Director Purchasing- Foundry and Advanced Packaging

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc•Austin, TX

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About The Position

The Director of Purchasing will coordinate the management and spend of AMD’s foundry suppliers, including wafer and post-fab/advanced-packaging suppliers, and report directly to the Senior Director of Procurement. The role develops AMD’s global foundry procurement strategy and implements a supplier development program with a coordinated, long-term approach to cost, quality, and service. It also builds and maintains strong supplier relationships and provides analytical support and recommendations on sourcing strategies, requirements planning, and cost improvement. The position leads foundry procurement processes and bidding, negotiation, contracting, supplier-performance management, market research, and spend, savings, and forecasting activities. It partners with internal stakeholders and suppliers to meet AMD’s near- and long-term needs, and communicates commodity strategy and progress to senior management. The role is based in Austin, Texas, and is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Requirements

B.S., M.S., or MBA in Engineering.
Strong negotiation skills.
Supply Chain Management (SCM) knowledge.
Excellent communication and people skills.
Ability to analyze complex issues and available data, select appropriate methods and evaluation criteria, and develop sophisticated solutions and recommendations.
Ability to network with key contacts outside the area of expertise.
Ability to initiate and lead projects that support procurement scalability and AMD’s growth.

Nice To Haves

Extensive foundry or semiconductor experience.
Strong engineering background.
NAPM/APICS certification.
Green Belt certification.
Understanding of regional and global markets and cultures.

Responsibilities

Develop processes and methods for new assignments and coordinate activities of other personnel as a team lead.
Collaborate with partners and foundry team members to develop negotiation strategies that drive cost targets.
Develop, implement, and lead foundry procurement management processes with internal and external partners, including NPI and technology NRE enablement, spend and savings reporting, critical-action tracking, reporting, and accountability.
Own the bidding process, including analysis, price negotiation, and driving business awards.
Implement contracts that minimize AMD’s risk and enable supplier accountability for non-performance.
Drive supplier performance reviews against contractual requirements and AMD’s short- and long-term needs.
Lead Supplier Performance Management and the quarterly scorecard process covering cost, technology, quality, service, and flexibility.
Develop and communicate a commodity strategy that reflects key partner inputs to AMD senior management, and regularly report progress against the plan.
Collaborate on and formalize foundry market research and benchmarking processes.
Work with management to understand negotiation requirements and exercise judgment in negotiations.
Collaborate with suppliers to communicate AMD requirements.
Own spend, savings, and forecasting for foundry suppliers.
Build and maintain strong supplier relationships.
Provide analysis and recommendations on sourcing strategies, requirements planning, and cost improvement.
Develop the global foundry procurement strategy and supplier development program for long-term cost, quality, and service.