EMEA Professional Services Procurement Manager

Job Description

Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Andrex®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®. At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.

You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: 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.

This role will be responsible for the timely and cost-effective category management and strategic sourcing of different Professional Services categories in accordance with corporate policies and procedures.

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.

• Ensure that the company requirements for the category are fulfilled with the optimum quality, service, and total cost of ownership. The strategy needs to align with the needs of our internal business partners, the opportunities presented by the market, and exceed K‑C’s short and long‑term requirements.
• Manage communications between K-C suppliers and our internal business partners to ensure business needs are met or exceeded on an ongoing basis.
• Lead the sourcing and vendor selection process, build strategic relationships with suppliers and demonstrate leadership in regular supplier negotiations.
• Maintain close, co‑operative relationships with key business partners, enabling development of relevant, forward focused category strategies.
• Operate with an E2E Supply Chain / Business mindset, and in partnership with BU, to ensure service continuity, continuous improvement and maximized value delivery to enhance K-C brand equity and ultimately improve K‑C’s level of profitability.
• Maintain co‑operative relationships across procurement teams and leverage these relationships to drive value for the EMEA business.
• Leverage best practices across segments and regions to drive maximum value for the EMEA team.
• Ensure that internal control requirements are met in an efficient and effective manner.

• Bachelor’s degree and/or significant Procurement experience.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Excellent quantitative and data analysis skills.
• Experienced and capable influencer of peers and senior managers.

• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Proven track record in Procurement/Supply Chain.
• Problem solving experience in reducing total costs and improving processes.
• Relevant experience in the category area.

There are travel expectations with the role as supply and business partners are located across the region. All travel is planned and therefore should not be a barrier for applicants with family/carer commitments.

• Market‑leading pension contribution.
• Bonus scheme.
• Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximise health care options and stretch pounds when caring for yourself or dependents.
• Private Medical Insurance, great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options.
• Diverse income protection insurance options to protect yourself and your family in case of illness, injury, or other unexpected events.
• Additional programs and support to continue your education, adopt a child, relocate, or even find temporary childcare.

We believe great work happens when people come together with purpose. That’s why we offer a flexible work model that blends remote work with intentional in‑person collaboration — helping you connect, grow, and innovate while maintaining the balance you value.

Kimberly‑Clark is a committed equal…