MRO Procurement Manager- מנהל.ת רכש

Job Description

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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.

Led by Purpose. Driven by You.

About You

The Procurement Manager is responsible for the timely and cost-effective strategic sourcing of the category in accordance with corporate policies and procedures. As the MRO Services Procurement Manager, you will work closely with the manufacturing teams to craft short and long-term sourcing strategies, identify priorities, and provide ongoing value delivery. In this role, you will own the development of project plans against key strategic initiatives, develop clear timelines and develop positive relationships that allow you to implement plans.

Principle Accountabilities

• Ensure that the company requirements for the category are fulfilled with the optimum quality, service, and total cost of ownership, which are consistent with the needs of our internal business partners, the opportunities presented by the market, and meet our short and long-term requirements.
• Manage communications between K-C suppliers and our internal business partners to ensure business needs are met on an ongoing basis.
• Manage supplier relationships, escalate, and resolve supplier continuity issues, etc.
• Develop and maintain expertise on MRO sourcing events, vendor selection, relationships and negotiation.
• Maintain close, cooperative relationships with key business partners, enabling development of relevant, forward focused category strategies.
• Operate with an end-to-end Supply Chain / Business mindset, and in partnership with the business unit, 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 cooperative relationships across procurement and leverage these relationships to drive value for the for the Enterprise Markets EMEA business segment and to support the needs of other regions.
• Provide input to the enterprise MRO mega-category strategy based on market dynamics, supplier landscape, and business needs within focus category.
• Lead execution of category strategic initiatives.
• Manage, track, and report on category cost savings, sourcing initiatives and results.
• 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 and stakeholders based on clear, concise group and personal communication.
• Identify hurdles and barriers to change, resolve where possible or escalate as appropriate.
  
  

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or a related discipline from an accredited institution
• 5+ years’ experience in Supply Chain, Procurement, Engineering, or a similar function, including category management experience
• Strong interpersonal, leadership, communication, and presentation skills
• Proven change agent with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels
• Strong quantitative, data analysis, and negotiation skills
• Experience in the development of new strategies, building business cases, gaining internal/external support in a cross-functional environment, and driving implementation
• fluent in English and Hebrew.