Director, Supply Chain

The group you’ll be a part of

The Global Operations Group brings information systems, facilities, supply chain, logistics, and high-volume manufacturing together to drive the engine of our global business operations. We help Lam deliver industry-leading solutions with speed and efficiency, while actively supporting the resilient and profitable growth of Lam's business.   

The impact you’ll make

As a leader within Lam’s Global Supplier Management organization, this critical position requires a passionate and driven leader who will architect and deliver strategic direction for managing the OEM, Computers, and Controllers commodities within Lam’s supply chain. As a Director within Supply Chain, this executive will play a crucial and influential role in Lam’s overall success.This individual will collaborate closely with the executive management team, Supply Chain executives, and Product Group executives. The position is based in Livermore, CA, and includes worldwide travel.

What you’ll do

Architect and deliver a comprehensive end-to-end strategy that supports Lam’s three-year horizon:

• • Supplier selection (expansion and consolidation) to meet business needs.
  • Drive and focus supplier investments (R&D and capacity expansion) aligned with Lam’s needs.
  • Responsible for commercial negotiations that achieve annual objectives for cost, quality, lead time, and flexibility.

• Develop a three-year vision, strategy, and organizational structure for assigned commodities. The strategy should enhance competitive differentiation and address commodity availability, quality, and cost.
• Operations responsibilities include meeting operational metrics for assigned commodities.
• Anticipate, identify, and evaluate current and future issues, and promote new ideas to provide strategy and direction across areas of influence.

Leadership responsibilities include:

• Execute the vision and implement the strategy by gaining executive alignment and motivating and engaging the workforce to fulfill the vision.
• Lead sourcing negotiations.
• Drive business processes that enable effective prioritization and facilitate faster customer solutions.
• Provide inspired leadership and direction to the global supply chain organization.
• Continue building and developing a world-class team in an environment where successful people want to work.
• Lead a geographically dispersed team, including matrix employees.
• Instill a culture of quality and discipline across suppliers.

What you'll do (continued)

Operate in a complex environment:

• Build and maintain a strong employee organization through strategic hiring, development, and performance management.
• Develop and execute the optimal geographic distribution of the organization to achieve desired results most effectively.
• Manage supplier relationships to deliver negotiated value.
• Develop strong, collaborative, and effective relationships with internal product groups, including navigating situations where supply chain and product group goals may conflict.
• Make decisions under pressure, sometimes with incomplete information and tight deadlines.
• Navigate Lam and supplier constraints, such as source locking and supplier transitions.
• Successfully operate across organizational boundaries and prioritize activities to achieve best‑in‑class results.
• Develop and deliver meaningful, impactful messages to a wide range of audiences, including C‑level executives, peer VPs, Global Supply Chain teams, suppliers, and customers.

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Operations or Engineering, or equivalent.
• Minimum of 15 years of professional experience, preferably including at least 3 years in executive management roles.
• Experience in an executive leadership role within a global, matrix-managed, multi-site company with manufacturing and supplier operations across multiple continents and at least $1 billion in revenue.
• Extensive experience interfacing with customers and suppliers, managing these relationships through product issue identification, problem resolution, and overall cust