Sr. Manager, Procurement Strategy

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. 

In this role, you will:

• Lead, coach, develop and inspire a team of 2 project managers, fostering accountability, capability growth, and high-performance delivery.

• Translate the Procurement strategy into a structured portfolio of initiatives, ensuring prioritization, resource allocation, and alignment with business priorities.

• Oversee the end-to-end management of global Procurement projects across savings, compliance, governance, sustainability, and process simplification.

• Act as a strategic PMO head, establishing governance, frameworks, and methodologies to ensure project consistency, visibility, and measurable impact.

• Act as a change leader, driving communication, engagement, and adoption across Procurement stakeholders.

• Build and strengthen collaboration with GBS by identifying and implementing opportunities for continuous improvement, simplification, and standardization of processes; build a strong Procurement–GBS partnership to take the organization to the next level.

• Partner closely with senior Procurement leadership, including the CPO, to provide strategic insights on progress, risks, dependencies, and business impact.

• Ensure initiatives deliver tangible value by improving efficiency, enabling simplification, and maximizing Procurement's impact on the business

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, 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.

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 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:

Who you are?

• Bachelor's degree in business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Economics or related field.

• 7+ years of experience in Procurement

• 3-5years of people management experience

• Fluency in English and Spanish

• Proven expertise in project and program management

• Demonstrated track record of delivering complex, high-impact initiatives in multinational corporate environments.

• Strong leadership experience,

• Experience working with cross-functional processes, multi-cultural team

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with the ability to inspire teams and influence senior stakeholders within Procurement and beyond.

• Experience with Coupa system, GBS, BPO and Source to Pay model

• Proven experience in leading transformations and process optimization

• Solid understanding of procurement digital solutions and integrated Source-to-Pay platforms

• Continuous improvement and collaborative mindset

• Travel requirement – 25% of its time

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

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.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

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