Procurement Energy Senior Buyer

Job Description

Location: Kimberly-Clark locations in Europe and the UK, this role offers flexibility of hybrid or remote work arrangements.

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. 

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated professional who enjoys working autonomously in a fast-paced and ever-changing environment, working closely with both internal and external stakeholders to drive strong value delivery and collaborative partnerships.

With a primary focus on EMEA, the Procurement Senior Energy Buyer is responsible for the day-to-day category management, negotiations and contracting for Energy, combined with a strong focus on process improvement, driving best practice and contributing to KC’s sustainability targets in accordance with corporate policies and procedures. 

Duties and Responsibilities

Ensure the K-C requirements for the Energy category are fulfilled with focus on quality, service, and total cost of ownership, meeting the needs of internal business partners, the opportunities presented by the market, and K-C short and long-term requirements.

Operate as contracts specialist and programs owner as well as support other functions with market data and supplier cost calculations, ensuring Procurement compliance and deployment of Category Strategy goals.

Manage communications between suppliers and K-C manufacturing locations to ensure business needs are met through adherence of suppliers to service level agreements (SLA’s).

Work collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to build stronger market insights and better understanding of relevant Energy Government Aids to provide business partners with knowledge to make the correct business decisions.

Act as controller and subject matter expert for supplier cost calculation methodologies and drive consumption improvement by working closely with the mills and suppliers by applying strong Supplier Relationship Management (SRM).

Provide active support for Energy Sustainability Projects

Operate with an E2E Supply Chain / Business mindset to ensure service continuity, continuous improvement and maximised value delivery to enhance K-C brand equity and ultimately improve K-C’s level of profitability

Ensure that internal control requirements are met in an efficient and effective manner

Develop and maintain expertise on vendor selection, relationships, and negotiation

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, millions 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.

In one of our professional roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. To succeed in this role, you will need the following qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree and/or relevant Procurement experience

Strong interpersonal skills and ability to effectively communicate and build collaborative relationships in a complex, multicultural organisation

Excellent data analysis skills

Desirable qualifications and experience:

Negotiation skills

Relevant experience and/or interest in Energy Sustainability and Contracts management would be highly advantageous

Supply Chain experience

Ability to demonstrate an understanding of end-to-end process thinking

Languages

English fluency, other language/s desirable

Travel

There are travel expectations with the role as supply and business partners are located across the region.  All travel is planned in advance and therefore should not be a barrier for applicants with family/carer commitments.

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark. For a complete overview, see www.mykcbenefits.com.
 

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.

This role is available for local candidates already authorized to work in the role’s country only. Kimberly-Clark will not provide relocation support for this role.

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Primary LocationWalton Oaks

Additional LocationsGermany-Flexible Location, Italy- Flexible Location, Spain- Flexible Location

Worker TypeEmployee

Worker Sub-TypeRegular

Time TypeFull time