Strategic Commodity Manager

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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 implementing initiatives will support commodity availability, quality, and cost to maintain Lam's reliability and competitive edge.

In this position you will play a vital role in managing suppliers and a team of Strategic Commodity Managers in the Metal Machining and Plastics Fabrication commodity with core responsibility to ensure products are delivered per plan.

• You will be responsible to develop a 3-year vision and strategy for assigned commodities. The strategy should enhance competitive differentiation and address cost, delivery, and quality. You will work across the organization to formulate and execute the strategies, align development deliverables, negotiate pricing and contracts and agreements, benchmark suppliers, and resolve delivery, cost, and production challenges.
• Manage supplier relationships, cost, lead sourcing decisions, plan adequate capacity, evaluate performance and manage commodity risks
• Benchmark, develop, implement, and improve supply chain processes and infrastructure to support quality, scalability, and supply continuity
• Work collaboratively with cross functional team and internal stakeholders in development of local and regional suppliers
• Domestic and international travel will be required

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, or Business; MBA or post graduate degree in Supply Chain Management.
• Ten (10) years of working experience in Supply Chain, Operations, or production environment, preferably in Semiconductor industry.
• Creative thinking and strong problem-solving capabilities.
• Solid analytical and written/oral communication skills with ability to communicate cross-functionally and with various levels of the organization including Executives.
• Has worked in a leadership role within a global matrix managed multi-site company with manufacturing and supplier operations spread over multiple continents and at least $1 billion in revenue.
• Has extensive experience interfacing with customers and suppliers and managing these relationships, knowledge of supply chain management business processes.
• Demonstrate proactive leadership in identifying problems, potential risks and mitigating those in advance of a critical situation.
• Working knowledge of the machine shop or job shop operations, processes, and experience managing high mix/low volume products.
• Proven ability to gain partnerships and excel working and leading in a cross-functional environment with new product introduction, manufacturing, quality and reliability engineers aswell as procurement, finance, and product support.
• Excel, PowerPoint and presentation skills.

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