Global Procurement, Senior Specialist - Nonwovens, Comp, AL
Job Description
Global Procurement, Senior Specialist - Nonwoven, Comp., & Airlaid
Location - UK
Competitive Salary and Benefits Package
The Role
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. At Kimberly-Clark, you'll bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands and take our future to the next level. In this role with Kimberly-Clark's procurement team, you'll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
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Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented Regional Procurement Manager to join our Global Nonwovens, Comp. & Airlaid team, reporting into the Global Category Lead. You will make a difference by supporting 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 category managers, business units and cross-functional team to achieve strategic sourcing objectives for the commodity.
About Us
Andrex ®, Kleenex®, Huggies Baby Wipes® and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands-and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn't exist without talented professionals, like you.
At Kimberly-Clark, you'll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We're founded on 151 years of market leadership, and we're always looking for new and better ways to perform - so there's your open door of opportunity. It's all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.
Led by Purpose. Driven by You.
About you
Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Support the development and execution of the global category strategy, collecting input from Global Category Managers, conducting analyses on market trends, etc.
- Project manage cross-regional sourcing events and category initiatives.
- Support development of global category strategy via collecting input from Global Category Managers, conducting analyses on market trends, etc.
- Execute category strategy & implementation plan created by Category Lead
- Support sourcing events, working with Agile Squads
- Manage supplier relationships, escalate, and resolve supplier continuity issues, etc.
- Serve as a BAU analytics resource (e.g., support analysis on supplier landscape and market dynamics)
- Manage, track, and report on category cost, sourcing initiatives & results.
- 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.
- Build trust and credibility with suppliers by demonstrating integrity, commitment and results orientation to drive and deliver results.
What you'll need:
- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited institution in business, supply chain or related discipline.
- Significant experience in Procurement, preferred experience in category management.
- Excellent communication skills (Both written and oral) able to communicate up and across the organization.
- Cross functional collaboration & influencing, project management, analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently in a heavily matrixed organization.
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
Competitive Benefits
We offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. Our belief in promoting a healthy work-life balance drives us to support our employees' total well-being, offering comprehensive benefits not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.
To Be Considered
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And finally, the fine print...
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.
Primary Location
United Kingdom- Flexible Location - South East England
Additional Locations
Worker Type
Employee
Worker Sub-Type
Regular
Time Type
Full time