Global Category Manager, SAM

Global Category Manager, SAM Job Description Join the team behind iconic brands like Huggies®, Kleenex®, Cottonelle®, Scott®, Kotex®, Poise®, Depend®, and Kimberly-Clark Professional®  At Kimberly-Clark, it’s all here for you—innovation, growth, and the chance to make a real impact.  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.  You were made to create Better Care for a Better World: as Preventing and fixing problems on technologically advanced, high-speed machines that produce top-notch products for ¼ of the world’s population is no easy feat, but it’s worth it when you’re recognized often by your manager, supported by your team, and see the products you produce being used by your own family at the end of the day.

OVERVIEW: This position will manage our Superabsorbent (SAM) spend category, primarily supporting our North American business segment.  This position has direct accountability for the strategic sourcing of $250 million annually from a global supply base. The incumbent must take business requirements into account to develop a category management plan with accompanying sourcing strategies to deliver the best total value for K-C. It requires a high level of competence in a variety of purchasing's concepts, practices, and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. A wide degree of creativity and business judgement is required. Also, an ability to plan future business needs and determine individual objectives to achieve them.  The role requires key global stakeholder engagement to develop effective sourcing and supplier management strategies.  The incumbent will lead initiatives that enable revenue growth, margin improvement, supply security, product innovation, risk management and supply chain optimization.  In this role, you will: Category Strategy Development and execution of global category strategies aligned to business need(s).  Communicate on a regular basis to all key internal stakeholders.  Provide on-going, expert level, supply category knowledge and insights into each North America accountable business unit (ABU). Commercial negotiation of supply contracts on behalf of Kimberly-Clark.  Experience creating pre-negotiation strategy including company’s Best Alternative To a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA).  Able to construct value stream (profit margin) industry maps and build market comparable cost analysis.  Sets annual targets for total value creation including safety, quality, service, capacity, sustainability, social responsibility, and cost objectives for each supplier.  Maintains an understanding of global benchmarks for key operating performance measures and best practices. Identify and execute projects with large potential impact to business results.   Supplier Relationship Management Provide global leadership for supplier collaboration and innovation in alignment with long-term business strategies.  Identify, cultivate, and develop suppliers that can become strategic partners.   Manage supplier risk assessments, qualifications and on-boarding activities in category areas. Partner with business teams to lead “top-to-top” supplier relationships. Ensure quality & risk management, including Supplier Code of Conduct and Social Responsibility, compliance per defined internal controls and policies in category area. Drive overall performance management through the effective utilization of monthly scorecards and supplier corrective action processes. Project and Business Support Influence and