Commodities Specialist

About Kennametal

With over 85 years as an industrial technology leaderKennametal productivity to customers through materials science tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense earthworks energy general engineering and transportation turn toKennametalto help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram Facebook LinkedIn and YouTube.

Job Title:Commodities Specialist

Location: Hybrid Either Pittsburgh or Latrobe PA

Job Summary:

This position involves implementing strategic sourcing strategies (defined by the global category leader) and optimizing procurement processes in North America for one or more assigned categories of spend.

Key Job Responsibilities:

• Supports the development implementation and governance of sourcing strategies for assigned commodity categories; including supplier selection supplier relationship development supplier performance optimization pricing & contract negotiations leveraging sourcing tools to secure optimum value understanding & mitigating supply chain risk etc.
• Communicates and ensures proper governance of the corporate-wide Sourcing strategy.
• Key Metrics & Outcomes include: Cost Reduction DPO Supplier On-Time Delivery & Quality Supplier Lead Time Reduction Supplier Count Reduction
• Develops knowledge and understanding of cost drivers and manufacturing/service processes related to assigned commodity categories and leverages this knowledge to optimize value for Kennametal
• Drives to develop and understand internal stakeholder requirements and uses this information to assist in recommendation of sourcing decisions.
• Requirements
• Education: Bachelors Degree (RQ) in Supply Chain Business or Engineering; MBA (PF)
• Experience: 1 years in Strategic Sourcing (RQ) with 3 years of Manufacturing experience (PF).
• Maintains the highest level of integrity ethics commitment to safety and compliance to KMTs code of conduct; role models these behaviors for suppliers.
• Proven experience in leading and developing the sourcing capabilities of the team comfortable leading through influence skilled in all forms of communication.
• Understands organization of internal customer groups key users and characteristics of these customers. Drives to understand customer requirements and uses this information as an input into sourcing decisions. Develops and fosters mutually beneficial customer relationships.
• Skilled in analytics; leverages ERP software & raw data to organize and prioritize information for decision making.
• Supports project management function in designing planning and managing projects to deliver value-added solutions within defined time and cost parameters
• Understands financial concepts including invoicing accounts payable and other financial business processes. Interprets financial data analyzes cost structures and determines financial impacts of decisions.
• Proficiency: MS Office Excel Word & PowerPoint (RQ) SAP (PF)

Education Work Experience Skills Certificates

• Education: Bachelors Degree (RQ) in Supply Chain Business or Engineering; MBA (PF)
• Experience: 1 years in Strategic Sourcing (RQ) with 3 years of Manufacturing experience (PF).
• Maintains the highest level of integrity ethics commitment to safety and compliance to KMTs code of conduct; role models these behaviors for suppliers.
• Proven experience in leading and developing the sourcing capabilities of the team comfortable leading through influence skilled in all forms of communication.
• Understands organization of internal customer groups key users and characteristics of these customers. Drives to understand customer requirements and uses this information as an input into sourcing decisions. Develops and fosters mutually beneficial customer relationships.
• Skilled in analytics; leverages ERP software & raw data to organize and prioritize information for decision making.
• Supports project management function in designing planning and managing projects to deliver value-added solutions within defined time and cost parameters
• Understands financial concepts including invoicing accounts payable and other financial business processes. Interprets financial data analyzes cost structures and determines financial impacts of decisions.

Kennametal Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.