Savings and Cost Optimization:
- Lead cost-saving initiatives in the Brazil organization
- Develop and implement strategic sourcing plans to achieve significant savings without compromising on quality or service levels.
- Regularly analyze market trends and spend data to identify new savings opportunities.
Vendor Consolidation and Management:
- Drive vendor consolidation projects to streamline the supply base and leverage volume.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers, negotiating contracts and agreements to secure advantageous terms.
- Evaluate vendor performance and compliance, ensuring adherence to service level agreements (SLAs).
Category Management:
- Conduct comprehensive category reviews and develop category-specific strategies.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure alignment with business objectives.
Stakeholder Engagement:
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and operational site management to align sourcing strategies with broader business goals.
- Serve as a subject matter expert for the local organization in Brazil
- Collaborate regularly with stakeholders to report on progress, savings, and challenges.
Qualifications:
- Strong negotiation and vendor management skills.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and project management abilities.
- Fluent in English
Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to various export control regulations. Applicants for these positions may be limited (by, for example, their countries of citizenship, country of origin, or immigration status) where required by law or governmental contact, and/or employment made contingent upon the issuance of appropriate governmental licensing.
MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.
MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: [email protected] .
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Skills Required
- Strong negotiation and vendor management skills.
- Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and project management abilities.
- Fluent in English.
- Reside in a state where MKS is registered to do business.
MKS Instruments Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about MKS Instruments and has not been reviewed or approved by MKS Instruments.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits coverage is often characterized as comprehensive, spanning medical, dental, and vision along with company-paid life and disability coverage. Wellness support is also present via programs such as diabetes management.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a 401(k) with employer match, a Roth option, and an employee stock purchase plan that supports longer-term saving and ownership. Profit-sharing is also described as available after meeting eligibility/vesting timelines.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — Variable pay elements such as bonuses and performance-tied incentives are positioned as a consistent component of total rewards. Total compensation is frequently framed as including base pay plus bonus and, for some roles, equity-related components.
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What We Do
MKS Instruments enables technologies that transform our world. We deliver foundational technology solutions to leading edge semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications. We apply our broad science and engineering capabilities to create instruments, subsystems, systems, process control solutions and specialty chemicals technology that improve process performance, optimize productivity and enable unique innovations for many of the world’s leading technology and industrial companies. Our solutions are critical to addressing the challenges of miniaturization and complexity in advanced device manufacturing by enabling increased power, speed, feature enhancement, and optimized connectivity. Our solutions are also critical to addressing ever-increasing performance requirements across a wide array of specialty industrial applications. Additional information can be found at www.mks.com
