Procurement Specialist overseeing purchase of electrical equipment and materials for construction projects. Managing requisitions, sourcing, and vendor quotations while optimizing procurement objectives.
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Hybrid Enterprise Category Manager – Maintenance, Repair & Operating Supplies
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About the role
- Enterprise Category Manager overseeing Maintenance, Repair and Operating Supplies procurement strategies. Collaborating across teams to drive supplier relationships and standardization for Kimberly-Clark.
Responsibilities
- Develop and set enterprise strategy, ensuring alignment with business needs, engaging with key stakeholders and ensuring the deployment by regional/segment teams
- Lead and enable regional teams, understanding segment/plant needs and ensuring deployment of enterprise category strategy
- Lead supplier relationship management, building partnerships with strategic suppliers in the category
- Supports programs and initiatives to reduce complexity and promote standardization of categories and processes
- Understands market movement and industry benchmarks and best practices
- Cultivates strategic supplier partnerships to unlock innovation and drive enterprise value
- Champion a high‑performance culture, fostering talent development, engagement, and collaboration across globally dispersed teams
- Engage and align stakeholders consistently across functions and regions
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in business, engineering, supply chain or related discipline
- 10+ years of experience including plant manufacturing and/or staff leadership; equipment category management preferred
- 3+ years of people management experience
- Business acumen, excellent communication skills (both written and oral) ability to communicate up and across the organization, cross functional collaboration & influencing
- Strong project management, process improvement, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Experience working in a complex global / diverse environment
- Effective negotiator with proven results
- Preferred: Advanced degree
- Preferred: Procurement transformation experience within procurement categories
Benefits
- Great support for good health with medical, dental, and vision coverage options with no waiting periods or pre-existing condition restrictions.
- Access to an on-site fitness center, occupational health nurse, and allowances for high-quality safety equipment.
- Flexible Savings and spending accounts to maximize health care options and stretch dollars 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.
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