Agile Procurement Project Lead

Agile Procurement Project Lead

Job Description

Agile Procurement Project Lead (12-month Fixed Term Contract)

Location: Walton Oaks, Surrey, UK/ Other EMEA locations can be considered

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.  

As a Project Manager in the Agile Procurement Team, you'll serve as a variable resource within the Global Procurement Centre of Expertise (COE).

This role is committed to unlocking incremental value and accelerating delivery of critical negotiations & procurement projects.

You'll deliver high visibility, high ROI projects across categories in collaboration with the Agile Procurement Team, category managers and business leaders.

You'll utilize skills & experience in strategic sourcing, project management, and problem solving / critical thinking.

This is an individual contributor role with the Agile Procurement team, reporting to the Director of Agile Procurement & Analytics.

In this role, your responsibilities will include but not be limited to:


* Provide global and regional category teams with analytics, RFP/RFQ/RFI content development, and sourcing execution.


* Deliver robust analytical support (should cost, scenario modelling) for market events.


* Accelerate value delivery on key sourcing efforts by adding analytics, rigor and horsepower by utilizing a broad set of analytical capabilities.


* Apply agile principles and problem-solving frameworks to lead projects, structure sourcing events and to recommend best practices.


* Drive incremental value in current and future sourcing efforts by deploying critical thinking and problem-solving tools.


* Build knowledge of e-sourcing tools & leverage capabilities for value delivery (Coupa & Coupa Sourcing Optimization).


* Support category strategy development and other strategic projects

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 
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