Supply Chain Business Manager

**The Group You’ll Be A Part Of**

The Global Operations Group brings information systems, facilities, supply chain, logistics, and high-volume manufacturing together to drive the engine of our global business operations. We help Lam deliver industry-leading solutions with speed and efficiency, while actively supporting the resilient and profitable growth of Lam's business.

**The Impact You’ll Make**

At Lam, as a Supply Chain Business Manager, you play a crucial role in partnering with suppliers to drive operational excellence. Your data-driven approach ensures effective planning, scheduling, and monitoring material movement through our dynamic global production cycle. You’ll benchmark and monitor supplier performance to manage risk. By driving continuous supplier process improvements you support the productivity and efficiency of Lam's operations.

**What You’ll Do**
- Define, monitor, and evaluate supplier performance metrics
- Identify risks associated within the selected supplier base
- Drive continuous supplier process and performance improvement related to procurement, inventory control (e.g., JIT, Kanban, Supplier Managed Inventory) capacity planning and manufacturing strategies
- Develops, implements, and maintains policies, procedures, and material control systems to reduce costs, streamline procedures, and implement solutions.
- Document and share best known methods
- Assess available and needed capacity
- Assures that suppliers have the capacity to meet our current and future needs as well as ongoing upside capacity to satisfy unplanned demands.
- Plans and implements activities related to the timely, cost-effective procurement, inventory control, planning and quality control of production materials
- Manage allocations/priorities
- Works on escalations and delivery improvements
- Drive lead-time reduction efforts
- Support cost reduction efforts
- Create presentation, white papers, process flow charts to support continuous process improvement programs
- Represent Supply Chain Operations across the global organization
- Ensure internal/external customer needs are met
- Encourage supplier involvement in highly technical / contractually complex new product part designs using the suppliers’ expertise to optimize quality and manufacturability
- Work with engineering and the supplier to resolve complex problems to ensure on time delivery of critical material

**Who We’re Looking For**
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related fields. Alternatively at least 5 years of experience in a similar role in the semiconductor industry
- Deep product knowledge on the Clean Product Business including knowledge of specific product parts
- Knowledge of supply chain management, procurement, materials management, manufacturing processes, business fundamentals/finance
- Project/program management skills and abilities
- Excellent problem-solving skills
- Ability to learn new technologies and manufacturing processes
- Ability to build and lead cross-functional teams
- Strong matrix management and relationship building abilities
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including presentation skills
- Strong negotiation skills

**Our Commitment**

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.
- Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories - On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. ‘On-site Flex’ you’ll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. ‘Virtual Flex’ you’ll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time._