{"id":3692909,"url":"https://alion.io/job/skf-global-supply-chain-purchasing-manager-aerospace","title":"Global Supply Chain & Purchasing Manager - Aerospace","company":{"id":450256,"name":"SKF","domain":"skf.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/skf-5","size_band":"5000+","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":95,"open_postings":11,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.182,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":25,"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"}},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":null,"employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"explicit","locations":["Blue Bell, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-11-03T17:14:51Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-11-03","last_verified_at":"2026-11-10T03:17:08Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":7,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":7},"description":"SKF AEROSPACE\nGlobal Supply Chain & Purchasing Manager - Aerospace\nGLOBAL ROLE | EUROPE & US | 10-FACTORY NETWORK | LOCATION: United States, Italy or France preferred\nThe opportunity\nAs part of the continued transformation of SKF Aerospace, we are looking for a Global Supply Chain & Purchasing Manager to lead two critical, connected agendas across our global factory network. The primary transformation mandate is to build a more connected, standardized and execution-focused Supply Chain. At the same time, the role will advance Purchasing performance and Integrated Cost Reduction by realizing the full value available through supplier strategy, commercial execution, and cross-functional cost improvement.\nThis is a strategic Business Unit leadership role with direct impact on customer service, operational stability, inventory, cash, cost competitiveness and profitable growth. The ideal candidate will pair enterprise-wide leadership with effective execution, collaborating with regional and factory teams in Europe and the U.S. while working closely with Operations, Engineering, Quality, Sales, and Finance.\nTHE MANDATE\n Transform the Aerospace Supply Chain and convert the full Purchasing and cost-reduction opportunity into sustainable business performance.\nWhat you can expect in the role\nSupply Chain transformation and performance\nShape and direct the global Aerospace Supply Chain strategy and transformation roadmap so it aligns with Business Unit priorities and the Operational Excellence journey. Improve sustainable performance in Net Working Capital and inventory while balancing customer service, production stability, capacity and business requirements.\nReinforce adherence to plan through robust S&OP/S&OE and planning routines, clear accountability, transparency and disciplined execution.\nEnhance and further expand common processes, KPIs, governance and ways of working across the network, using Nexus as a key enabler of standardization, data consistency and transformation.\nImprove end-to-end visibility across demand, supply, capacity and inventory to enable faster, fact-based decisions and effective risk management.\nLead Supply Chain support for industrial transfers, ramp-ups, ramp-downs and other major operational changes.\nDevelop a robust global Supply Chain community and enhance capability in planning, inventory, systems, data and performance management across the factories.\nPurchasing, supplier performance and Integrated Cost Reduction\nDefine and direct the Aerospace Purchasing agenda in line with Business Unit priorities and SKF Group Purchasing principles.\nLead category, sourcing, and supplier strategy efforts for Aerospace activities throughout operations in Europe and US.\nEnhance supplier performance across cost, quality, delivery, capacity, cash, and risk by reinforcing commercial agreements, negotiation discipline, and supplier development.\nLead the Aerospace Integrated Cost Reduction agenda and maintain a credible, measurable pipeline of structural cost-improvement opportunities.\nMobilize Purchasing, Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality and Finance around design-to-cost, value engineering, sourcing, negotiation and specification optimization.\nEnhance Purchasing governance, data and performance indicators to ensure accountability, opportunity conversion and measurable business impact.\nLeadership and business integration\nLead and develop the global Supply Chain and Purchasing organization through regional and functional responsibilities, with clear priorities, decision rights and accountability.\nConnect Supply Chain and Purchasing choices to customer commitments, factory performance, cash, cost and profitable growth.\nIdentify performance gaps and opportunities, prioritize the highest-value actions and sustain improvements beyond individual initiatives.\nCreate effective collaboration across factories, regions and functions while maintaining high expectations for local execution and ownership.\nWhat we are looking for\nYou are an experienced international leader who can shift between enterprise strategy and factory reality. You bring the transformative leadership required to reshape Supply Chain performance, together with the commercial sharpness and execution discipline needed to capture the full Purchasing opportunity.\nSignificant leadership experience across Supply Chain and Purchasing/Procurement in a complex international manufacturing environment, ideally spanning multiple sites, countries or regions.\nEstablished record of shaping Supply Chain transformation, standardizing workflows, and supporting sustainable performance growth.\nDeep understanding of demand and supply planning, S&OP/S&OE, inventory and Net Working Capital, capacity management and operational execution.\nExtensive experience in direct-material purchasing, category or sourcing strategy, supplier management and complex commercial negotiations.\nAbility to deliver structural cost reduction, value creation and supplier-performance improvement.\nExperience leading cross-functional cost-improvement, value-engineering or design-to-cost initiatives.\nExperience with ERP, planning and Supply Chain systems, supported by consistent data, process and performance-management discipline.\nAbility to translate Business Unit priorities into concrete actions and measurable results at regional and factory level.\nSkilled in people leadership and in developing capability, building communities, and supporting accountability across organizational and cultural boundaries.\nEffective at building relationships, communicating clearly, and managing stakeholders in an international matrix setting.\nFluent English and willingness to travel across the Aerospace network.\nAs a leader at SKF, you lead by example: you enable performance through empowerment and feedback, develop yourself and others, and move the business forward with a future-oriented mindset. You build trust through transparent, authentic communication, enjoy leading and coaching diverse teams, and actively encourage change in an inclusive environment - always living the SKF values of Collaboration, Curiosity, Courage and Care.\nYou will enjoy working here if you are...\nA transformation leader: You set a clear direction, question established practices and turn complex change into simpler, standardized and sustainable ways of working. You use advanced analytical capabilities and implement new digital approaches including AI and automation.\nBusiness-minded: You understand how Supply Chain and supplier decisions shape service, stability, inventory, cash, competitiveness and growth.\nCommercially sharp: You see value opportunities, test assumptions and bring rigor to sourcing, negotiations and opportunity conversion.\nPerformance-driven: You translate strategy into priorities, ownership and measurable results, and you stay close enough to execution to make change happen.\nCollaborative and effective: You bring factories, regions, and functions together around shared goals while keeping accountability clear.\nPassionate about people: You coach leaders and teams, build capability near the work, and encourage an environment in which people act with responsibility.\nOur offer\n*This is a distinctive opportunity to shape two major performance levers across a global Aerospace business.\nYou will lead a meaningful Supply Chain transformation, strengthen Purchasing execution and cost competitiveness, influence strategic business decisions and create lasting impact through people, processes, systems, suppliers and cross-functional collaboration. As an SKF leader, you will develop yourself, others and the business while living our values of Collaboration, Curiosity, Courage and Care.\n*A culture of diversity and inclusion!\nAt SKF we are committed to creating a diverse environment, and we firmly believe that a diverse workforce is essential for our continued success. Therefore, we only focus on your experience, skills, and potential. Come as you are - just be yourself #weareSKF\n*Fair and transparent compensation!\nWe provide transparent salary information in line with local legislation and base our decisions on objective criteria to ensure fairness and consistency throughout the recruitment process.\n\nWith reference to the Pay Transparency law Italy, the information regarding the minimum salary for the position will be shared to eligible candidates, in accordance with local legal requirement. For Italian candidates the salary information can be found HERE.\n\nSome additional information\nThis position will be located at one of our Aerospace site in Blue Bell, PA or Falconer, NY (United States), Airasca or Villa Perosa (Italy) or Valenciennes (France) preferred.\nYou will report to the Aerospace Business Unit Director, who is located in Blue Bell, PA, USA.\nFor questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Katrin Edelmann, Talent Acquisition Partner Europe & Africa, who is located in Schweinfurt, Germany, at . Please note that we can't accept applications via email.\nIs this you?\nIf the answer is yes, submit your application no later than November-18-2026.\nTo support a transparent process, we may include assessments and before hiring we can verify the information in your application in compliance with country-specific laws and regulations.","description_format":"text","description_chars":9332,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[{"language":"English","level":"Advanced (C1)","optional":false}]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"},{"name":"Germany","iso":"DE","kind":"country"},{"name":"France","iso":"FR","kind":"country"},{"name":"Italy","iso":"IT","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Supply Chain"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-11-03T17:14:51Z"}],"visa":[{"country":"US","licensed_sponsor":true,"adverts_offering_sponsorship_24m":0,"sanctioned_now":false,"evidence":"H-1B filings in 12 months: 4 · green card filings: 3","filings_12m":4,"filings_prev_12m":9,"green_card_filings_12m":3,"median_offered_wage_usd":122500,"route":null,"cap_exempt":false,"checked_at":"2026-11-10T11:34:35+00:00","sources":["US Department of Labor: LCA disclosure data (H-1B, H-1B1, E-3)","US Department of Labor: PERM disclosure data (green cards)"],"filings_for_role_12m":0}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":6,"expected_fill_days":25,"reasons":["conf:3","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-11-10T06:52:35Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/skf-global-supply-chain-purchasing-manager-aerospace","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/skf-global-supply-chain-purchasing-manager-aerospace.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-10T22:45:12Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":637,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-11T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":450256},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=450256"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fskf-global-supply-chain-purchasing-manager-aerospace"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":2,"usd":0.2},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fskf-global-supply-chain-purchasing-manager-aerospace"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.1,"usd":0.01},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fskf-global-supply-chain-purchasing-manager-aerospace"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/skf-global-supply-chain-purchasing-manager-aerospace\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fskf-global-supply-chain-purchasing-manager-aerospace"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3692909}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":"skf.com","detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3692909},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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