KLA Global Category Manager High Performance Computing 

United States, Michigan, Ann Arbor 

23015962

Opportunity for high impact performer to develop and drive global strategies. High transparency role that regularly interacts with procurement, engineering, quality, and product teams. Position is based at our growing Headquarters-2 in Ann Arbor, MI. Join a growing strategic supply chain team that directly impacts change across our global supply base and within KLA!

• Develop and drive global strategic category strategies for Image Compute across all sites
• Develop and negotiate RFQ/RFP within the Image Compute category
• Drive negotiation process with supplier and relevant internal global stakeholders
• Leads supply agreements & contracts management process for assigned categories/suppliers
• Evaluate HPC market and incorporate impact within global category and key supplier strategies
• Assess all lead time drivers with critical suppliers & subcomponents to optimize global deliveries
• Develop and cultivate critical supplier relationships to ensure mutual strategies & deliverables are accurately communicated and understood. You will be responsible for the supplier relationship globally
• Partner with Engineering teams to align the technology road map with critical suppliers
• Lead the supplier performance process and coordinate quarterly business reviews with the executive team
• Drive continuous improvement within category to improve critical suppliers KPI’s
• Identify supplier risk and develop global multi-functional mitigation plans to ensure supply chain resiliency
• Understand computational processes and network architecture that support high bandwidth required for transferring large datasets. GPUs, FPGAs, Memory Systems and Networking

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional experience within the HPC industry or products is strongly preferred.
• MBA preferred

Minimum Qualifications

• Proven technical, business, interpersonal, and negotiation skills
• Work multi-functionally between internal global groups to achieve common business objectives
• Eight Years' of related experience with a Bachelor's Degree; or six years' and a Master's Degree
• Global Supply Chain/Procurement of 10 years or 4 years of a relevant technical field with 4 years of Supply Chain/Procurement experience. The relevant technical specialties may include the following: technical sales, R&D engineering, program management or new product introduction
• On-site presence at KLA Ann Arbor is required at least 3 days per week.
• Domestic and international travel is required (~25%)