Principal, Plant Purchasing Operations Partner

Entegris•Hillsboro, OR

10d•$127,000 - $160,000

About The Position

Entegris is seeking a Principal, Plant Purchasing Operations Partner to support its manufacturing sites in Hillsboro, Oregon, and San Luis Obispo, California. This highly visible position connects site operations with the centralized procurement organization and serves as the principal plant-facing expert in purchasing operations, complex supply execution, purchasing governance, and operational risk. The role represents plant priorities within the Purchasing Center while shaping enterprise principles, standards, and operating approaches to improve material availability, service, inventory health, and production continuity across multiple sites or regions. The partner leads resolution of significant and unique supply challenges, advises senior leaders on systemic supplier, fulfillment, and execution risks, and develops scalable approaches to escalation, governance, and performance management. Working through influence rather than direct authority, the position creates cross-functional networks, mentors experienced professionals, and leads initiatives that strengthen purchasing capability and deliver sustained enterprise outcomes.

Requirements

Typically, at least 12 years of related experience with a bachelor's degree, 8 years with a master's degree, or 5 years with a Ph.D.; equivalent experience is also considered.
Experience in Supply Chain, Purchasing, Procurement Operations, Operations, or a related field.
Broad expertise across purchasing operations, supply continuity, supplier performance, planning, inventory, and exception management, with deep knowledge in one or more specialized areas.
Demonstrated success leading significant, unique, cross-functional supply chain initiatives with impact across multiple sites, regions, or business groups.
Ability to evaluate complex situations involving incomplete information, competing operational priorities, and intangible business considerations, and translate analysis into clear decisions and recommendations.
Experience developing company or functional objectives, governance models, operating principles, escalation frameworks, and performance standards.
Advanced knowledge of ERP/MRP systems and supply chain data; experience using metrics, dashboards, and analytical tools to influence executive decisions and drive sustained improvement.
Ability to create formal networks, influence senior stakeholders without direct authority, and align diverse functions around high-impact outcomes.
Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to frame complex issues, present tradeoffs, and recommend actions to senior leaders.
Capability to mentor experienced professionals, elevate functional capability, and serve as a recognized thought leader in purchasing operations.
Strong judgment, accountability, and integrity when leading high-visibility decisions that may affect production, customers, inventory, cost, and business continuity.

Nice To Haves

SAP experience.

Responsibilities

Provide thought leadership on plant purchasing operations, supply continuity, and execution strategy, shaping objectives, principles, and standards with multi-site or enterprise impact.
Lead resolution of significant and unique supply and procurement execution issues involving constrained supply, material shortages, inventory exposure, supplier performance, and production or customer risk.
Develop and govern scalable escalation, exception-management, and risk-prioritization frameworks used across plants, regions, and Purchasing Center teams.
Advise senior leaders on systemic supply risks, execution tradeoffs, and recommended actions using operational data, business context, and qualitative and quantitative analysis.
Establish formal cross-functional networks across Planning, Operations, Quality, Logistics, Finance, Procurement, and suppliers to align decisions, accelerate issue resolution, and sustain accountability.
Identify patterns across sites and suppliers, translate recurring disruptions into enterprise improvement priorities, and sponsor root-cause and corrective-action efforts.
Shape purchasing governance within S&OE, S&OP, and related operating forums by establishing decision criteria, escalation thresholds, performance expectations, and executive-ready reporting.
Define and advance performance measures for service, material availability, supplier execution, inventory health, fulfillment accuracy, and issue-resolution effectiveness.
Lead complex process, automation, data, and digital initiatives that improve purchasing visibility, standardization, decision quality, and execution performance across the network.
Create playbooks, standard work, and communities of practice to institutionalize leading practices and strengthen purchasing operations capability.
Mentor and informally direct experienced procurement and supply chain professionals, providing expert guidance on complex decisions, risk mitigation, and stakeholder alignment.
Represent the plant and operations perspective in developing broader procurement strategies, policies, systems, and transformation roadmaps.