KLA Tencor

Supply Chain Buyer|Planner (Supplier)

KLA Tencor$77K — $132K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Master's degree with 2 years or Bachelor's with 5 years of relevant experience; equivalent work experience considered.
  • Experience in Supply Chain Management, preferably within Semiconductor Capital Equipment or related industries.
  • Strong commercial aptitude; ability to analyze market dynamics and trends.
  • Proven problem-solving skills, including handling supplier escalations and disruptions.
  • Understanding of compliance, contracts, and supplier best practices; certifications like PMP, CSCP, CPSM preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and manage relationships with suppliers to ensure optimal performance.
  • Engage in supply chain initiatives to enhance lead time, reduce costs, and improve quality and reliability.
  • Conduct capacity analysis with manufacturing to forecast changes and manage production growth.
  • Develop and implement strategies for risk assessment and continuity of supply.
  • Collaborate across functions to drive supply chain improvements and align them with business needs.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance options.
  • 401(K) plan with company matching and employee stock purchase program.
  • Tuition reimbursement and student debt assistance.
  • Career development and growth opportunities tailored to employees.
  • Paid time off, holidays, and family care leave.
Full Job Description
Job Description/Preferred Qualifications
  • Effectively lead and manage supplier relationships.
  • Lead / Participate in supply chain management initiatives on lead time reduction, cost reduction, value engineering, quality, reliability, and OTD.
  • Understand company business requirements, market dynamics and trends, supply base and supply base capabilities.
  • Provide sophisticated problem resolution and cross functional support for supplier escalations and supply disruptions, by expediting supply recovery. Including creation of and report outs of executive summaries and presentations to senior management.
  • Partner with manufacturing to perform capacity analysis to support what-if scenarios, forecast changes, planning for production growth, and growth in spares business to support worldwide install base of tools.
  • Performs continuity of supply risk assessment and develops/implements mitigation strategies
  • Partner with manufacturing, design engineering, and manufacturing design engineering to ensure KLA and/or supplier-initiated supply chain relocations are successful
  • Drive assessment of raw parts cost, supplier quality, supplier capability and capacity (ramp-up / ramp-down), and supplier consolidation.
  • Perform assessments and make recommendations related to inventory forecasting, timing of inventory receipts, excess and obsolete optimization / reduction, and order quantity optimization.
  • Collaborates with production planning, supply chain, and master scheduling teams to propose supply chain solutions and strategic or tactical plans, drawing on business data, commodity insights, and product expertise.
  • Implement, manage and coordinate supplier contracts, SOWs, SLAs, NDAs and any other required supplier agreements.
  • Lead, co-ordinate, deployand manage supplier business reviews. Continually drive improvements based on gap analysis against business requirements.
  • Drives corporate and divisional initiatives to achieve performance targets.
  • Crafts, implement and/or drives industry and company supply chain best practices.
  • Ensure adherence to corporate supply chain management best practices, policies, procedures and internal / external compliance requirements.
  • Strategic sourcing experience in the Semiconductor Capital Equipment, Aerospace, Defense or Medical equipment industries.
  • Any relevant certifications like PMP/CSCP/CPSM etc.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with Supply Chain Management in any industry or Experience with Engineering/Supply Chain Management within the Semiconductor Capital Equipment industry.
  • Must possess Commercial aptitudes.
  • The ability and desire to constantly learn is crucial.
  • Domestic and international travel is required (up to 20%).


Minimum Qualifications
  • Master's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 5 years; or equivalent work experience


Base Pay Range: $77,800.00 - $132,300.00 Annually

Primary Location: USA-MI-Ann Arbor-KLA

KLA's total rewards package for employees may also include participation in performance incentive programs and eligibility for additional benefits including but not limited to: medical, dental, vision, life, and other voluntary benefits, 401(K) including company matching, employee stock purchase program (ESPP), student debt assistance, tuition reimbursement program, development and career growth opportunities and programs, financial planning benefits, wellness benefits including an employee assistance program (EAP), paid time off and paid company holidays, and family care and bonding leave.

Interns are eligible for some of the benefits listed. Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed reflects the pay for this position in the primary location identified in this posting. Actual pay depends on several factors, including state minimum pay wage rates, location, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education level or training. We are committed to complying with all applicable federal and state minimum wage requirements where applicable. If applicable, your recruiter can share more about the specific pay range for your preferred location during the hiring process.

About KLA Tencor

KLA Corporation is a global capital equipment company that provides process control solutions for semiconductor and related industries. The Company's products are also used in a number of other high technology industries, including the packaging, light emitting diode (LED), power device and compound semiconductor markets. Its products and services are used by bare wafer, integrated circuit (IC), lithography reticle (reticle or mask) and disk manufacturers around the world. The Company's inspection and metrology products and related offerings are categorized in various groups, including Chip Manufacturing, Wafer Manufacturing, Reticle Manufacturing, LED, Power Device and Compound Semiconductor Manufacturing, Data Storage Media/Head Manufacturing, Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Manufacturing, and General Purpose/Lab Applications.
Learn more about KLA Tencor
Size
11,300 employees
Market Cap
$52 billion
Industry
Net Income
$1.3 billion
Founded
1997
5 Year Trend
+21.5%
Revenue
$6 billion
NASDAQ

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