Procurement Sr Consultant, M&E

Procurement Sr Consultant, M&E

Job Description

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. 

Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented individual to join our Global Procurement M&E team.

You will make a difference by driving global execution activities in support of the strategy to achieve variable cost productivity, working capital, and business financial goals.

You will lead the supplier selection, development, and overall supplier management processes, including managing the entire contract life cycle from request for proposal (RFP) to supplier exit.  In addition, you will work closely with the engineering teams, business segments and cross-functional teams to achieve strategic sourcing objectives for the category.

Position Purpose:

The Kimberly-Clark Procurement organization is driving a transformation agenda towards a more strategic and global approach, enabling simplification and standardization of categories and processes with a collaborative mindset.

This role has category management responsibilities for Kimberly-Clark’s capital equipment category, with global spend of $300 - $400 million and will report directly to the Global Procurement Director, Machinery & Equipment.

The global category manager:


* Sets global strategy for assigned capital equipment


* Guides team members, understanding Segment/plant needs and certifying deployment of global category strategy


* Ensures that K-C is leveraging its global volumes and learnings


* Charged with supplier relationship management, building partnership with strategic suppliers in the category


* Establishes strong connections with stakeholders, engaging them in the procurement processes and decisions

Is this you?


* You are driven to understand global equipment categories, leveraging global scale and bringing competitiveness to each of K-C’s operating segments


* You are a skilled negotiator who can successfully drive value in a category by developing a strategy that puts Kimberly-Clark in a favorable position


* You are willing to push the strategy beyond the status quo and are recommending and taking calculated risks.

You are able to diagnose and solve complex issues and opportunities within business sourcing models across a diverse environment


* You work effectively with peer category managers; guiding and ensuring the deployment of category strategies


* You have the demonstrated ability to understand strategic business needs, communication and relationship building skills at d...