To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.
Group/Division
KLA has manufacturing sites worldwide. The Global Operations (GOPS) team, comprised of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Installation and Quality, builds our leading-edge technology. GOPS partners with KLA's global supply base and design engineering teams to develop new products, working continuously to build better, faster and more cost-efficient solutions.What You'll Do
In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.
Overall, responsibilities include leading the team in the following activities:
• Effectively lead and manage supplier relationships.
• Leads 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
• Develop supply plans for constrained and long-lead-time components.
• 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 and manage supplier business reviews. Continually drive improvements based on gap analysis against business requirements.
• Lead, develop, build and deploy supplier scorecards.
• 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.
Preferred Qualifications:
- 7 years of experience in supply chain operations and supply chain improvements in complex manufacturing environment; strong preference for experience in semiconductor equipment industry or other complex, high-mix, low-volume products
- Experience with multiple aspects of advanced supply chain operations, including: Supply and demand management effectiveness (upturn and downturns), material hedging strategies, product transition management, and obsolescence.
- Strong leadership, negotiation and people management skills
- Lead thru curiosity and continuous improvements
- Effective communication and presentation skills
- High proficiency in MS Excel
- Experience with Tableau, Power BI or other business intelligence/analytical tools/services is a plus
- Experience with SAP ERP system is a plus
- Must enjoy a challenging and fast paced environment and be curious
- Ability to effectively deal with ambiguity, identify gaps, and implement innovative solutions to increase operational efficiency
- Self-driven, independent, yet a strong team player.
- Creative, innovative, and resourceful with a passion for speed, agility, simplification and proactive action
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree or higher in related field or equivalent combination of any relevant education and experience
- 6+ years of relevant experience with proven ability to lead including 2+ years of management experience
About KLA
We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.
Total Rewards
Base Pay Range: $101,500.00 - $148,900.00 Annually Primary Location: USA-MI-Ann Arbor-KLAKLA’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.
Use of AI Statement
At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.
Equal Opportunity Statement
KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We will ensure that qualified individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] or at +1-408-352-2808 to request accommodation.
For additional information, view the US Know Your Rights poster on the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission website.
Skills Required
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a related field, or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience
- 6+ years of relevant experience
- At least 2 years of management experience
- Experience leading supply chain operations and improvements in a complex manufacturing environment
- Experience with advanced supply chain operations, including supply and demand management, material hedging, product transition management, and obsolescence
- Strong leadership, negotiation, and people management skills
- Effective communication and presentation skills
- High proficiency in Microsoft Excel
- Experience with Tableau, Power BI, or other business intelligence and analytical tools
- Experience with SAP ERP
- Ability to identify gaps and implement innovative solutions to improve operational efficiency
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a challenging, fast-paced environment
KLA Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about KLA and has not been reviewed or approved by KLA.
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Retirement Support — U.S. programs include a formulaic 401(k) employer match with clearly described plan designs in company materials. Consistent plan structure and employer matching signal strong support for long‑term savings.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — A broad base of employees is eligible for RSUs and can participate in an ESPP, extending ownership beyond executives. Company materials position equity as a core component of total compensation.
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Strong & Reliable Incentives — A quarterly profit‑sharing program and performance bonuses are outlined in filings, providing regular variable pay opportunities. These incentives complement base pay and equity to lift overall earnings in strong periods.
KLA Insights
What We Do
KLA develops industry-leading equipment and services that enable innovation throughout the electronics industry. We provide advanced process control and process-enabling solutions for manufacturing wafers and reticles. In close collaboration with leading customers across the globe, our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers design solutions that move the world forward.
