Strategic Commodity Manager

Strategic Commodity Manager at Lam Research

In the Specialty OEM group, you'll be working with suppliers that provide material that support our Wet Deposition products that differ in technology and are focused in support of these toolsets. It can range from specialized metal anodes to heater/chillers. Since the products are specialized, having an understanding of fluidics and how acid-rich environments can affect parts is a plus.

At Lam, as a Strategic Commodity Manager, you play a crucial role in managing industry suppliers. You’ll develop and implement commodity strategies, align development deliverables, benchmark suppliers, negotiate agreements, and resolve delivery, cost, and production challenges. In a highly visible and dynamic environment, your strategic expertise in implementing initiatives will support commodity availability, quality, and cost to maintain Lam's reliability and competitive edge.

• Serve as team facilitator for most supplier Global Agreement negotiations, renegotiations, and contract addendums.
• Negotiate performance-based, preferred supplier agreements to provide incentive for continuous supplier improvement.
• Advise commodity team leader on strategic plans.
• Represent strategic commodity management on a cross-functional strategic commodity team that focuses on strategic supply challenges to ensure internal/external customer needs are satisfied.
• Demonstrate proven ability to gain partnership and excel on a cross-functional team with product, manufacturing, and quality engineers, as well as with Legal, procurement, finance, and product support.
• Monitor metrics in line with AOP (annual operating plan) objectives relative to supplier performance against these expectations to ensure continuous supplier improvement; then drive team to address and close gaps to meet objectives.
• Regularly evaluate cost and quality performance benchmarks, and the risks associated with the preferred supply base selection. Develop and apply a strategic commodity plan to define a preferred supplier base for highly technical and/or contractually complex commodities. Encourage and coordinate early supplier involvement on highly technical and/or contractually complex new product designs using the suppliers’ expertise to optimize quality, cost, and manufacturability.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain, or Engineering with 12 years of experience; or 8 years of experience and a Master's degree.
• Seven years of experience in a Supply Chain, Operations, or production/planning environment. Preferably in the semiconductor industry.
• Understanding of RF power technical documents (i.e., specifications, schematics, drawings) and function with semiconductor manufacturing tools.
• Exceptional interpersonal relationship skills and professional level of emotional intelligence necessary to achieve the desired objective deliverables.
• Proven experience of strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with a history of successful resolution.
• Requires excellent analytical and written/oral communication skills with the ability to communicate cross‑functionally and with various levels of the organization, including executives.
• Previous project management experience and knowledge of basic project management concepts.
• Continuity planning and risk mitigation development with suppliers.
• Domestic and international travel up to 25%.

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