Global Supply Chain & Purchasing Manager - Aerospace

SKF • Valenciennes, PA

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About The Position

SKF Aerospace is seeking a Global Supply Chain & Purchasing Manager to lead connected transformation agendas across its global factory network in Europe and the United States. The role’s primary mandate is to build a more connected, standardized, and execution-focused Supply Chain while advancing Purchasing performance and Integrated Cost Reduction through supplier strategy, commercial execution, and cross-functional cost improvement.

This is a strategic Business Unit leadership position with direct impact on customer service, operational stability, inventory, cash, cost competitiveness, and profitable growth. The manager will collaborate with regional and factory teams and work closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Sales, and Finance.

The role will shape global Supply Chain strategy and transformation, strengthen planning and performance routines, improve end-to-end visibility, and lead Supply Chain support for industrial changes. It will also direct the Aerospace Purchasing agenda, category and supplier strategies, supplier performance, and the Integrated Cost Reduction pipeline. The manager will lead and develop the global Supply Chain and Purchasing organization, connecting functional decisions to customer commitments and business performance.

The position may be based at an Aerospace site in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania; Falconer, New York; Airasca or Villa Perosa, Italy; or Valenciennes, France. It reports to the Aerospace Business Unit Director, located in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania. The role requires fluent English and willingness to travel across the Aerospace network.

Requirements

• Significant leadership experience across Supply Chain and Purchasing or Procurement in a complex international manufacturing environment, ideally across multiple sites, countries, or regions.
• Established record of shaping Supply Chain transformation, standardizing workflows, and supporting sustainable performance growth.
• Deep understanding of demand and supply planning, S&OP/S&OE, inventory and Net Working Capital, capacity management, and operational execution.
• Extensive experience in direct-material purchasing, category or sourcing strategy, supplier management, and complex commercial negotiations.
• Ability to deliver structural cost reduction, value creation, and supplier-performance improvement.
• Experience leading cross-functional cost-improvement, value-engineering, or design-to-cost initiatives.
• Experience with ERP, planning, and Supply Chain systems, supported by consistent data, process, and performance-management discipline.
• Ability to translate Business Unit priorities into concrete actions and measurable results at regional and factory level.
• People leadership skills, including developing capability, building communities, and supporting accountability across organizational and cultural boundaries.
• Ability to build relationships, communicate clearly, and manage stakeholders in an international matrix setting.
• Fluent English.
• Willingness to travel across the Aerospace network.

Nice To Haves

• Experience spanning multiple sites, countries, or regions.

Responsibilities

• Shape and direct the global Aerospace Supply Chain strategy and transformation roadmap in alignment with Business Unit priorities and the Operational Excellence journey.
• Improve sustainable Net Working Capital and inventory performance while balancing customer service, production stability, capacity, and business requirements.
• Reinforce adherence to plan through S&OP/S&OE and planning routines, clear accountability, transparency, and disciplined execution.
• Expand common processes, KPIs, governance, and ways of working across the network, using Nexus to support standardization, data consistency, and transformation.
• Improve end-to-end visibility across demand, supply, capacity, and inventory to support faster, fact-based decisions and risk management.
• Lead Supply Chain support for industrial transfers, ramp-ups, ramp-downs, and other major operational changes.
• Develop a global Supply Chain community and build capability in planning, inventory, systems, data, and performance management across factories.
• Define and direct the Aerospace Purchasing agenda in line with Business Unit priorities and SKF Group Purchasing principles.
• Lead category, sourcing, and supplier strategy efforts for Aerospace operations in Europe and the United States.
• Improve supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, capacity, cash, and risk through commercial agreements, negotiation discipline, and supplier development.
• Lead the Aerospace Integrated Cost Reduction agenda and maintain a measurable pipeline of structural cost-improvement opportunities.
• Mobilize Purchasing, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, and Finance around design-to-cost, value engineering, sourcing, negotiation, and specification optimization.
• Enhance Purchasing governance, data, and performance indicators to strengthen accountability, opportunity conversion, and measurable business impact.
• Lead and develop the global Supply Chain and Purchasing organization, establishing clear priorities, decision rights, and accountability.
• Connect Supply Chain and Purchasing decisions to customer commitments, factory performance, cash, cost, and profitable growth.
• Identify performance gaps and opportunities, prioritize high-value actions, and sustain improvements beyond individual initiatives.
• Build collaboration across factories, regions, and functions while maintaining high expectations for local execution and ownership.

Benefits

• Opportunity to lead a meaningful Supply Chain transformation and strengthen Purchasing execution and cost competitiveness across a global Aerospace business.
• Opportunity to influence strategic business decisions and create lasting impact through people, processes, systems, suppliers, and cross-functional collaboration.
• A diverse and inclusive work environment.
• Transparent salary information in line with local legislation, with compensation decisions based on objective criteria.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed