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. 

About You

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. Job responsibilities include:

• Support the development and execution of the global category strategy for Direct Materials, collecting input from Global Category Managers, conducting analyses on market trends, negotiations, etc.
• Project manage cross-regional sourcing events and category initiatives.
• Co-lead sourcing events, working with Agile squads.
• Manage supplier relationships, escalate, and resolve supplier continuity issues, etc.
• Serve as a BAU analytics resource (e.g., support analysis on supplier landscape and market dynamics).
• Manage, track, and report on category cost, sourcing initiatives & results.
• Support Contract Management activities for existing and new contracts across key categories of expenditure to ensure we operate in a controlled and compliant way.
• Support in the creation and maintenance of category 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 enterprise.
• Develop and maintain close and cooperative relationships with key business partners enabling the efficient and compliant delivery of key activities.
• Build trust and credibility with suppliers by demonstrating integrity, commitment and results orientation to drive and deliver results.
• Foster innovation, be the supplier’s first contact to capture ideas and accelerate deployment internally.
• Encourage sustainable procurement practices by focusing on environmentally responsible flexible packaging solutions and ensuring supplier compliance with sustainability objectives.

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

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in business, supply chain, engineering or related discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in procurement, preferred experience in category management.
• Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) with the ability to communicate vertically and horizontally throughout the organization.
• Cross functional collaboration & influencing, project management, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work independently in a heavily matrixed organization.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

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.​

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Flex That Works at Kimberly-Clark
We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in-person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.

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