Strategic Commodity Manager 6

## 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

At Lam, as a Strategic Commodity Manager, you play a crucial role in managing industry suppliers. You'll develop and implement commodity strategies, align development deliverables, benchmark suppliers, negotiate agreements, and resolve delivery, cost, and production challenges. Navigating a highly visible and dynamic environment, your strategic expertise in implementing initiatives will support commodity availability, quality, and cost to maintain Lam's reliability and competitive edge.

## What you'll do

• Develop a 3-year vision, strategy, and organizational structure for assigned commodities. The strategy should enhance competitive differentiation and address commodity availability, quality, and cost.
• Mitigate overall supply chain risks by managing BCP plans, capacity, safety stocks for finished goods & sub-components, etc.
• Manage commodities which include Pneumatic Commercial Off the Shelf & Custom design parts, and OEM parts.
• Champion on architecting and delivering a complete end to end strategy that supports Lam's 3-year horizon:
• Supplier selection (expansion & consolidation) that meet business needs.
• Emphasis on delivering & focusing supplier investments (R&D & capacity expansions) that are aligned with Lam's initiatives.
• Commercial negotiation that results in achieving annual objectives for cost, quality and flexibility without risking any tool deliveries to customers.
• Early engagement with product group for supplier selection during development stage.

## Who we're looking for

• Bachelor's degree and/or MBA in Supply Chain, Business Management, Operations, Engineering, or related degree with a minimum 15 years of working experience.
• 5 years of working experience in the Semiconductor Equipment industry is a plus.
• Strong experiences in negotiating various types of contractual agreements.
• Strong SAP experience.
• Experience working with global suppliers.
• Demonstrated experience working successfully in a matrix organization.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience giving presentations and interaction with director reports, cross-functional teams, and senior leadership.
• Proficient on Excel and Power Point.

## Our commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

Lam Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories - On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. 'On-site Flex' you'll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. 'Virtual Flex' you'll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.

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Salary

CA San Francisco Bay Area Salary Range for this position: $137,000.00 - $287,000.00.

The above salary range for this position is relevant to applicants that reside or work onsite in the California, San Francisco Bay Area only. Salary offers will depend on factors that include the location you work from, your level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience and comparison to other employees already in this role. Actual salary may vary from salary offered due to numerous factors including but not limited to unpaid time off, unpaid leave, company mandated shutdown, and other relevant factors.

Our Perks and Benefits

At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That's why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.