Procurement Manager

Procurement Manager

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.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and coordinate critical business projects applicable to Brazil Organization; Innovation projects; Cost Transformation initiatives; Internal/External benchmarking; Business Continuity solutions.
• Act as a liaison between the Procurement function and Brazil Business Organization, International Personal Care Business Organization, Global Procurement Organization and other Supply Chain functions ensuring strategy deployment and providing insights to strategic operating reviews. Manage global, regional & local senior business stakeholders to ensure alignment to Business Units goals.
• Serve as escalation point for Procurement topics related to Brazil operation: Supplier issues/concerns/opportunities; Provide insight on procurement/supplier impacts to proposed process changes. Maintain an effective business relationship with all suppliers and stakeholders based on clear, concise group and personal communication.
• Manage 3 Specialists who will be the first point of contact with business functions and support strategy implementation.
• Serve as a change agent for the Procurement organization, with a strong ownership mentality and willingness to challenge the status quo.
• Drive continuous improvement across Procurement organization.

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 in related disciplines (Engineer, Business, Administration);
• Previous experience working in a consumer goods industry. Prior people management experience.
• Experience in increasingly broader procurement and supply chain roles with demonstrated track record of achievement and growth in leadership.
• Experience in a major purchasing commodity group is strongly preferred.
• Excellent judgment, people skills, cultural awareness and professional maturity with executive presentation experience, comfortable interacting with senior executive leadership, lead, facilitate and manage change effectively.
• Demonstrated ability to influence change and drive results in a global matrix organization.
• Language: English skills - fluent.

Total Benefits

Here are just a few of the benefits you’d enjoy working in this role for Kimberly-Clark:

• Great support for good health with medical and dental.
• Pension Plan options to support yourself and your family in the future.

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.

Employment is subject to verification of pre-screening tests, which may include drug screening, background check, and DMV check.

No Relocation: 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 Location: Sao Paulo Office

Additional Locations

Worker Type: Employee

Worker Sub-Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time