Vendor Enablement Analyst

Vendor Enablement Analyst

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: designing new technologies, diving into data, optimizing digital experiences, and constantly developing better, faster ways to get results.

You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to building technology for a purpose that matters.

Here, you’ll work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development while you help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world.  It starts with YOU. 

About You

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


* Serve as the primary point of contact for new technology and vendor intake requests.


* Ensure requests are complete, clearly documented, and ready to advance through the defined process.


* Track request status end-to-end and follow up with stakeholders to prevent delays.


* Ensure required artifacts (business justification, budget alignment, risk inputs, approvals) are obtained before moving to the next step.


* Ensure all requests follow established VMO and procurement governance frameworks.


* Route requests to the appropriate review groups based on request characteristics.


* Monitor adherence to defined SLAs and intake timelines.


* Escalate risks, bottlenecks, or process deviations to VMO leadership when necessary.


* Act as a coordination point between internal teams and prospective vendors when information exchange is required.


* Support vendor onboarding activities by tracking required documentation and compliance steps.


* Partner with Procurement and Legal teams to ensure contract prerequisites are met prior to vendor activation.


* Support contract review activities by ensuring required inputs are available for review.


* Verify that appropriate service level expectations and performance metrics are defined prior to vendor onboarding.


* Assist in maintaining visibility into contractual and onboarding readiness status.


* Maintain intake and pipeline tracking tools (Excel, Power BI or similar).


* Prepare regular status updates and reports for VMO leadership.


* Identify recurring issues, delays, or process gaps and recommend improvement opportunities.


* Support documentation of standard operating procedures and intake guidance.

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

Required Qualifications


* Bachelor's degree in business administration, Information Technology, Supply Chain, or a related discipline.


* 3 years of experience in IT procurement, ve...