Equipment Material Management Leader

About Samsung Austin Semiconductor

Samsung is a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, founded on the belief that the pursuit of excellence creates a better world. At SAS, we are Innovating Today to Power the Devices of Tomorrow.

In your role as an Equipment Material Management Leader, you’ll be responsible for overseeing the management of semiconductor equipment, components, and specialized shipments within the organization. This role combines supply chain knowledge with regulatory compliance to ensure that manufacturing, research and development, and operational teams receive the necessary parts in a timely manner while minimizing costs and adhering to all trade and safety regulations.

Here’s What You’ll Be Responsible For:

• Oversee all aspects of warehouse and inventory management, including receiving, storing, and distributing semiconductor equipment and components.
• Lead end-to-end vendor management, including sourcing, qualification, performance evaluation, and maintaining strong supplier relationships. Develop and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) for material flow, vendor performance, cost efficiency, and inventory accuracy.
• Manage service and equipment contracts, including negotiation, renewals, and compliance tracking.
• Collaborate with internal teams including procurement, engineering, operations, and finance to support material requirements for manufacturing and R&D.
• Ensure compliance with all local, state, federal, and international trade regulations, particularly in relation to Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ). Implement best practices in materials planning, logistics, and warehousing to ensure availability of parts and equipment with minimal lead times.
• Identify and drive process improvements to reduce costs, improve quality, and streamline operations.
• Use ERP systems and inventory tools to maintain accurate stock levels and real-time visibility into inventory movements.
• Excellent understanding of supply chain management principles and ability to apply statistical and quantitative methods to optimize inventory. Creates and produces a series of reports on daily, weekly, and monthly basis to meet department goals.
• Perform causative research and documents discrepancies using all available resources to identify root causes and offer possible solutions. Provide oversight of logistics operations; technical subject matter expert for SOPs.
• Regularly monitor workflow and the execution of assigned logistical functions for SAS.
• Benchmark new logistics developments.
• Identify areas of improvement for material management logistics.
• Self-driven project management.
• Identify and address various process gaps.
• Exercise independent judgement when faced with ambiguity.
• Oversee the deliveries of specialized shipments.
• Coordinate and schedule material shipments to sustain target site levels and keep the Fab constantly supplied. Remain synchronized with end users’ requirements.
• Monitor delivery to receipt with end user.
• Act quickly when disruption in materials flow (off site); liaison between Procurement and end user.
• Develop projects to refine and make lean systems and processes for current material support operations.
• Execute projects to specified timelines.
• Other responsibilities as needed.

Here’s what you’ll need:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations, Engineering, or related field (advanced degree is a plus)
• APICS CPIM or CSCP a plus.
• 5+ years of progressive experience in materials management, with a strong emphasis on semiconductor equipment and warehouse operations.
• Demonstrated expertise in vendor management, including contract negotiations and supplier performance oversight.
• Proficient in KPI development and monitoring for materials, warehouse, and vendor metrics.
• In-depth understanding of service and equipment contracts and negotiation techniques.
• Experience with Foreign Trade Zones (FTZ) or international logistics strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, or similar).
• Advanced Excel data analysis skills—required
  • SQL, Python, or R—preferred SAP Material Management is a…