Procurement Sr. Specialist, NA Construction Services & Equipment

Procurement Sr. Specialist, NA Construction Services & Equipment

Job Description

You are not the person who will settle for just any role. Neither are we. Because we are 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 will bring your professional expertise, talent, and drive to building and managing our portfolio of iconic, ground-breaking brands. In this role, you will help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.
Kimberly-Clark is looking for an ambitious, self-driven and talented individual to join our Enterprise Procurement Capital and Energy team. As the NA Procurement Construction Services & Equipment Sr Specialist you will have overall responsibility to develop and execute the Capex Construction category sourcing strategy and manage construction spend in North America. The role serves as the strategic interface with construction expertise between our Plant, Engineering, Enterprise Capital, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Facilities Management, and Procurement teams and General Contractors.
Kimberly-Clark is taking a long term, strategic approach to building and construction projects to support value engineered, sustainable, and efficient manufacturing operations. You will manage contractors and supplier relationships consistent with Kimberly-Clark approach to long term strategic partnerships with its Construction contractors, material suppliers, and service providers. Candidates must demonstrate the ability to effectively interface and influence a broad range of stakeholders both within Kimberly-Clark and our contractors, suppliers and service provider network.
In this role you will:

Manage the Construction and Installation Services and Equipment category.
Deliver segment procurement targets for categories in scope.
Coordinate with segment and enterprise business stakeholders on category needs and strategy (e.g., collect business requirements)
Execute category strategic initiatives.
Create and maintain category management knowledge and processes to ensure the category strategies are informed, relevant and up to date.
Manage strategic supplier relationships by monitoring performance, conducting supplier reviews, and proactively resolving continuity risks to drive continuous improvement and reduce enterprise-wide supply risk.
Build and sustain supplier and stakeholder relationships through clear communication, integrity, and a results-oriented approach that drives collaboration and delivers business outcomes.
Lead bidding process, negotiating pricing/terms and conditions, contracting and implementation.
Lead sourcing events, collaborating with the Agile Squad team.
Identify hurdles and barriers to change, resolve where possible or escalat
Ensure compliance with K-C Policies and internal controls.
The successful candidate will join the Enterprise Procurement Capital and Energy team and report to the team's Senior Director.
About You

You are driven to 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.
To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Construction Management, Construction Engineering, or Civil Engineering is highly preferred. Candidates with a Bachelor's Degree in business, engineering, supply chain or related discipline and relevant construction, capital project, or procurement experience will also be considered.
7+ years of experience in construction management, engineering, procurement, construction agent, owner's construction representative, Resident Engineer or similar role (including plant and/or corporate experiences); Procurement category management experience strongly preferred
Deep industry knowledge of construction processes, trends and cost drivers is essential
Previous project management experience at construction firm and experience managing general contractors and industrial or manufacturing construction projects is preferred
Experience with Engineer Procurement Construction (EPC) and Design-Build contracts preferred
Intellectually curious, strong analytical skills
Business acumen, excellent communication skills (both written and oral) able to communicate up and across the organization, cross functional collaboration & influencing, functional and technical awareness.
Strong project management, process improvement, analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to work independently in a heavily matrixed organization.
The role supports North America and will be based in Neenah, WI. The candidate should be prepared to travel to engage with stakeholders and suppliers as required to fulfill the role.
Total Benefits

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