Agile Procurement Project Lead (12-month Fixed Term Contract)
Location: Walton Oaks, Surrey, UK/ Other EMEA locations can be considered
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.
As a Project Manager in the Agile Procurement Team, you'll serve as a variable resource within the Global Procurement Centre of Expertise (COE). This role is committed to unlocking incremental value and accelerating delivery of critical negotiations & procurement projects. You'll deliver high visibility, high ROI projects across categories in collaboration with the Agile Procurement Team, category managers and business leaders. You'll utilize skills & experience in strategic sourcing, project management, and problem solving / critical thinking. This is an individual contributor role with the Agile Procurement team, reporting to the Director of Agile Procurement & Analytics.
In this role, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:
Provide global and regional category teams with analytics, RFP/RFQ/RFI content development, and sourcing execution.
Deliver robust analytical support (should cost, scenario modelling) for market events.
Accelerate value delivery on key sourcing efforts by adding analytics, rigor and horsepower by utilizing a broad set of analytical capabilities.
Apply agile principles and problem-solving frameworks to lead projects, structure sourcing events and to recommend best practices.
Drive incremental value in current and future sourcing efforts by deploying critical thinking and problem-solving tools.
Build knowledge of e-sourcing tools & leverage capabilities for value delivery (Coupa & Coupa Sourcing Optimization).
Support category strategy development and other strategic projects
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
You perform at the highest level possible, and you appreciate a performance culture fuelled 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.
You will focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the centre. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Statistics, Computer Science or other related discipline.
7+ years of analytics experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, or Consulting.
Background in strategic sourcing & category management and experience leading high visibility & complex negotiations is preferred.
Strong data analytics skillset with ability to understand, manipulate, and summarize complex data sets to tell stories.
High intellectual curiosity, a passion for innovation, and openness to challenge and be challenged.
Self-starter who can see the big picture, look ahead to identify opportunities, and prioritize your work to make the largest impact on the businesses and customer’s vision and requirements.
Experience managing and delivering projects for executive stakeholders with the ability to engage with and influence internal stakeholders and external partners.
Experience with COUPA or similar e-procurement tools/ SAP or similar ERP systems experience preferred.
Total Benefits
Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.
Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions.
Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch pounds when caring for yourself or dependents.
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 offer competitive pay and benefits to employees and reward excellence and performance. Our belief in promoting a healthy work-life balance drives us to support our employees’ total well-being, offering comprehensive benefits not limited to gym memberships, private medical insurance, dental cover, employee assistance programme, cycle to work scheme, critical illness cover, travel insurance and a market leading defined contribution pension scheme.
To Be Considered
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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 checks.
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