Senior Procurement Operations Specialist with Italian

Senior Procurement Operations Specialist with Italian

Job Description

Join 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. 

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.

As a Senior Procurement Operations Specialist with Italian, you will play a key role in ensuring timely, accurate, and compliant execution of purchasing activities.

You’ll partner closely with internal business stakeholders, support purchase requisition and purchase order flows, and help enhance procurement efficiency through reporting, communication, and continuous improvement initiatives.

It starts with YOU.

In this role you will:


* Manage end-to-end Purchase Requisition (PR) and Purchase Order (PO) processing, including accuracy checks, PR-to-PO conversion, PO creation, PO approval resolution, and timely release.


* Oversee Purchase Order Acknowledgment (POA) and expediting activities, ensuring timely follow‑up, issue resolution, and accurate reporting.


* Act as the primary point of contact for internal stakeholders, handling transactional procurement queries and maintaining strong, collaborative communication.


* Monitor and log PRs and POs requiring follow‑up, track delays or blockers, and lead regular catchups with internal customers supported by relevant reporting.


* Build and maintain strong partnerships with internal business teams to understand purchasing needs, identify operational issues, and support continuous process improvements.


* Contribute to testing and implementation of procurement process enhancements and system improvements across SAP, Coupa, and ServiceNow.

Required Qualifications


* Degree and equivalent 2+ years of relevant work experience in a similar procurement operations environment.


* Strong communication skills supporting partnership with suppliers and business stakeholders.


* Data literacy and ability to manage time effectively.


* Knowledge of SAP, MS Office tools, ServiceNow.


* Fluent English and Italian.

Preferred Qualifications


* Familiarity with continuous improvement initiatives or process optimization activities.


* Ability to work independently while managing multiple workflo...