Procurement Sr Consultant, M&E - Neenah, WI

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JOB DESCRIPTION
Youre not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because were 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 youll bring your professional expertise talent and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic ground-breaking brands. In this role youll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious self-driven and talented individual to join our Global Procurement M&E team. You will make a difference by driving 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 addition you will work closely with the engineering teams business segments and cross-functional teams to achieve strategic sourcing objectives for the category.

Position Purpose:

The Kimberly-Clark Procurement organization is driving a transformation agenda towards a more strategic and global approach enabling simplification and standardization of categories and processes with a collaborative mindset.

This role has category management responsibilities for Kimberly-Clarks capital equipment category with global spend of $300 - $400 million and will report directly to the Global Procurement Director Machinery & Equipment.

The global category manager:

Sets global strategy for assigned capital equipment
Guides team members understanding Segment/plant needs and certifying deployment of global category strategy
Ensures that K-C is leveraging its global volumes and learnings
Charged with supplier relationship management building partnership with strategic suppliers in the category
Establishes strong connections with stakeholders engaging them in the procurement processes and decisions
Is this you

You are driven to understand global equipment categories leveraging global scale and bringing competitiveness to each of K-Cs operating segments
You are a skilled negotiator who can successfully drive value in a category by developing a strategy that puts Kimberly-Clark in a favorable position
You are willing to push the strategy beyond the status quo and are recommending and taking calculated risks. You are able to diagnose and solve complex issues and opportunities within business sourcing models across a diverse environment
You work effectively with peer category managers; guiding and ensuring the deployment of category strategies
You have the demonstrated ability to understand strategic business needs communication and relationship building skills at different organization levels willingness to be a team player are available to travel internationally and work collaboratively across cultures
Responsibilities.

Setting Category Strategy

Develops global strategy ensuring alignment with business needs engaging with key stakeholders and certifying the deployment by regional teams
Supports programs and initiatives to reduce complexity and promote standardization of categories and processes
Understands market movement and industry benchmarks / best practices
Develops supplier partnership which will bring business opportunities and innovation to K-C
Leadership / People Development

Leads category strategy agenda globally influencing and guiding regional teams
Connects with stakeholders and keeps them engaged
Ability to work and influence at various levels across K-C organization
Experience in project management
Global Alignment

Develops Global Category Strategy incorporating regional inputs and business needs
Engages category stakeholders as needed to understand demand
Promotes best practices sharing across regions
Provides visibility of global risk and opportunities
Knowledge Development

Understanding of market movement and industry benchmarks / best practices
Strong negotiation capabilities
Ability to work with complex categories and with multiple geographically dispersed stakeholders

Additional Qualifications/Responsibilities
Qualifications:

Bachelors degree in business engineering or related discipline required; Advanced degree preferred
15 plus years of experience including category management plant manufacturing and/or staff leadership; equipment category management preferred
Experience working in a complex global / diverse environment
Skilled negotiator/results oriented
Complex project management experience
Ability to work across geographic regions
Ability to reconcile diverse business strategies and challenges
Extensive experience in stakeholder management
Self-motivated and assertive with internal and external contacts
Strong analytic skills
Ability to lead though influence

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