Procurement Specialist, Marketing & Advertising

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:

Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented individual to join our North America Procurement Marketing & Advertising Services team. You will make a difference by developing and executing category strategies in support of the North America business segment 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 exit.

In addition, you will work closely with the global procurement lead, business units and cross-functional team to achieve strategic sourcing objectives for the North America Sampling/Fulfillment and Shopper Marketing categories.

In this role you will:

• Develop, maintain, and execute assigned category strategies, category knowledge, and processes, ensuring the category strategies are informed, relevant, and up to date
• Provide input on market dynamics (e.g., identify potential suppliers, assess market trends, etc.), supplier landscape, and business needs
• Support execution of North America category cost / sourcing events and initiatives
• Lead execution of global category strategic initiatives in region
• Coordinate with regional business stakeholders on category needs and strategy (e.g., collect business requirements)
• 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
• Build trust and credibility with suppliers by demonstrating integrity, commitment, and results orientation to drive and deliver results
• Manage supplier relationships within focus area, escalate, and resolve region-specific supplier continuity issues, etc.
• Maintain an effective business relationship with all suppliers and stakeholders based on clear, concise group and personal communication
• Ensure compliance to K-C policies and internal controls

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.

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 or higher from an accredited institution in business, supply chain or related…