Manager Corporate Services-India

About Kennametal

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 . Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Job Summary

Manager Corporate Services is responsible for global planning, ( Except , India & APAC) purchasing and maintaining vehicles for deliveries, registering and licensing vehicles, assignment, utilization, maintenance, repair, replacement and disposal of fleet vehicles and finding ways to cut costs and maximize profits. Manager Corporate Services oversees all commercial vehicles, drivers, and related assets, including their operations, conditions, external and internal policy compliance, and overall performance. This role ensures that vehicles and drivers are being utilized to their fullest potential in a safe and cost-effective manner. Manager Corporate Services will be the administrator of the Corporate Travel & Expense (TE) credit card for the United States.

Key Responsibilities

• Serves as the primary contact for the external fleet provider and the internal Kennametal car users.
• Co-creates and assist in modifying of the cost optimized car policies for each country where Kennametal is using leased cars, jointly with Kennametal HR responsible, Fleet Commodity Manager and the external fleet provider;
• Constantly monitors and evaluates the local car policies efficiency versus the market leaders and competitors;
• Strives towards fleet costs optimizations, develops methods to decrease cost and improve efficiency;
• Assists in purchasing and handing over the vehicles to the users; provides all necessary instructions and ensures formal compliance, including all permissions required in each country, yearly highway tolls, ecological permits for entering the city centers, etc.;
• Monitors timely car services and tire exchanges, informs users in case of any incompliance detected;
• Provides reports to management on budgeting, schedules, maintenance and fleet progress;
• Controls all costs and approves invoices related with the fleet management;
• Provides support in emergency cases that require assistance, like car accidents, temporary replacement cars, short term car rentals and similar cases upon actual needs.
• Approve applications for new TE credit cards;
• Monitor spend for individual TE card holders and increase credit limit as needed;
• Close TE credit cards for individuals no longer in need of a TE card;
• Provide monthly spend reports to Executive Administrators as needed;
• Monitor the CPC Mailbox and aid TE card holders;
• Manage individual card holder account changes as needed

Skills & Education

• Bachelor and/or technical degree within a relevant field of study (preferred Business Management, HR, or Engineering).
• Proven track record within fleet management (+3 years) in the multinational company with large car fleet scope.
• Experience and networking skillset in international environment (having the ability to easily communicate; understand and adapt style to global cultures, and build global relationships)
• Strong communication and internal customer relationship management skills.
• Strong service-oriented mindset.
• Excellent English communication skills, German on at least B1 level, other languages will be an asset.
• SAP or other ERP system usage experience will be an additional asset.
• Data management – skilled in analytics; able to maintain key data, leverage raw data to organize and prioritize information for decision making.
• High time management skills and ability to work under pressure.

Equal Opportunity Employer