Global Procurement Category Manager - Fluff

Kimberly-Clark•Atlanta, GA

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

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. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with 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.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in business, supply chain or related discipline; and 5+ years’ experience in Procurement or other supply chain related function
Cross functional collaboration and influencing, project management, analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently in heavily matrixed organization
Ability to travel up to 25% of the time

Responsibilities

Lead development and execution of K-C’s global Fluff sourcing category strategy aligned to business needs.
Communicate on a regular basis to key internal stakeholders; Provide on-going, expert level, supply category knowledge and market intelligence insights into each business Segment
Create a strategic plan for the category and focusing on strategic intent and intervention actions to achieve long-term objectives; Lead global RFx events across all Personal Care business Segments;
Create and maintain category knowledge, playbooks, and processes to ensure strategies remain informed, relevant, and up to date;
Lead the commercial negotiation of supply contracts on behalf of Kimberly-Clark including the development of pre-negotiation strategy and tactics;
Construct value stream industry maps and build market comparable cost analysis.
Set annual targets for total value creation including safety, quality, service, capacity, sustainability, social responsibility, and cost objectives for key suppliers;
Create and maintain a 3 year global productivity pipeline for the category;
Maintain an understanding of global benchmarks for key operating performance measures and best practices;
Lead initiatives that enable revenue growth, margin improvement, supply security, product innovation, risk management and supply chain optimization
Support strategy execution within the global Fluff category by partnering with Global R&D, Enterprise Value Stream and segments to scale adoption and identify suppliers to support the project.
Establish trust and accountability with stakeholders; communicate clearly and succinctly on platform goals, risks, and changes;
Maintain strong connectivity with CoE and amplified commodities teams to exchange/build market intelligence and support ABU reviews and sourcing analytics;
Lead through hands-on engagement with decision makers to drive alignment and change adoption;
Ensure compliance with applicable procurement rules and Code of Conduct; promote best-practice development and sharing.
Own key global supplier relationships; escalate/resolve supplier continuity issues; plan quarterly SRM reviews and value/innovation discussions;
Manage, track and report category costs, sourcing initiatives, savings, and results;
Lead and monitor supplier performance tracking to improve service, quality, and cost, and reduce enterprise risk.
Identify and evaluate new suppliers and supplier innovations with R&D; help structure term sheets to secure advantaged pricing and access to novel technology;
Track fiber sustainability supplier roadmap (e.g., FSC certificates, Scope 3 programs).
Influence leadership at all levels through concise communication of platform goals, risks, and changes.