KCNA Procurement Sr. Specialist, HR & Professional Services

at  KimberlyClark

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 (K-C) is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented individual to join our NA Professional Services team. You will make a difference by supporting the development of the regional category strategy and oversee key supplier relationships for all K-C North America Contingent Labor spend. You will build category expertise and provide guidance to regional teams in the context of stakeholder needs, data quality and service benchmarking/analysis. You will lead Supplier Relationship Management by building and facilitating partnerships with strategic suppliers and key executives within K-C. You will ensure K-C is maximizing value on the spend with suppliers while delivering high levels of data quality, service and security for sensitive internal/external data. In addition, you will establish strong stakeholder relationships by providing market expertise and actively engaging them in procurement processes.

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 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; you just need to log on! Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

IN THIS ROLE YOU WILL:

• Execute category strategy & implementation plan created by Global Category Lead
• Manage local supplier relationships within focus area (e.g., sub-category, cluster / country)
• Provide input to regional category strategy based on market dynamics, supplier landscape, business needs within focus area.
• Support regional sourcing events, working with Agile Squads
• Support execution of category strategic initiatives
• Coordinate with regional business stakeholders on category needs and strategy (e.g., collect business requirements)
• Manage region-specific supplier relationships, escalate, and resolve region-specific supplier continuity issues, etc.
• Lead execution of global category strategic initiatives in region
• Create and maintain category management 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.
• Manage regional supplier contracts, develop relationship management strategies driving collaboration, Supplier Relationship Management and / or other engagement programs.
• Identify hurdles and barriers to change, resolve where possible or escalate as appropriate.
• Ensure compliance to K-C Policies and internal controls.
• Maintain an effective business relationship with all suppliers and stakeholders based on clear, concise group and personal communication.
  The successful candidate will join the NA Procurement team and report to KCNA Procurement Sr. Manager, Marketing & Professional Services.

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

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in business, supply chain or related discipline
• 5+ years of experience in Procurement, preferred experience in category management
• 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 project management, process improvement, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Identify and maintain a continued professional development plan focused on personal development aspirations and company goals.
• The role supports North America and will be based in either Neenah, WI or Roswell, GA. The candidate should be prepared to travel to engage with stakeholders and suppliers as required to fulfill the role.
  US Salary Grade 9