Global Commodity Leader (Indirect & MRO)

8+ years sourcing/purchasing experience in a manufacturing environment, with strong working knowledge of domestic and international supply chain principles, MRP, inventory replenishment, financial analysis, and effective business processes.

Hands-on experience in Indirect, MRO, and expensed-items categories (facility services, packaging consumables, safety, lubricants, tooling, fasteners, electrical consumables, office/IT supplies, freight/logistics).

Ability to influence facility and product standards and drive quality systems.

Demonstrated experience with integrated supplier programs, distributor consolidation, VMI, and tail-spend rationalization at scale.

Familiarity with spend-analytics, contract-management, and ePro platforms (Sievo, Jaggaer, or equivalent) strongly preferred.

Lean / Six Sigma desired.

As part of our transformational Supply Chain journey, we are establishing a global, centralized supply chain that supports the entire Barry-Wehmiller Enterprise.

This role owns enterprise category strategy for indirect materials, MRO, expensed items, and tail spend across our network of manufacturing facilities; drives distributor and integrated-supplier consolidation; partners with our Supplier Quality & Development function on supplier performance; and stands up MRO Excellence as a discipline across BWG.

We are looking for a forward-thinking leader, both strategic and operational, who will partner with supply chain, finance, facilities, EHS, and operations teams to unlock the power of our scale.

This is a unique opportunity to help establish a world-class supply chain organization within a $3 billion privately held business with the freedom to adhere to a long-term strategy.

Own savings generation and execution for the category.

Build the annual savings pipeline, commit to gross and net savings targets, and deliver them.

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.