Supply Chain Business Mgr 5

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

As a Supply Chain Business Manager 4 you will help drive delivery and supplier operational excellence within a global supply chain. This role is within the Supply Chain Operations team and Pilot NPI is instrumental in helping Supply Chain navigate through record ramps and other operational complexities thrown our way. In this position, you will manage global factories and have responsibility for multiple suppliers within the Metal Machining and Wet DeP Plastics Commodity.

• Plans, schedules and monitors the movement of materials through the production cycle to determine required materials purchases.
• Defines metrics and monitors supplier performance against these expectations to ensure continuous supplier improvement. Regularly evaluate quality and performance benchmarks, and the risks associated with the preferred supply base selection.
• Continuously work on process improvement to deploy & develop best known methods related to procurement, inventory control (e.g., JIT, Kanban, min / max) & manufacturing strategies.
• Established goals with supplier to ensure material delivery meet forecasted demand.
• Work with cross‑functional commodity teams that focus on supply challenges, and to ensure internal / external customer needs are satisfied.
• Manage key performance metrics - supplier OTD, consignment, lead‑time reduction, liability claim and inventory as E&O mitigation.
• Partner with Product Management, Manufacturing, Procurement, and Supplier Quality Engineers to accomplish tasks.
• Be a result‑driven, self‑starter with strong interpersonal skills focused on supporting internal and external customers.
• Multitask in a fast‑paced environment, adapt to changing priorities and work independently in a close‑knit team setting.
• Work with engineering and the supplier to resolve complex problems and ensure on‑time delivery of critical material to support customer and company requirements. Occasionally present business cases for engineering review.
• Develop presentations, white papers, process flow charts to support continuous process improvement projects.
• Work with buyer to monitor product cost and guide buyer to order with optimized pricing and support cost‑reduction efforts.
• Drive improvement of the supplier’s manufacturing processes to ensure process efficiency for lead‑time improvement.
• Position supplier to be a ‘preferred’ supplier category and qualify to become Lam top supplier in the annual Supplier award list.

Who We’re Looking For

Preferred Qualifications

Added Advantage But Not Compulsory

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 Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non‑discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

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.

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