Amy E. Herron

About Amy E. Herron

Strategic, dedicated, and passionate leader with a reputation for leading large-scale initiatives to deliver global enterprise procurement and strategic sourcing operations. I maintain a proven track record of providing extensive cross-functional expertise in purchasing, the industry of international trading, supply chain service, logistics, relationship management, and the development of integral process improvements. She is proud to have earned respect as a motivational, forward-thinking leader and collaborator who guides team members in designing, planning, and executing long-term solutions to increase efficiency and bottom-line revenues. As an out-of-the-box thinker, I remain fully committed to establishing strategic supplier and key stakeholder relationships that lead to performance-based, low-cost solutions.Amy currently leverages her talents at Kennametal Inc by leading a global sourcing and supply chain team to oversee approximately $350M annual spend of critical raw materials across all global metallurgical manufacturing operations. She has fostered the sustainability of critical supplier relationships by engaging, developing, and nurturing relationships with current and potential key strategic suppliers in both the domestic and international landscapes, including mitigating risks related to the impact of China tariffs and the COVID global shut down. Throughout her more than 20-year career, she has ensured on-time and on-budget execution of all sourcing transitional or improvement projects by directing the project team to collaborate with commodity managers, internal stakeholders, and suppliers. If you would like to contact me, I can be reached at h••••••••@gmail.com

Experience

1. Director, Advanced Materials Strategic Sourcing

   Kennametal

   Aug 2025 — Present · Latrobe, PA, US

Education

• Seton Hill University

  BA