The National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining Board of Directors
Philip H. Weihl

Vice President – Integrated Supply Chain and Logistics
Kennametal Inc.

Philip H. Weihl is Vice President, Integrated Supply Chain and Logistics for Kennametal Inc., Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Mr. Weihl joined Kennametal in 1986 as Manager, Manufacturing Systems. He became Manager of Manufacturing Systems and Services in 1991, Director of Metallurgical Operations in 1995, Director of North American Metalworking Manufacturing in 1997, Director of Global Manufacturing in 2000, Vice President of Global Manufacturing in 2001, Vice President of Kennametal Value Business System (KVBS) and Lean Enterprise in 2005, and Vice President Integrated Supply Chain and Logistics in 2009.

Mr. Weihl leads all manufacturing plants, distribution centers, and reconditioning facilities (excluding Extrude Hone), with additional responsibilities for inventory management, global purchasing, EHS leadership, and Lean Enterprise leadership for the entire corporation. Mr. Weihl has led the introduction of Lean Thinking at Kennametal; his organizations have realized multi-million dollar benefits from the implementation of Lean.

Before joining Kennametal, Mr. Weihl had increasing managerial responsibilities in the manufacturing section of Carboloy Systems Department at General Electric Company, Warren, Michigan. Prior to that, he was in General Electric's Manufacturing Management Program. Mr. Weihl earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, Indiana, in 1977 and a Master's Degree in Business Administration from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1984.

Mr. Weihl is a member of Kennametal's Executive Management Council, Chairman of the Board of Directors for the National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining, a member of the Board of Trustees for The Kennametal Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors for Saint Vincent College, a member of the Council of Advisors for Saint Vincent College's McKenna School of Business, and Chairman of the Kennametal Center for Operational Excellence Advisory Committee at Saint Vincent College, Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He has also served as the Chairperson of Kennametal's Manufacturing Council and Lean Enterprise Steering Council, as a member of the Board of Directors for Kennametal India Limited, and as a member of the Applied Mathematics Board of Visitors for Robert Morris College. In addition, he has served as the Chairperson of Kennametal's United Way Campaign in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania for two years (2001, 2002) and as Co-Chairperson of Kennametal's United Way United States Campaign in 2004.

Mr. Weihl is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio. He, his wife, and their two daughters reside in Greensburg, Pennsylvania.