Senior Manager, Factory Support

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 Senior Manager, Factory Support, 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.

What You’ll Do

• The candidates most successful in this role are individual contributors, self-starters, that can thrive both independently day-to-day and as a part of collaborative teams as they are a vital part of expediting material to meet manufacturing and customer delivery dates.
• Analyzing Data: This position requires analyzing data in SAP and internal shortage tools to identify, validate, mitigate, and roll up material 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.
• Risk Management: The pivotal function of this job is alarming material risks in advance and escalating on time to prevent shipment risk.
• Collaboration: Requires collaboration with Global Operations team 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.
• Scenario Planning: Factory support should be capable of scenario planning based on provided forecasted plan to share supplier healthiness and drive root cause action plan for improving internal process to prevent shipment delay.
• Develop and monitor risk mitigation strategies and coordinate root cause corrective actions.
• Lead and participate in projects to resolve problems or to support continuous process improvement.
• Develop timely reports and key performance indicators to identify/monitor material delivery challenges.

Who We’re Looking For

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain, Engineering or similar discipline. An advanced degree preferred.
• Twelve (12) years of experience in a similar role, the field of Supply Chain, manufacturing or related discipline, combination of both preferred.
• Possess a robust comprehension of manufacturing operations and processes.
• Ability to lead and manage the Factory Support team. 
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Experience as escalation level/single contact person for multiple commodities material shortages.
• Experience in chairing meetings with attendees located in different countries and different level of the organization including executive level.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.
• Proficient in MS Excel and other standard Office programs (i.e. Outlook, Team, Word, etc.)
• SAP experience is preferred.

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.