KLA Graduate Commodity Buyer 

United Kingdom, Wales, Newport 

988869238

Purpose of the Role:

This role is part of ourand will start in
September 2025.

It is not required for you to already have the skills and knowledge to perform the role, full on the job training will be provided through our graduate develop scheme. You will then be welcomed into your Team and continue your development supported by your SPTS mentor!

Day to day responsibilities include:

• Creating and implementing strategies to optimise the supply chain to deliver on direct spend cost reduction targets year on year
• Develop a robust and agile supply chain that will support the continuing growth plans of SPTS, ensuring supply continuity as the business demand flexes.
• Understand the overall group supply chain capability to potential synergy opportunities, creating regional sourcing models and identifying relevant suppliers within the regions.
• Owning the lifecycle from demand to pay.
• Achieving smooth handover ofsuppliers/products/agreementsto the tactical purchasing team.
• Tracking and improving against a backdrop of KPI’s aligned to internal and external customer requirements using analytical skills, with a high level of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Conducting supplier visits both internally and externally to audit suppliers within the UK and abroad to evaluate capability, capacity, and process control.

This position may require working some shift patterns to fully utilise our state-of-the-art manufacturing cleanroom and maintaining continuous Production. We will seek to give as much notice as possible where travel or shift work are required. SPTS will of course provide travel expenses and a shift allowance in line with company policy.

SPTS is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. For this role we are looking someone who:

• Has a passion for learning and development, continuously seeking for new knowledge and learning opportunities.
• Can think logically to provide internal customer solutions with a good attention to detail and foresight and ability to collect, filter and analyse data to build solutions for complex technological problems
• Has the ability to think creatively of novel but practical solutions to internal customer problems
• Is able to demonstrate strong Communication skills – You’ll enjoy establishing and maintaining good working relationships with both customers and colleagues.

Your qualifications:

Minimum Bachelor’s Degree (2:1) in a Supply Chain category.

Applicants with a Masters or prior experience of studies within the semiconductor industry would be desirable but certainly not a must.

A good acquaintance with SW tools (MS office, MATLAB) would be advantageous.

SPTS benefits package includes:

Annual leave starting at 25 days (plus bank holidays), contributory pension scheme, cash health plan, cycle to work scheme, global bonus plan, share scheme, rewards scheme, life assurance.