KLA Supply Chain Specialist 

United States, Michigan, Ann Arbor 

863820535

Qualifications

• Understanding business requirements, market dynamics and trends, supply base and supply base capabilities.
• Performs continuity of supply risk assessment and develops/implements mitigation strategies
• Assess, monitor, lead, and scale supplier capacity appropriately to achieve multi-year forecast and plan
• Own, improve, and support the evolution of component End-of-Life part management to ensure zero disruptions to manufacturing and spares support
• Collaborate with manufacturing and design engineering to ensure KLA and/or supplier initiated supply chain moves are successful
• Ensure key product transitions with impact on supply base are completed while minimizing risk, optimizing inventory, and achieving schedule requirements
• Participate and/or lead supplier scorecard activities to monitor supplier performance and continually drive improvements based on gap analysis against business requirements
• Build effective working relationships with business partners at all levels of the organization through demonstrated strong support, providing guidance, & honest forthright and consistent communication
• Develop and champion supplier relationships and lead complex problem solving initiatives and negotiations
• 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
• Drives corporate and divisional initiatives to achieve performance targets
• Leads supply chain initiatives on lead time reduction, cost reduction, value engineering, quality, reliability, and OTD for assigned suppliers and/or commodities
• Implement, lead and coordinate supplier contracts, SOWs, SLAs, NDAs and any other required supplier agreements
• Crafts, implements and/or drives industry and company supply chain standard methodologies
• Ensure adherence to company supply chain management standard processes, policies, procedures and external compliance requirements
• Provide sophisticated problem resolution and cross functional support for supplier partner concerns and supply disruptions, by expediting supply recovery. This includes creating 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
• Lead supply chain management initiatives on lead time reduction, cost reduction, value engineering, quality, reliability, and OTD

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Level Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field is required or equivalent experience
• Three (3) years of SAP experience
• Seven (7) years of confirmed experience in high tech industry/environment (semiconductor experience is helpful)
• Ability to support, participate, and simultaneously drive multiple tasks and projects successfully
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively across all organizational levels internally and externally
• Strong proficiency in organizational and time-management skills
• APICS certification a plus
• Passion for continuous process and results improvements
• Be ready to excel in an exciting and fast paced environment
• Excellentcommunication/presentation,organizational, analytical, leadership, and social skills
• Ideal candidate is creative, innovative, and inventive, with a passion for speed, agility, simplification and proactive action