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 support our P2P function and manage North America Operations. In your procurement role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.
Kimberly-Clark Global Business Services Center located in Krakow is looking for a Procurement Operations Senior Analyst (Spanish) to manage North America Operations. You shall be working within multilingual & multinational team within Buying Center in Krakow and supporting internal Clients across North America region. This is a position playing a key role in smooth establishment within transited US Procure-to-Pay process. You shall be responsible for ensuring the highest procurement quality for the North America in three main areas of responsibilities: Material Groups Management, Process Improvement and Business Partner/Supplier Engagement. Your main activities will include executing purchase orders according to standard operation producers and agreed policies; engaging in follow-up services to make sure orders are completed on time and accurately communicated to the business and working collaboratively on invoice issues or difficulties resolution. You would manage stakeholders across the region in the matter of assigned services, materials or equipment within business units and manage suppliers to ensure that all invoices are accurately supplied and paid within agreed payment terms.

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.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensuring the highest procurement quality for the North America is maintained,
• Managing stakeholders across the region, assigned services, materials or equipment within business units, partnering with Sourcing Managers, Suppliers and Line of Business Partners
• Executing purchase orders according to standard operation procedures and agreed policies,
• Engaging in follow-up services to make sure orders are completed on time and accurately communicated to the business,
• Working collaboratively on invoice issues or difficulties resolution, Identify risks or concerns, and helping drive best practices
• Managing suppliers to ensure that all invoices are accurately supplied and paid within agreed payment terms,
• Resolving invoice / PO discrepancies in order to release invoice for payment,
• Supporting Master Data team in keeping vendor and master records updated,
• Acting as subject matter expert, support colleagues in problem resolution, process development, guiding them if the need comes.
• Participate in projects related to continuous improvement with focus on improving processes & delivery efficiency

LED BY PURPOSE. DRIVEN BY YOU.

About You - Skills and Experience

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results. When you join our team, you’ll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business. We are looking for a candidate with proven procurement experience and strong communication skills to effectively communicate with internal stakeholders to understand their needs, as well as with external suppliers to negotiate contracts and finalize purchases.

• You have proven experience in a procurement environment & proficiency with procurement systems/software and tools
• You have a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, such as business or supply chain management
• You are fluent in English & Spanish written and spoken (C1 level required)
• You are an excellent communicator with experience in managing supplier relationships and monitoring supplier performance
• You are able to make decisions independently in a timely manner & you possess problem solving skills and attention to details
• You have the ability to manage time effectively and prioritize tasks in a fast pace environment.
• You are capable of working in a matrix organization, driving collaboration across functions with minimum supervision
• You have strong analytical skills with the ability to analyze proposals and evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different suppliers to make informed purchasing decisions.
• You are available to work US time zone 14:30 - 22:30