NA and EMEA Adhesives Procurement Category Manager (US KC-Site)
Job DescriptionJoin the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional® At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.
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.
You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: as Preventing and fixing problems on technologically advanced, high-speed machines that produce top-notch products for ¼ of the world’s population is no easy feat, but it’s worth it when you’re recognized often by your manager, supported by your team, and see the products you produce being used by your own family at the end of the day.
SUMMARY OF POSITION:
Lead adhesives procurement category responsibilities for NA & EM Segment stakeholders across NA and EMEA with the goal of achieving significant value creation activities for the total cost of ownership of goods procured.
Align and provide price trend visibility and influence business decisions, working closely with key Kimberly-Clark stakeholders.
Become a strategic partner for business decisions across Segment ABUs for short to long-term periods including being an active contributor to footprint strategy modifications
In this role, you will:
- Develop and modify strategies through the strategic sourcing process, benchmarking, and developing a dynamic total cost of ownership models.
- Lead negotiations or drive RFx processes for selecting suppliers. Negotiate commercial terms and be responsible for supplier relationship management for value creation.
- Provide risk mitigation strategies for demand management volatility, supply disruptions, and price trends for fueling business plans.
- Align and influence global and regional strategies according to BU stakeholder needs.
- Build an understanding of macro- and microeconomic variables to create correlations for various variables predicting cost fluctuation.
- Ensure that negotiations consider transactional work for optimizing and minimizing it.
- Build partnerships with strategic suppliers to bring outside innovation and value creation opportunities through facilitated business reviews.
- Identify, analyze, diagnose, and resolve complex supply issues.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About You
You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.
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.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in business, supply chain or related discipline
- 5 + years’ experience in Procurement or other supply chain related function
- Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) with ability to communicate up and across the organization
- Cross functional collaboration and influencing, project management, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Ability to work independently in heavily matrixed organization
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time
Total Benefits
We believe that our employees are our greatest asset, and we're committed to providing them with the resources they need to be successful. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a company that cares about its employees, then Kimberly-Clark is the place for you.
Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com
To Be Considered
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Primary LocationUSA-REMOTE
Additional LocationsWorker TypeEmployee
Worker Sub-TypeRegular
Time TypeFull time