NA and EMEA Adhesives Procurement Category Manager (US KC-Site)

Kimberly-Clark•Neenah, WI

34d•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’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. You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: as Preventing and fixing problems on technologically advanced, high-speed machines that produce top-notch products for ¼ of the world’s population is no easy feat, but it’s worth it when you’re recognized often by your manager, supported by your team, and see the products you produce being used by your own family at the end of the day. SUMMARY OF POSITION: Lead adhesives procurement category responsibilities for NA & EM Segment stakeholders across NA and EMEA with the goal of achieving significant value creation activities for the total cost of ownership of goods procured. Align and provide price trend visibility and influence business decisions, working closely with key Kimberly-Clark stakeholders. Become a strategic partner for business decisions across Segment ABUs for short to long-term periods including being an active contributor to footprint strategy modifications

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in business, supply chain or related discipline
5 + years’ experience in Procurement or other supply chain related function
Excellent communication skills (both written and oral) with ability to communicate up and across the organization
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

Develop and modify strategies through the strategic sourcing process, benchmarking, and developing a dynamic total cost of ownership models.
Lead negotiations or drive RFx processes for selecting suppliers.
Negotiate commercial terms and be responsible for supplier relationship management for value creation.
Provide risk mitigation strategies for demand management volatility, supply disruptions, and price trends for fueling business plans.
Align and influence global and regional strategies according to BU stakeholder needs.
Build an understanding of macro- and microeconomic variables to create correlations for various variables predicting cost fluctuation.
Ensure that negotiations consider transactional work for optimizing and minimizing it.
Build partnerships with strategic suppliers to bring outside innovation and value creation opportunities through facilitated business reviews.
Identify, analyze, diagnose, and resolve complex supply issues.