Design Logistics Director

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

As Director – Design for Logistics, you will shape how semiconductor tools and parts move around the world. You will lead KLA’s enterprise-wide effort to make logistics a design priority—not an afterthought. You will embed logistics requirements into product, packaging, and business process design, from early concepts through the Product Lifecycle (PLC) and operational decision-making. Partnering with Product Development, Packaging Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics (Warehousing & Freight), Manufacturing Operations, and Trade Operations, you will shape how our tools and parts are packaged, stored, and transported.

Your focus: lower costs, greater sustainability, faster delivery, and a better customer experience.

• Set the global direction.
• Develop and own the Design for Logistics (DfL) framework, standards, and governance model.
• Institutionalize logistics considerations in Product Development and Business Process Design, partnering with PLC owners to embed requirements in phase-gate reviews.
• Design for efficient, resilient logistics.
• Define principles for packaging, palletization, cube efficiency, transportation modes, and storage.
• Challenge designs that constrain transportation efficiency, modal flexibility, or storage utilization.
• Establish guidelines for multimodal transport, warehouse automation compatibility, and damage prevention.
• Turn analysis into priorities.
• Conduct a holistic Package Lifecycle Assessment (PLA) to identify opportunities across cost, emissions, space utilization, damage reduction, and recyclability.
• Use Pareto analysis, total cost of ownership (TCO) modeling, and cube optimization to prioritize the highest-value improvements.
• Deliver measurable business impact.
• Build dashboards, KPIs, and analytics to track packaging, transportation, and handling performance.
• Reduce transportation and storage costs through better cube utilization and packaging optimization, and strengthen supply chain resilience through packaging versatility and modal flexibility.
• Build alignment and lasting capability.
• Bring packaging engineering, suppliers, and logistics teams together to deliver feasible, scalable designs.
• Lead training, playbook development, and best-practice sharing across design, engineering, and logistics teams.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field.
• 12–15+ years of experience in logistics, packaging engineering, supply chain design, or product development.
• Strong understanding of KLA OS and the PLC process strongly preferred.
• Proven leadership in Design for Logistics, packaging optimization, or Design for Excellence (DfX) initiatives.
• Strong understanding of global transportation networks, warehousing operations, packaging materials, and automation environments.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional change and influence senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of semiconductor equipment products and tools.
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.
• Willingness and ability to travel internationally (approximately 20%).
• Ability to translate technical concepts into business value.

• Drive vision and purpose.
• Build high-performing teams.
• Exemplify KLA values.
• Apply systems thinking and end-to-end supply chain understanding.
• Influence strategically and lead across functions.
• Make data-driven decisions.
• Bring packaging, material science, and engineering literacy.
• Communicate clearly, tell compelling stories, and engage executives.
• Lead change management and organizational development.