Global ECM Category Manager - Wipes

Global ECM Category Manager - Wipes

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 were made to create Better Care for a Better World: as a person, you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and driving continuous improvement.

You see the big picture while mastering the details, ensuring that every product, process, and partnership flows with precision and purpose.

You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always working to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories.

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 Supply Chain roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center.

This role will:


* Lead the development of a global procurement strategy and ensure seamless alignment with local, regional and global requirements.


* Collaborate with cross functional product owners across Procurement, Planning, Logistics, Transportation, Manufacturing, Quality and Safety teams to achieve challenging goals.


* Develop strategic supplier partnerships that deliver measurable business opportunities and continuous innovation.


* Lead peer and cross-functional teams across multiple levels of the organization in the creation and execution of Moist Wipes strategies and initiatives.


* Drive out single source suppliers where applicable and lead informed RFx events to achieve a balanced scorecard for the category.


* Partner with other ECM Procurement team members in the ownership and execution of all commercial terms and supplier negotiations.

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

 

Required Qualifications


* Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, or relevant field.


* 7+ years of Procurement, Supply Chain, or related business experience.


* Experience in Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, and Stakeholder Management.


* Experience developing multi-year category and supplier relationship strategies across a diverse product and supplier portfolio.


* Strong negotiation skills with experience leveraging data and benchmarking to achieve target contract structures and pricing agreements.


* ​Demonstrated ability to lead and manage programs within a matrixed, global organization, effectively navigating diverse business strategies, cultures, and time zones.


* Ability to travel up to 25% to support collaboration and alignment across regions and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications


* Experience working with Coupa, SAP, and ...