Senior Project Manager
Lam ResearchAbout the role
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 Factory Support Project Manager, you will serve as a crucial link between the manufacturing and supply chain departments. Your role involves consistent interaction with both sectors to minimize shipment risks. This is achieved by ensuring the accuracy of components, their location, quantity, and quality. This position offers a unique opportunity to gain experience in Supply Chain Management while maintaining a close understanding of manufacturing operations. Your contributions will be pivotal in enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our operations.
This position reports to the Director of Supply Chain Operations, aligns stakeholders from cross functional teams in Supply Chain, Sales Operations, Manufacturing and Order Fulfilment.
What You’ll Do
- Develop timely reports and KPIs to identify/monitor material delivery challenges.
- Lead and participate in projects to resolve problems or to support CI initiatives
- Develop and monitor risk mitigation strategies and coordinate root cause corrective actions.
- Forecasting and Planning: Provide forecasting, planning and strategic execution support to the supply chain to meet current and future business requirements.
- Project Management: Manage non-technical, supply chain projects using an internal customer perspective, from initiation through delivery. Build solutions to improve Supply Chain Global Factory Support business processes and support critical strategies.
- Scenario Planning: Factory support should be capable of scenario planning based on provided forecasted plan to share supplier healthiness and drive RCCAs to improve internal process to prevent shipment delay.
- Collaboration: Requires collaboration with Global Operations team and consisting of Buyers, Commodity, Supplier Business Managers, Manufacturing, Engineering, and leadership to find all possible solutions to mitigate material allocation priority. Develop and deliver clear and concise communications for leadership teams and stakeholders.
- Risk Management: The pivotal function of this job is alarming material risks in advance and escalating on time to prevent shipment risk.
- Supporting Manufacturing and Delivery: Support expediting key material to meet manufacturing and customer delivery dates. The person will act as an interface to cross-functional teams consisting of manufacturing, order fulfillment, logistics, and engineering to ensure the manufacturing production and customer delivery are met.
- Analyzing Data: This position requires analyzing data in SAP and internal shortage tools to identify, validate, mitigate, and roll up material risk.
Who We’re Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Business, or related discipline.
- Fifteen (15) years of experience in a similar role.
- Proficient in MS Suite, including: Office, Excel, PowerPoint.
- Demonstrated comprehension of manufacturing operations and processes, preferably in WFE.
- Ability to lead and manage within a cross-functional teams.
- Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
- Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with a degree of influence and negotiating skills.
- Experience as escalation level/single contact person for multiple commodities material shortages.
- SAP experience is preferred.
- Experience in chairing meetings with attendees located in different countries and different level of the organization including executive level.
- Buyer and/or Order Fulfillment experience.
Our Commitment
We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve
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