral) with ability to communicate up and across the organization
• Ability to collaborate and influence cross-functionally
• Project management, problem solving, functional and technical awareness
• Ability to work independently in a heavily matrixed organization
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time