Procurement Specialist

5 months ago

Sydney, Australia Kimberly-Clark Full time

**Job Description Summary**

Reporting to the Australia / New Zealand Procurement Leader, the **Procurement Specialist, Logistics** is responsible for the strategic sourcing of approx. $100mil spend in Logistics/3PL and co-packing for ANZ. The role will require ownership and development of the key stakeholder relationships with Regional Logistics leaders, ANZ business and Supply Chain Leadership, Regional and Global Logistics Procurement Leaders, Strategic Global and Regional Logistics suppliers, to translate business requirements into procurement strategy and best total value.

Additionally, the role is accountable to ensure compliance with procurement standards, methods, and procurement operation of the total spend area. He/ She is also responsible to develop the local supply market for the category with regional and Global alignment.

**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 151 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.**

**KEY RESPONSIBILITES**:

- Develop and support ANZ category management strategy, alignment with regional / global strategy plans
- Total ownership to the country category management strategy, development and execution for DC’s, transport, in-land and sea freight and related activities
- Provide local and regional market insights on supply-base, market/ emerging trend and intelligence to drive incremental value opportunities
- Develop ANZ Logistics category sourcing strategy to align and balance country requirements with regional and global strategy
- Support the Annual Procurement Planning Process
- Lead or support strategy execution via RFP or supplier negotiation in country and regional as required
- Responsible for operational issues escalation and approval of purchase requisitions (PR)
- Conduct sourcing activities such as RFPs, negotiations, to completion of award
- Lead supplier consolidation to streamline vendor base in line with logistics strategy
- Own contract process including review, approval and proper sign off
- Sourcing for alternatives to support innovation, cost initiatives as well as risk mitigation
- Implement and deliver Procurement targets for the assigned category (e.g. cost savings, cost avoidance, working capital, and TCO)
- Balance Cost and Quality factors in all the supplier engagement, and leverage regional and global category expertise
- Establish solid KPI to track supplier performance in conjunction with the stakeholders
- Lead supplier selection process with best in class tools and framework
- Adopt KC Approved Master Agreement for all supplier engagements
- Develop supplier evaluation and audit framework in collaboration with regional and global category teams
- Lead supplier development activities, set-up cross functional reviews to improve performance and drive value creation
- Proactively identify supply continuity risks and develop mitigation plans
- Lead Supplier Evaluation for key suppliers
- Identify external forums and resources for logistics team to increase market knowledge
- Continue to benchmark KC sourcing category in the marketplace
- Continuously evaluate the supply market to ensure that the latest information is available. Perform market analysis in close cooperation with other departments

**QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE**:
**Qualifications**
- Bachelor’s degree
- Logistics Procurement Experience in FMCG industry and/or 3PL environment
- Advance negotiation, and sourcing strategy development skills
- Good project management and communication skill in English
- Good understanding on financial metrics (i.e., Working Capital, Cost Avoidance, NSV, DPO, etc)
- Ability to work independently
- Excellent Microsoft office Skills (ie., Excel, PPT and WORD)

**DESIRABLE**
- SAP/ Coupa knowledge and experience is beneficial

**Total Benefits**

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.

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

- Competitive salary and incentives: We offer a competitive salary and a range of incentives, including bonus opportunities, and flexible work options.

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