Strategic Commodity Manager

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At Lam Research, we create equipment that drives technological advancements in the semiconductor industry. Our innovative solutions enable chipmakers to power progress in nearly all aspects of modern life, and it takes each member of our team to make it possible.

Across our organization, our employees come to work and change the world. We take on the toughest challenges with precision and accuracy. We push for the next big semiconductor breakthrough. We lead the way in one of the most critical and fast-moving industries on the planet. And we do it together, with deep connections and limitless collaboration.

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Because at Lam, we believe that when people are the priority and they're inspired to unleash the power of innovation for a better world together, anything is possible.

Date:
Sep 18, 2026

Location:

Tualatin, OR, US, 97062

Worker Category:
On-site Flex

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.

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. Navigating a highly visible and dynamic environment, your strategic expertise in executing initiatives will support commodity availability, quality, and cost objectives to maintain Lam's reliability and competitive edge.

• Own, develop, align, and implement commodity strategy.
• Understand the commodity landscape in order to forecast industry trends and gauge emerging competitive forces.
• Facilitate most supplier Global Agreement negotiations, renegotiations, and contract addendums.
• Negotiate performance-based, preferred supplier agreements, to provide incentives 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 supply challenges and ensures internal/external customer needs are satisfied.
• Work cross-functionally with product, manufacturing, and quality engineers as well as procurement, finance, and product support.
• Define and monitor metrics in line with AOP (annual operating plan) objectives relative to supplier performance against these expectations to ensure continuous supplier improvement; then drive the 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 strategic commodity plans to define a preferred supplier base for the Electromechanical Assembly (EMA) commodity.
• Encourage and coordinate early supplier involvement in new product designs using the suppliers’ expertise to optimize quality, cost,and manufacturability.

• Minimum of 12 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; or 8 years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with…