North America Procurement Specialist, Mill Services

North America Procurement Specialist, Mill Services Job Description

As a person, you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and driving continuous improvement. You see the big picture while mastering the details, ensuring that every product, process, and partnership flows with precision and purpose. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always working to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories.

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

• Execute category strategy & implementation plan created by Regional Category Lead.
• Identify and manage relationships with regional suppliers.
• Support development of the Mill Services category strategy by providing input on market dynamics, supplier landscape, and business needs.
• Support execution of Mill Services sourcing events and cost/sourcing initiatives.
• Address any ad-hoc supply issues & risks escalated from the plants.
• Support in the creation and maintenance of category knowledge and processes to ensure the category strategies are informed, relevant and up to date.
• Monitor supplier performance indicators and initiate supplier reviews as required or in accordance with agreed programs to drive improvement and reduce risk across the regional enterprise.
• Cultivate strong stakeholder relationships based on clear, concise group and personal communication.
• Identify hurdles and barriers to change, resolve where possible or elevate as appropriate.
• Build trust and credibility with suppliers by demonstrating integrity, commitment, and results orientation to drive and deliver results.
• Maintain an effective business relationship with all suppliers.

You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fueled by authentic caring. You want to be part of a company actively dedicated to sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development.

You love what you do, especially when the work you do makes a difference. At Kimberly-Clark, we’re constantly exploring new ideas on how, when, and where we can best achieve results.

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. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree in business, supply chain, engineering or related discipline is strongly preferred or a 3+ years experience in a similar role will be considered.
• 1+ years of experience in Procurement, preferred experience in category management.
• 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.
• Must be able to work onsite at the mill 3 days per week.
• Ability to travel up to 10% of the time.

Huggies®. Kleenex®. Cottonelle®. Scott®. Kotex®. Poise®. Depend®. Kimberly-Clark Professional®. You already know our legendary brands—and so does the rest of the world. In fact, millions of people use Kimberly-Clark products every day. We know these amazing Kimberly-Clark products wouldn’t exist without talented professionals, like you.

At Kimberly-Clark, you’ll be part of the best team committed to driving innovation, growth and impact. We’re founded on more than 150 years of market leadership, and we’re always looking for new and better ways to perform – so there’s your open door of opportunity. It’s all here for you at Kimberly-Clark.

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see .

Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions.…