Senior Supply Chain Business Manager
Lam Research
- Phoenix, AZ
- Permanent
- Full-time
- 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.
- Initiate 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.
- You'll establish goals with supplier to ensure material delivery meet forecasted demand.
- Be the point of contact for escalations 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.
- Partner with engineering and the supplier(s) 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.
- Bachelor's degree Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Materials Science, Logistics, or related technical discipline.
- Twelve (12) years of experience in a similar role.
- Solid data analytical skills with the ability to develop into action plans.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills with ability to communicate cross-functionally and with various levels of the organization, including Executives.
- Understanding of operational processes and interdependencies.
- Previous work experience in commodity management, procurement, contracting, materials management, operations management
- Ability to travel up to 25%