Senior Global IT Procurement Manager

4 weeks ago

Collingwood Ontario LM, Simcoe region, Canada Kimberly Clark Full time

Senior Global IT Procurement Manager

Job Description

You were made to do this work: designing new technologies, diving into data, optimizing digital experiences, and constantly developing better, faster ways to get results. You want to be part of a performance culture dedicated to building technology for a purpose that matters. You want to work in an environment that promotes sustainability, inclusion, wellbeing, and career development. 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:

  • Help place K-C at the forefront of Brilliant Manufacturing (IIoT) through collaboration across multiple supply chain functions.
  • Provide a sound understanding of the IT/business market dynamics and benchmarking.
  • Lead the development of a global procurement strategy and ensure seamless alignment with local, regional and global requirements.
  • Deliver complex and risky licensing agreements, for the supply chain of the future, through start-ups, legacy single source software and/or SaaS OEM’s.
  • Collaborate with cross functional product owners across Procurement, Planning, Logistics, Transportation, Manufacturing, Quality and Safety teams to set-drive challenging goals and objectives.
  • Develop solid IT strategic supplier partnerships, that deliver measurable business opportunities and continuous innovation.
  • Govern and enforce the category strategy and K-C processes, work with IT and business organizations to routine vendor calibration meetings. Continuously improve category strategy through routine check-adjust process.
  • Routinely influence at all levels of leadership through routine- succinct communication of significant Supply Chain platform goals, risks or changes.
  • Drive out single source suppliers where applicable. Optimize marginal/commoditized suppliers. And routinely ‘mark the market’ through compelling RFX’s for new services and/or renewals. Challenge the auto-renewal process every time.
  • Single point of contact for all commercial terms; e.g. negotiations, performance, SLA penalties, risk, change control; Partner with stakeholders on Proof of Concept (PoC) suppliers to include non-routine single source negotiations.

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, million 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 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.

To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Engineering or relevant field (technology field strongly preferred).
  • 8+ years of procurement experience; 3+ years of experience negotiating IT Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) and IT Services contracts; Experience with IT, IT Operations and enterprise IT processes.
  • Experience in procurement spend management tools, preferably SAP Ariba or Coupa.
  • Proven stakeholder management and program management skills with experience in handling complex global programs with multiple chains of authority. CPM or CPSM, Green Belt and/or Lean certification is preferred but not necessary.
  • Experience in Procurement Category Management (IT Procurement experience strongly preferred); Experience in Agile Sourcing methodology.

Location: There is a preference for this role to have a hybrid model out of one of these US offices: Roswell, GA; Dallas, TX; Neenah, WI; or Knoxville, TN. There may also be options to sit out of one of the offices in: Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, or Ecuador.

To Be Considered

Click the Apply button and complete the online application process. A member of our recruiting team will review your application and follow up if you seem like a great fit for this role.

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.

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