Director Global Procurement-Switzerland

at  Kennametal Inc

ABOUT KENNAMETAL

With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 8,700 employees are helping customers in nearly 100 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated $2.1 billion in revenues in fiscal 2023. Learn more at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.
Global Procurement Director (m/f/w)

JOB SUMMARY

This position will lead the Global Procurement team for Kennametal. In this role, you will lead a team of 5 to 7 direct reports with 40 to 50 total employees. This role will report directly to the VP of Global Sourcing and Procurement. You will be responsible for all aspects of the procure to pay process working closely with supply chain and operations to align purchase orders with demand and inventory targets. This role will partner closely with our global category teams to ensure the strategies are executed and adjusted to manage risks and drive continuous improvement. This team will directly interface with all global suppliers for Kennametal and set priorities and lead procurement activities to support daily operations and indirect services for the corporation.

• Lead Purchase requisition to purchase order conversion for Kennametal globally.
• Lead development, communication, and performance monitoring for supply base. Coordinate with cross functional stakeholder to meet delivery, quality, cost, lead time, and inventory targets for supply base.
• Attract, develop, retain, and lead performance improvement actions to manage talent.
• Interface with regional sourcing leaders on drive system and process standards. Identify and manage projects to drive performance and efficiency improvement coordinating with sourcing transformation team.
• Provide global sourcing leadership for purchasing process performance and optimization for Kennametal.
• Lead the optimization of tactical purchasing tasks from sourcing, plant buyers and support operations to maximize performance and minimize the cost to serve the business.
• Execute global category strategies and promote with cross functional stakeholders. Provide input to the global category strategies to drive continuous improvement and risk reduction.
• Provide sourcing leadership within each region interfacing with operations and the business teams. Act as the first escalation point for sourcing and procurement execution issues. Engage category managers, supplier quality and sourcing leadership as appropriate for systemic or critical issue resolution.