Procurement Agile Analyst

at  KimberlyClark

YOUR JOB

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 your role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

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.

MANDATORY EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Supply Chain or other related discipline
• 3+ years of experience in quantitative and/or business skill such as Procurement Analytics, Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Strategic Category Management, Contract Negotiations
• Experience managing and delivering projects for executive stakeholders
• Solid analytical and communication skills with ability to engage with and influence internal stakeholders and external partners
• Demonstrated record of delivering solid business results
• Mandatory Advanced English

DESIRABLE EXPERIENCE AND REQUIREMENTS:

• Master’s degree in finance, Supply Chain or other business discipline preferred
• Demonstrated experience solving projects as an internal or external consultant.
• Advanced working knowledge of COUPA, MS Office, and other relevant procurement tools and systems
• Experience with NGS and SCM process; specific experience running sourcing events

Project Execution – 80%

• Provide global and regional category teams with analytics, RFP/RFQ/RFI content development, and business case building for sourcing execution
• Provide robust analytical support (should cost, scenario modeling) to market eventsAccelerate value delivery on key sourcing efforts in the pipeline by adding analytics, rigor and horsepower while utilizing a broad set of analysis capabilities
• Leverage agile principles and problem-solving frameworks to lead projects, provide structure and to provide recommendations on the approach for sourcing events
• Drive incremental value in current and future sourcing efforts by deploying critical thinking and problem-solving tools
• Collaborate with cross-functional team members and provide support to leadership on projects
• Develop strategic sourcing strategies in alignment with squad value improvement/ cost saving goals and broader organizational objectives
• Develop templates to standardize sourcing analytics and drive knowledge capture
• Build knowledge of e-sourcing tools & leverage capabilities for value delivery (Coupa & Coupa Sourcing Optimization)

Capability Building– 20%

• Contribute to the continuous improvement of the ‘Agile Playbook’ for procurement, including materials and best practices
• Develop problem solving capabilities with the Procurement function, promote an agile culture and problem-solving approach and drive adoption.
• Build expertise around key analytical tools, models & frameworks
• Participate in community of practice activities to drive shared learnings across the

Procurement function

• Upstream SCM support (if connected to Agile events)