Procurement Specialist, MRO
Kimberly-Clark
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Neenah • Alabama, Pennsylvania, Texas, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $78,660 - $92,980 per year
Job Level
Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Manage the General Industrial Supplies and Safety categories on the Maintenance, Repair, and Operations (MRO) team.
- Deliver regional procurement targets for categories in scope.
- Coordinate with regional business stakeholders on category needs and strategy (e.g., collect business requirements)
- Execute the category’s strategic initiatives.
- Create and maintain category management knowledge and processes to ensure the category strategies are informed, relevant and up to date.
- Manage region-specific supplier relationships, escalate, and resolve supplier continuity issues, etc.
- Monitor supplier performance indicators and initiate supplier reviews as required or in accordance with agreed programs to drive improvement and reduce risk across the regional enterprise.
- Lead bidding processes, negotiating pricing/terms and conditions, and final contract award and implementation.
- Identify hurdles and barriers to change, resolve where possible or escalate as appropriate.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution in business, engineering, supply chain or related discipline
- 3+ years of experience in Procurement, preferred experience in category management
- 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.
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.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
procurementcategory managementsupplier performance monitoringbidding processescontract negotiationprocess improvementanalytical skillsproblem-solving skillsproject management
Soft skills
business acumencommunication skillscross functional collaborationinfluencingindependent workorganizational skills
Certifications
Bachelor’s Degree