.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. Commodity Specialist In Kennametal, we are looking for a German speaker to join us in our Global Sourcing team. They will create and lead the execution of the sourcing strategy for the assigned categories: Facility services and Utilities expenses, involving a depth understanding of the supply market, supplier sourcing, risk and performance management, and supplier relationship management, in order to achieve Kennametal's objectives in terms of Delivery, Quality and Cost. Responsibilities Responsible for Key Metrics & Outcomes including Ethics, Total Cost Reduction, Strategic Sourcing Strategies to Identify Improvements, Execute Plans for Improvement, Avoidance of Sole Source Items, DPO, Delivery Performance, Quality, Inflation Mitigation, Compliance to Conflict Mineral Policies. Manage Facility Services, Utilities, including strategy development & deployment, supplier performance and relationship management, and total cost management and execution. Cooperate with suppliers and internal stakeholders (global and local), build and develop strong and mutually beneficial partnerships to fulfill the overall procurement targets within cost optimization, increasing value and contractual compliance. Is accountable for the annual KPIs for assigned commodity, including the cost reduction initiatives, cash flow improvements, and Framework Agreement spend coverage. Source and onboard new suppliers in line with commodity strategy, responsible for supplier selection process, and segmentation. Perform market analysis to maintain a good knowledge of potential evolutions within the assigned commodity (new players, new technologies, etc.), strong involvement in Advanced Engineering and early supplier integration. Leverage market data and create various price/service models to develop an understanding of market drivers to enhance the overall strategy and promote timely and effective decision making. Manage cross-functional projects, lead price and contract negotiations and continuously search for new ways to optimize procurement costs. Monitor overall QDC Performance of the commodity and drive improvement actions when required. Drive the annual Business Review Meetings with key suppliers. Support Operations according to escalation process