Global Category Manager - Eucalyptus

Global Category Manager - Eucalyptus

Job Description

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.

About 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:



* As a part of the Global Fiber and Fluff category team, develop and execute the global Eucalyptus category strategy by collecting inputs from North America supply chain leaders, NA R&D and Enterprise Value Stream teams (e.g., market trends, mill synergies, business needs); Execute the category strategy implementation plan across North America (as created by the Global Category Leader) and continuously refresh the strategy via regular check/adjust cadence.


* Manage category initiatives and strategic projects across North America (e.g., innovation, furnish mix changes, best-practice sharing, data gathering/inputs); Create and maintain category knowledge, playbooks, and processes to ensure strategies remain informed, relevant, and up to date; Represent Procurement on Enterprise Value Stream activities for category-related projects.


* Support execution of Eucalyptus initiatives by partnering with Global R&D, Enterprise Value Stream and segments to scale adoption and identify suppliers to support the program.


* Establish trust and accountability with stakeholders; communicate clearly and succinctly on platform goals, risks, and changes; Partner with procurement business partners, R&D and Agile squads (and other cross-functional product owners as applicable) to deliver sourcing and category initiatives.


* Maintain strong connectivity with CoE and amplified commodities teams to exchange/build market intelligence and support ABU reviews and sourcing analytics; Lead through hands-on engagement with decision makers to drive alignment and change adoption; Lead and support sourcing events at both a global and segment level (as needed); routinely benchmark "mark the market" through competitive RFXs for new services and renewals and challenge auto-renewals; Own key global supplier relationships...