EMEA Procurement Category Manager - Flexible Packaging

EMEA Procurement Category Manager - Flexible Packaging

Job Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Andrex®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, 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

We are looking for an experienced, self-driven and agile individual to lead the Flexible Packaging Category in EMEA.

You will make a difference by developing regional category strategies, leading local execution and partnering with the technical teams to influence multi-functional internal stakeholders – from peers to senior leaders - to deliver winning solutions to be the best at shelf, assure cost efficiency, service excellence, high standard quality, innovation, sustainability & regulatory compliance.

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 be responsible for but not limited to: 


* Develop category strategy & lead implementation plan


* Manage supplier relationships within focus area (e.g., sub-category, cluster / country)


* Provide input to global category strategy based on market dynamics, supplier landscape, business needs within focus area


* Drive global and regional sourcing events, working with Agile Squads


* Lead execution of category strategic initiatives


* Coordinate with regional business stakeholders on category needs and strategy (e.g., collect business requirements)


* Lead execution of global category strategic initiatives


* 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


* Ensure compliance to K-C Policies and internal controls


* Build trust and credibility with suppliers and stakeholders by demonstrating integrity, commitment, proactive approach and results orientation to drive and deliver results


* Maintain an effective business relationship with all suppliers and stakeholders based on clear, concise group...