North America Procurement Operations Senior Analyst

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.

In this role, you will:

• Build and maintain a fluent relationship with internal customers, understanding their needs and working together to identify operating issues/non-efficiencies, implementing sustainable solutions and ensuring changes are timely documented in relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Convert Purchase Requisition to Purchase Order and perform comprehensive accuracy and compliance checks of PRs
• Lead catch-ups with a set pre-agreed frequency (weekly, every other week) and agenda with internal customers and prepare relevant reports (minimum but not limited to “PO Confirmation” and “Not delivered on time POs") to be shared during catch-ups with internal customers (requisitioners, procurement);
• Be a point of contact for internal customers with regards to transactional related queries.
• Perform other transactional activities such as new /update vendor management, Promotional Items management, Co-packing management, Purchase Infor Records (PIRs) creation and update, catalogue management, ad-hoc critical reporting.

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 will:

• Build and maintain a fluent relationship with internal customers, understanding their needs and working together to identify operating issues/non-efficiencies, implementing sustainable solutions and ensuring changes are timely documented in relevant Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Convert Purchase Requisition to Purchase Order and perform comprehensive accuracy and compliance checks of PRs
• Lead catch-ups with a set pre-agreed frequency (weekly, every other week) and agenda with internal customers and prepare relevant reports (minimum but not limited to “PO Confirmation” and “Not delivered on time POs") to be shared during catch-ups with internal customers (requisitioners, procurement);
• Be a point of contact for internal customers with regards to transactional related queries.
• Perform other transactional activities such as new /update vendor management, Promotional Items management, Co-packing management, Purchase Infor Records (PIRs) creation and update, catalogue management, ad-hoc critical reporting

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• Fluent English (both written and verbal)
• Previous experience in similar area, preferable in Procurement transactional operations (hands-on experience with procurement processes)
• Working knowledge of SAP system
• Solid analytical mindset to follow and challenge existing flow of activities.
• Excellent communication skills
• Positive attitude with pro-active approach (flexible mindset and team player)
• Availability to work US time zon