Supply Chain Manager

KLA•Ann Arbor, MI

30d•$101,500 - $148,900•Onsite

About The Position

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise. KLA has manufacturing sites worldwide. The Global Operations (GOPS) team, comprised of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Installation and Quality, builds our leading-edge technology. GOPS partners with KLA's global supply base and design engineering teams to develop new products, working continuously to build better, faster and more cost-efficient solutions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in related field or equivalent combination of any relevant education and experience
6+ years of relevant experience with proven ability to lead including 2+ years of management experience

Nice To Haves

7 years of experience in supply chain operations and supply chain improvements in complex manufacturing environment; strong preference for experience in semiconductor equipment industry or other complex, high-mix, low-volume products
Experience with multiple aspects of advanced supply chain operations, including: Supply and demand management effectiveness (upturn and downturns), material hedging strategies, product transition management, and obsolescence.
Strong leadership, negotiation and people management skills
Lead thru curiosity and continuous improvements
Effective communication and presentation skills
High proficiency in MS Excel
Experience with Tableau, Power BI or other business intelligence/analytical tools/services is a plus
Experience with SAP ERP system is a plus
Must enjoy a challenging and fast paced environment and be curious
Ability to effectively deal with ambiguity, identify gaps, and implement innovative solutions to increase operational efficiency
Self-driven, independent, yet a strong team player.
Creative, innovative, and resourceful with a passion for speed, agility, simplification and proactive action

Responsibilities

Effectively lead and manage supplier relationships.
Leads supply chain management initiatives on lead time reduction, cost reduction, value engineering, quality, reliability, and OTD.
Understand company business requirements, market dynamics and trends, supply base and supply base capabilities.
Provide sophisticated problem resolution and cross functional support for supplier escalations and supply disruptions, by expediting supply recovery. Including creation of and report outs of executive summaries and presentations to senior management.
Partner with manufacturing to perform capacity analysis to support what-if scenarios, forecast changes, planning for production growth, and growth in spares business to support worldwide install base of tools.
Performs continuity of supply risk assessment and develops/implements mitigation strategies.
Develop supply plans for constrained and long-lead-time components.
Partner with manufacturing, design engineering, and manufacturing design engineering to ensure KLA and/or supplier-initiated supply chain relocations are successful.
Drive assessment of raw parts cost, supplier quality, supplier capability and capacity (ramp-up / ramp-down), and supplier consolidation.
Perform assessments and make recommendations related to inventory forecasting, timing of inventory receipts, excess and obsolete optimization / reduction, and order quantity optimization.
Collaborates with production planning, supply chain, and master scheduling teams to propose supply chain solutions and strategic or tactical plans, drawing on business data, commodity insights, and product expertise.
Implement, manage and coordinate supplier contracts, SOWs, SLAs, NDAs and any other required supplier agreements.
Lead, co-ordinate and manage supplier business reviews. Continually drive improvements based on gap analysis against business requirements.
Lead, develop, build and deploy supplier scorecards.
Drives corporate and divisional initiatives to achieve performance targets.
Crafts, implement and/or drives industry and company supply chain best practices.
Ensure adherence to corporate supply chain management best practices, policies, procedures and internal / external compliance requirements.