EMEA Procurement Manager

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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.

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About you

This regional role has Israel and wider EMEA Category Management responsibilities for Kimberly-Clark’s purchasing in Logistics across the region. This role will report to Global Logistics Procurement Organization.

Role Accountabilities:

Ensure that the company requirements for 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.

Develop and maintain expertise on vendor selection, relationships and negotiation

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, 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 collaborative relationships with across Procurement and leverage these relationships to drive value for the EMEA business and to support the needs of other regions.

Ensure that internal control requirements are met in an efficient and effective manner.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree

7+ years of Procurement and Logistics business experienceExcellent interpersonal skills, communication and presentation skills

Excellent quantitative and data analysis skills

Ability to work in a high pressure and fast-moving business environment

Experience working in a complex global/diverse environment

Extensive experience in stakeholder management whilst being self-motivated and assertive with internal and external contacts

Ability to influence with and without authority

Ability to reconcile diverse business strategies and challenges

Skilled negotiator / results oriented

Transparency and Fairness Go Hand in Hand.

Applicable for Poland: Annual Base Salary Range and the Incentive Plan (if applicable): will be communicated prior to the interview. At Kimberly-Clark, we are committed to fostering fairness, equity, and transparency in everything we do, including our recruitment practices. Whether you are already part of our team or considering joining us, you will have visibility of all the key pay and benefit elements, prior to the interview. Along with a competitive pay, our positions typically offer additional performance-based incentives (if applicable to the role) we offer a range of benefits enhancing your life, health and prosperity over time. But pay is just one part of our offering. We also offer you opportunities to grow, thrive and make an impact. We are committed to equal pay for work of equal value and use gender-neutral criteria in determining compensation and career progression. These principles guide our approach to pay transparency.

PRIMARY LOCATION

Tzrifin Office

WORKER TYPE

Employee

WORKER SUB-TYPE

Regular

JOB TYPE

Full time