Packaging Procurement Category Specialist

**Your Job**
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.
The **Procurement Specialist** is responsible for leading Strategic Supply of packaging category for Brazil, in order to support the business and achieve variable cost productivity, working capital, and business financial goals. This person reports to the Procurement Regional Category Manager and is responsible for managing assigned commodities, suppliers, and purchases to meet stakeholder needs.
Utilizing a structured strategic sourcing process you will:
- Work with internal customers to develop sourcing strategies for specific purchases or commodities which will best meet business needs at lowest sustainable costs
- Identify, evaluate, and select suppliers which best meet business needs.
- Solicit, evaluate, negotiate, and award contracts for specific purchases (complex technical, commercial, and/or financial aspects) as well as administer contracts as required
- Analyze Supply Base, reduce Risk, assess and optimize Total Cost,
- Improve K-C Supply Chain, manage procurement process and projects, improve internal customer and supplier relationships.
**About Us**
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, million 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.
**Led by Purpose. Driven by You.**
**About You**
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. When you join our team, you'll experience Flex That Works: flexible (hybrid) work arrangements that empower you to have purposeful time in the office and partner with your leader to make flexibility work for both you and the business.
In one of our professional 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:
- Bachelor's Degree in related disciplines (Engineer, Business, Administration);
- Ability to communicate fluently (speak, read, write) in English and Spanish.
- Experience in the strategic management of packaging or related categories.
- Strategic planning skills with ability to develop cost effective and innovative sources of supply
**Total Benefits**
Here are just a few of the benefits you'd enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark.
Great support for good health with medical and dental.
Pension Plan options to support yourself and your family in the future.
And Additional programs
**To Be Considered**
In the meantime, please check out the careers website.
**And finally, the fine print.**
For Kimberly-Clark to grow and prosper, we must be an inclusive organization that applies the diverse experiences and passions of its team members to brands that make life better for people all around the world. We actively seek to build a workforce that reflects the experiences of our consumers. When you bring your original thinking to Kimberly-Clark, you fuel the continued success of our enterprise. We are a committed equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, pregnancy, genetic information, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
The statements above are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by employees assigned to this classification. Statements are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and skills required for this position.

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