Senior Specialist, Enterprise Procurement- Capital Equipment

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 were made to create Better Care for a Better World. As a person, you’re a problem-solver – a connector – someone who thrives on creating order from complexity and driving continuous improvement. You see the big picture while mastering the details, ensuring that every product, process, and partnership flows with precision and purpose. You live your life in alignment with the highest values of integrity, efficiency, and collaboration, always working to turn today’s challenges into tomorrow’s success stories. In this role, you’ll help us deliver better care for billions of people around the world. It starts with YOU.

In one of our Supply Chain roles, you’ll focus on winning with consumers and the market, while putting safety, mutual respect, and human dignity at the center. Job responsibilities include:

• Partnering with business stakeholders to define capital equipment requirements and sourcing priorities.
• Developing and executing category strategies for a $100M-$200M annual spend portfolio.
• Shaping enterprise equipment strategies using market trends, supplier insights, and business needs.
• Leading end-to-end sourcing events, including bidding, supplier selection, negotiations, and contract awards.
• Driving strategic category initiatives and implementation plans to deliver business value.
• Managing supplier relationships, performance, risk mitigation, and continuity issues across the enterprise.
• Providing market and supplier analytics, while tracking and reporting cost savings and sourcing results.
• Ensuring compliance with Kimberly-Clark policies and controls while building strong stakeholder relationships and removing barriers to execution.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Supply Chain, or a related field required. MBA, preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in Engineering, Procurement, Project Management, Manufacturing, or a related function; category management experience preferred.
• Advanced business acumen with analytical, problem-solving, project management, and technical capabilities.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and/or influencing skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across a global, matrixed organization.
• Self-motivated and results-oriented, able to work independently, drive outcomes, and travel up to 25%.