Procurement Sr. Specialist, NA Construction Services & Equipment

Kimberly-Clark•Neenah, WI

9h•Onsite

About The Position

Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented individual to join our Enterprise Procurement Capital and Energy team. As the NA Procurement Construction Services & Equipment Sr Specialist you will have overall responsibility to develop and execute the Capex Construction category sourcing strategy and manage construction spend in North America. The role serves as the strategic interface with construction expertise between our Plant, Engineering, Enterprise Capital, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Facilities Management, and Procurement teams and General Contractors. Kimberly-Clark is taking a long term, strategic approach to building and construction projects to support value engineered, sustainable, and efficient manufacturing operations. You will manage contractors and supplier relationships consistent with Kimberly-Clark approach to long term strategic partnerships with its Construction contractors, material suppliers, and service providers. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to effectively interface and influence a broad range of stakeholders both within Kimberly-Clark and our contractors, suppliers and service provider network.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in Construction Management, Construction Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering or equivalent experience
7+ years of experience in construction management, engineering, procurement, construction agent, owner’s construction representative, Resident Engineer or similar role (including plant and/or corporate experiences); Procurement category management experience strongly preferred
Deep industry knowledge of construction processes, trends and cost drivers is essential
Intellectually curious, strong analytical skills
Business acumen, excellent communication skills (both written and oral) able to communicate up and across the organization, cross functional collaboration & influencing, functional and technical awareness.
Strong project management, process improvement, analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently in a heavily matrixed organization.

Nice To Haves

Previous project management experience at construction firm and experience managing general contractors and industrial or manufacturing construction projects is preferred
Experience with Engineer Procurement Construction (EPC) and Design-Build contracts preferred

Responsibilities

Manage the Construction and Installation Services and Equipment category.
Deliver segment procurement targets for categories in scope.
Coordinate with segment and enterprise business stakeholders on category needs and strategy (e.g., collect business requirements).
Execute category strategic initiatives.
Create and maintain category management knowledge and processes to ensure the category strategies are informed, relevant and up to date.
Manage strategic supplier relationships by monitoring performance, conducting supplier reviews, and proactively resolving continuity risks to drive continuous improvement and reduce enterprise-wide supply risk.
Build and sustain supplier and stakeholder relationships through clear communication, integrity, and a results-oriented approach that drives collaboration and delivers business outcomes.
Lead bidding process, negotiating pricing/terms and conditions, contracting and implementation.
Lead sourcing events, collaborating with the Agile Squad team.
Identify hurdles and barriers to change, resolve where possible or escalate as appropriate.
Ensure compliance with K-C Policies and internal controls.