Buyer

Position Title: Buyer 1

Eligibility Criteria:

· Years of Experience: 1.5- 3 years

· Job Experience: Experience in an MRP-based Planning for Spare Parts

· Educational: Engineering or equivalent degree

Primary Responsibilities:

· Responsible for assuring the availability of replenishment spare parts and upgrade kits for Lam Customers as well as for regional depots.

· Manage the planning and resupply of material for an assigned set of parts, in support of organizational asset management and customer service goals

· Rely on both the analysis of historical consumption and the technical expertise of new product evaluation

· Implement ERP planning parameter changes as determined by the established process of parameter review against demand and installed base

· Reviews and reacts to MRP exception messages to correct due-date shortfalls in planned supply, with a focus on specific customer account requirements for material availability and corporate financial results for asset management

· Conduct Root Cause and Corrective Action analyses unexpected, undesirable results and present them to management

· Support execution to established NCU procedures, controls, and governance requirements.

· Drive machine down threat allocation deployment actions to process scarce materials availability at regions.

· Support planning and execution of repair, refurb and cores availability coordinating with reverse logistics team.

· Support critical Manufacturing requirements from spares network within set process guidelines.

Mandatory Skills required to perform the job:

· Strong skills in the areas of service parts/spares parts planning

· Strong analytical, problem solving and system skills

· Proficiency in SAP MM OR worked in any ERP, MS Office Skills (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, SharePoint)

o Advanced level in MS Excel

o Intermediate level MS Access

· High energy, strong work ethic, adaptive, able to meet tight deadlines

· Proven ability and skill set to analyze, document and improve business processes with sustained results

· High level of customer interfacing skills, effective listener, professional and courteous

· Excellent verbal and written communication skills, able to communicate cross-functionally

· Strong interpersonal skills, with a desire to work as part of a team

Desirable Skill:

· Familiarity with service planning, forecasting, and optimization system software (Preferably SPM)

· Semiconductor capital equipment product knowledge and relevant experience in the semiconductor industry