Dir, Supply Base Management & Project… at Lam Research · Batu Kawan

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.

About the Role

Lead and drive the team accountable for supplier execution, operational excellence, supplier risk management, capacity readiness, and critical project delivery across assigned commodities and business areas.

Partner with Commodity Leadership to translate business and technology requirements into supply-base strategies and drive capacity and capability decisions ahead of demand. Provide strong leadership for day-to-day execution, shortage management, supplier escalations, factory support, and business continuity while building a culture of accountability, proactive risk management, and continuous operational excellence.

The impact you’ll make

• Supply Base Strategy & Capacity Readiness: Partner with Commodity Leadership to translate long-term business, demand, and technology requirements into supply-base decisions, ensuring capacity and supplier capability are established ahead of demand.
• Operational Excellence: Lead the team in driving continuous operational excellence across supplier delivery, output, capacity, quality, constraints, recovery performance, and execution discipline. Establish a culture of proactive problem solving and continuous improvement.
• Supplier Risk Management & Business Continuity Planning: Build and institutionalize a strong supplier-risk-management practice covering capacity, materials, single-source exposure, geopolitical risk, quality, technology, and business continuity. Ensure risks have clear mitigation plans, triggers, owners, and escalation paths.
• Project & Program Management: Lead the team accountable for critical supplier qualifications, capacity expansions, NPI and ramp programs, BCP initiatives, productivity improvements, and technology transfers from planning through execution.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Drive alignment across Commodity Leadership, Supply Chain, Engineering, Quality, Operations, Finance, factory teams, and suppliers to accelerate decision-making and deliver business outcomes.
• AI-Enabled Operations: Drive practical adoption of AI, analytics, and digital tools into daily supply-chain and project-management activities to strengthen supplier-risk identification, shortage analysis, scenario planning, action tracking, communication, and decision support.
• Capability & Talent Development: Train, coach, and develop Supply Business Managers and Project Managers through practical supplier-risk-management exercises, real-world scenarios, escalation practice, structured problem solving, and application of AI tools.
• Leadership & Accountability: Lead, develop, and hold the organization accountable for results. Establish clear ownership, empower the team to make decisions, encourage early escalation, and build a culture of speed, accountability, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

What you’ll do

• Day-to-Day Supply Execution: Drive the team to maintain strong operational control of supplier commitments, delivery performance, constraints, and critical requirements. Be accountable for ensuring issues are identified early, ownership is clear, and actions are driven to closure.
• Shortage Management: Lead proactive identification and management of current and emerging shortages. Drive recovery plans, prioritization, and cross-functional execution to protect factory requirements, customer commitments, and business continuity.
• Escalation & Recovery: Drive disciplined escalation of critical supply, capacity, quality, and qualification issues. Ensure appropriate supplier and internal leadership engagement, clear recovery plans, accountable owners, milestones, and timely closure.
• Supplier Management: Lead the team in driving supplier execution across delivery, capacity, quality, technology, operational readiness, roadmap alignment, and executive engagement.
• Factory Support & Leadership Interface: Serve as the key leadership connection between factory support teams, Operations, and Supplier Management. Drive alignment on factory priorities, shortages, capacity constraints, supplier escalations, and recovery actions, ensuring critical requirements are rapidly prioritized and driven to resolution.
• Execution Governance: Establish and lead effective operating rhythms covering KPIs, shortages, supplier risks, capacity readiness, project milestones, escalation management, and action closure. Maintain strong visibility and accountability across the organization.

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Manufacturing, Business or a related technical discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive experience in supply chain, supplier management, manufacturing operations, engineering or project/programme management.
• 8+ years of leadership experience managing teams responsible for supplier execution, operations, supply continuity or complex programmes.
• Proven experience in supply execution, shortage management, supplier escalations, recovery planning and operational excellence.
• Strong background in supplier risk management, business continuity planning, capacity readiness and supplier capability development.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional programmes and influence senior stakeholders, factories and suppliers.
• Experience establishing KPIs, governance routines, escalation mechanisms and execution accountability.
• Strong problem-solving capabilities, including experience with tools such as 8D and 5 Whys.
• Proven ability to coach and develop supply-chain and project-management professionals.

Preferred qualifications

• Master’s degree or MBA.
• Professional certifications such as PMP, ASCM/ APICS CPIM or CSCP, Lean or Six Sigma.
• Experience in semiconductor, semiconductor equipment, advanced manufacturing or another complex technical supply-chain environment.
• Experience applying AI, analytics and digital tools to improve risk management, operational execution and decision-making.

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.