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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.

Commodities Manager EMEA

Are you a driven and strategic professional with a passion for procurement and supply chain excellence?

We are looking for an experienced professional with English and German skills to join us in our Center in Sant Cugat del Valles.

This position secures our EMEA plants needs and requirements for Subcontracting, Raw Material and Coating based on global strategies, to achieve Kennametal's objectives in terms of Delivery, Quality and Cost.

Key Job Responsibilities

• Manage regional demand for our EMEA plants for Subcontracting, Raw Material and Coating suppliers, including supplier performance and relationship management, total cost management and strategy execution. Key Sourcing contact person for our EMEA factories for all direct Subcontracting processes in the EMEA region.
• Collaborate with Global Category Management to align regional needs with the global strategy.
• Source and on-board new suppliers in line with commodity strategy
• Manage regional projects in alignment with Global Commodity Manager, lead commercial negotiations and continuously search for new ways to optimize the procurement costs
• Cooperate with suppliers and internal stakeholder (local as global), build and develop strong and mutual beneficial partnerships to fulfill the overall procurement targets within cost optimization, increasing value and contractual compliance
• Monitor overall QDC Performance of the regional commodity and drive improvement actions when required
• Drive the annual Business Review Meetings with key suppliers, in alignment with Global Commodity Manager
• Support Operations according to escalation process. Jointly with Global Commodity Manager, act as a liaison between the manufacturing sites within the businesses and the Sourcing organization, ensuring that the sourcing and manufacturing strategies are mutually aligned and supportive.
• Partner with the Global Sourcing Functional Excellence Team and other functions as required to ensure that defined best practices & designated tools and procedures are comprehensively deployed across the region and that sourcing projects are executed.
  
  

• Bachelor and/or master within a relevant field of study (Business, Supply Chain, Engineering).
• Proven track record within strategic procurement, preferentially related with Direct Sourcing and production processes.
• Extensive technical knowledge in the international environment company, good understanding of suppliers market, main cost drivers, technology trends and risk factors.
• Motivated by leading negotiations. Goal-oriented and proactive. Strong communication skills.
• Business Acumen – Driven by entrepreneurship. Able to set priorities and establish priorities. This role provides a unique opportunity to develop and manage a key commodity area.
• Business Performance Measurement – Ability to understand internal business processes, external market segments, establish strategic direction and business objectives, and gain alignment with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Customer Relationship Management - 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 to create effective strategies and reach timely decisions to foster mutually beneficial customer relationships.
• Data Management – Skilled in analytics; able to maintain key data, leverage raw data to organize and prioritize information for decision making.
• Willingness to travel 20-50% of the time to suppliers and company facilities across EMEA.
• Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint and SAP S3 or S/4HANA.
• Excellent English and German communication skills.
  
  

• Lunch Ticket COBEE
• ADESLAS – Additional health insurance
• Office located in Sant Cugat del Valles (25 Minutes by train from Plaza Catalunya)
• Hybrid work model