Supply Chain Business Mgr (all genders)

at  Lam Research

WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business administration, or related field
• More than 5 years of Supply Chain Management experience, managing global suppliers on direct & indirect materials and services
• Strong Knowledge on Purchasing agreements and contracting
• Enough experience on development, management and improvement of supplier performance metrics such as OTD, Consignment and Leadtime
• Familiarity with semiconductor or high-technology supply management practices, standards and organization would be a plus!
• Creative thinking and strong problem-solving capabilities and solid analytical skills
• Good understanding of materials and manufacturing processes
• Solid written/oral communication skills in English with ability to communicate cross-functionally and with various levels of the organization including Executive
• Excellent Skills in MS Office, ERP familiarity (SAP experience will be a plus)

The Supply Chain Business Manager defines metrics and monitors supplier performance against these expectations to ensure continuous supplier improvement. Regularly evaluates quality and sets performance benchmarks, and accesses the risks associated with the preferred supply base selection. Under your job responsibilities are to:

• work continuously on process improvement to deploy & develop best known methods related to procurement, inventory control (e.g., Consignment, JIT, Kanban, min/max) & manufacturing strategies
• encourage and coordinate early supplier involvement in highly technical and/or contractually complex new products parts design using the suppliers’ expertise to optimize quality and manufacturability
• establish goals with supplier to ensure material delivery meet forecasted demand
• act as an escalation point to resolve shortages
• represent supplier business management on cross-functional commodity teams that focus on supply challenges, and to ensure internal/external customer needs are satisfied
• work with engineering and the supplier to resolve complex problems, to ensure on time delivery of critical material in order to support customer and company requirements
• develop presentations, white papers, process flow charts to support continuous process improvement projects