Job Description

The Group You\'ll Be A Part OfThe 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 MakeAt 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 implementing initiatives will support commodity availability, quality, and cost to maintain Lam\'s reliability and competitive edge.What You\'ll Do

• Develop and deploy new suppliers for critical technology in a fast-pace, high mix, low volume environment.

• Development of outsourcing capabilities for capacity flexibility, and extensive lead time reduction.

• Development of plans and metrics for annual cost savings.

• Develop and maintain suppliers\' core competencies to support local/global business requirements

• Manage supplier capacity plans and articulate constraints for long term planning

• Negotiate contracts (purchase agreements, ISA\'s and etc.) and identify/execute on pricing inflection points

• Manage Lam liabilities at suppliers through claims and balance sheet review processes

• Manage Lam working capital through lead time strategies including postponement, consignment, and inventory stocking strategies

• Continuity planning and risk mitigation.

Who We\'re Looking For

• Bachelor\'s Degree in Engineering, or Business-related field
• A degree or equivalent is required with 6+ years of related experience in a supply chain role, as an individual contributor
• Proven ability to gain partnerships and excel on a cross-functional teams
• Experience in procurement and supplier management desirable
• Ability to interpret technical documents (i.e. blueprints/drawings/BOM)
• Experience in using SAP system is a MUST
• Strong analytic and problem-solving skills
• Effective negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple processes and projects
• Team player, independent and meticulous

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in sourcing weldment assemblies or gas fluid system
• Experience in using SAP system
• Skills on MS office tools

Our CommitmentWe 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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