Role Summary
The Director of Supply Chain – Americas is accountable for executing regional Supply Chain operations that support high-volume, high-precision manufacturing of liquid and gas flow control components and assemblies for semiconductor applications. The role ensures clear-to-build readiness, continuity of supply, delivery performance, cost control, and supplier scalability across assigned manufacturing sites.
This position serves as a primary customer-facing Supply Chian leader, responsible for translating material readiness, supplier constraints, and recovery actions into clear, credible, and aligned customer communication. The Director owns regional Clear-to-Build (CTB) execution and is accountable for ensuring procurement signals, supplier commitments, and ERP data align to production and customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership
- Build, develop, and lead a high-performing regional Supply Chain organization, including buyers, procurement managers, customer supply chain managers, commodity managers, and shared services interfaces.
- Serve as the senior Supply Chain partner to regional Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Program teams.
- Establish standard work, operating cadence, and escalation mechanisms for Supply Chain execution and CTB alignment.
Customer Interface & Clear-to-Build Ownership
- Serve as a primary interface to customers on supply chain readiness, material readiness, delivery risks, and recovery actions.
- Own Clear-to-Build (CTB) execution for the region, ensuring a single, aligned view of material availability, constraints, and readiness to support build plans.
- Translate supplier constraints, capacity limitations, and lead-time realities into fact-based, externally credible customer communication.
- Partner with Program Management, and Operations to ensure consistent messaging and containment of customer escalations.
- Lead regional response to CTB misalignments, including root cause definition, corrective action planning, and recovery execution.
- Ensure early visibility of supply chain risks to customers, with clear mitigation plans and ownership.
- Define and lead regional commodity and sourcing strategies ensure adequate capacity and capability are in place to support the businesses needs
Supplier Performance & Execution Management
- Own supplier delivery performance, capacity commitments, and responsiveness for production and ramp requirements.
- Manage strategic supplier relationships at the execution level to ensure adherence to quality, delivery, and commercial commitments.
- Lead supplier performance reviews, corrective action plans, and recovery actions for at-risk suppliers.
- Define and Execute dual-source and resiliency strategies
Cost, Quality & Delivery Excellence
- Execute year-over-year cost improvement through negotiations, commercial optimization, and regional execution of global agreements.
- Ensure suppliers meet semiconductor-grade requirements for quality, cleanliness, traceability, and process discipline.
- Partner with Quality and Engineering on supplier audits, PPAPs, ECO execution, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Ensure supply chain readiness for production ramps, customer demand volatility, and technology transitions.
Supply Chain Risk, Resilience & Escalation Management
- Proactively identify and mitigate regional supply risks related to capacity, logistics, geopolitical exposure, and single-source dependencies.
- Lead regional escalation management during supply disruptions, including containment, customer communication, and recovery tracking.
- Support NPI and factory expansions with early supplier capacity validation and execution readiness.
- Align supply chain actions with customer resiliency requirements (ISA, POLTR, liability protections).
Systems, Data Integrity & CTB Enablement
- Own procurement execution accuracy within ERP systems (item master, source rules, pricing, blanket POs, lead times).
- Ensure data integrity to support CTB, MRP signals, supplier commitments, and customer-facing readiness views.
- Drive standard CTB reporting and dashboards in partnership with analytics and planning teams.
- Partner with global teams on Oracle enhancements that improve CTB visibility and supply chain execution.
Cross-Functional & Global Alignment
- Execute global commodity strategies within the Asia region, providing feedback on supplier performance, capacity, and execution risks.
- Collaborate with Engineering on design-for-supply, localization, and manufacturability initiatives.
- Support manufacturing footprint and make/buy decisions with regional execution insights.
- Provide regular executive-level reporting on CTB health, supplier performance, cost, and risk.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field; MBA or Master’s preferred.
- 15+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience,
- Strong experience supporting semiconductor manufacturing or adjacent high-precision industries (semiconductor equipment, gas delivery, vacuum systems, precision machining).
- Demonstrated expertise managing customer-facing supply chain execution and CTB in high-mix, high-volatility environments.
- Proven success leading supplier performance, escalations, and recovery in multi-country supply networks.
- Strong executive communication skills with both internal leadership and external customers.
- Experience leading teams across cultures and geographies
About Us
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field
- MBA or Master's degree
- 15+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience
- Experience supporting semiconductor manufacturing or adjacent high-precision industries
- Demonstrated expertise managing customer-facing supply chain execution and Clear-to-Build (CTB)
- Proven success leading supplier performance, escalations, and recovery in multi-country supply networks
- Strong executive communication skills with internal leadership and external customers
- Experience leading teams across cultures and geographies
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems and Oracle procurement execution (item master, PO management, lead times)
- Experience with supplier quality processes (audits, PPAPs), ECO execution, and continuous improvement
- Track record of year-over-year cost improvement via negotiations and commercial optimization
Ichor Systems, Inc. Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Affordable Benefits — A premium‑free medical plan fully covered by the employer is available for eligible U.S. employees, with indications of premium‑free family coverage in some contexts. Coverage breadth includes medical, dental, vision, and tax‑advantaged HSA/FSA options.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) match of 50% on the first 8% with immediate vesting supports long‑term savings. Life and disability insurance further reinforce financial protection.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An Employee Stock Purchase Plan at a 15% discount enables broad participation in ownership. Plan availability is described as global, subject to standard plan terms.
Ichor Systems, Inc. Insights
What We Do
We are a leader in the design, engineering, and manufacturing of critical fluid delivery subsystems and components for semiconductor capital equipment. Our product offerings include gas and chemical delivery systems and subsystems, collectively known as fluid delivery systems and subsystems, which are key elements of the process tools used in the manufacturing of semiconductor devices. Our gas delivery subsystems deliver, monitor, and control precise quantities of the specialized gases used in semiconductor manufacturing processes such as etch and deposition. Our chemical delivery systems and subsystems precisely blend and dispense the reactive liquid chemistries used in semiconductor manufacturing processes such as chemical-mechanical planarization, electroplating, and cleaning. We also provide precision-machined components, weldments, e‑beam and laser-welded components, precision vacuum and hydrogen brazing and surface treatment technologies, and other proprietary products. This vertically integrated portion of our business is primarily focused on metal and plastic parts that are used in gas and chemical systems, respectively. We are strategically located to provide the highest level of customer service and support from our program management, sales, engineering, and executive management teams. Ichor is headquartered in Fremont, California, and we have production facilities in California, Oregon, Texas, Nevada, Minnesota, Singapore, Malaysia, Korea, Mexico, and the UK, staffed by our 2000+ team members.
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