Global Category Manager – Transportation & Warehousing

Kimberly-Clark • Atlanta, GA

19d • Hybrid

About The Position

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. In this role, you will: Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven individual to drive our Global Transportation and Warehousing Procurement Strategy. As a Global Category Senior Specialist , you will make a difference by creating a connected community across our Logistics Procurement teams and Logistics operations, deploying the Global Overarching Category strategy of Warehouse and Transportation, sharing best practices and utilizing analytics for innovative solutions. You will optimize transportation and warehousing services by leveraging total volume, spend, and supplier relationships across segments, ensuring collaboration, innovation, service improvement, and value creation. You will manage key stakeholder relationships and communicate strategies to global and regional procurement teams. With a Global spend of around $1.6B annually, you will be supporting one of the largest procurement categories at Kimberly-Clark.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher
• 7+ years of Procurement, Logistics or related business experience
• Strong negotiation and world class supplier relations skills
• Experience working with Coupa for Sourcing Optimization, eSourcing, eAuctions, Contracts and supplier risk management would be advantageous
• Excellent Presentation, written, and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work across global regions and cultures and working in a matrix organization.
• Ability to reconcile diverse business strategies and challenges.
• Extensive stakeholder management skills.
• Effective conflict management and influencing skills
• Ability to travel within the US and internationally up to 30%.

Responsibilities

• Serve as a change agent within the Logistics Procurement community, with a strong ownership mentality and willingness to challenge the status quo
• Reports into Global Logistics Procurement Category Director
• Builds a strong procurement and logistics operations network with the Logistics Procurement and Logistics Operations teams in the four business segments – NAM, International Personal Care, International Family Care & Professional and Enterprise Markets.
• Strategic category Management and Execution
• Procurement interface with the Transportation and Warehousing stakeholders within each Business Segment and into Global Supply Chain Logistics.
• Develop global category strategy and execution plan; assess supplier landscape and category trends by sourcing and leveraging data & analytics in the Transportation and Warehousing Categories.
• Collaborate with Segment Transportation and Warehousing Operations leaders on joint strategies to identify and prioritize procurement and operational initiatives.
• Identify and manage execution of strategic category initiatives (e.g., stakeholder engagement, supplier-driven innovation) by working closely with business segment procurement and supply chain teams.
• Manage cross-regional engagement with business stakeholders on Transportation and Logistics
• Strategic Negotiations and Supplier relationship management
• Support strategic sourcing events & negotiations; work with Agile Squads
• Develop & manage global supplier relationships in collaboration with business leaders (e.g., supplier scouting, raise supply risks / issues from Operations / Planning, provide feedback on supplier performance).
• Stay up to date on the latest trends and developments in the global Transportation & Warehousing categories, using these to build and develop the medium - long term category strategy.
• Risk Management, Contracting and Process Compliance per defined internal controls and policies, standardizing globally as appropriate.

Benefits

• Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions.
• Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
• Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars when caring for yourself or dependents.
• Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
• Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees