After Market Buyer

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Job Description/Preferred Qualifications

KLA Ann Arbor seeks a creative and driven professional for the role of Spares Buyer responsible for spares purchase. This person will functionally support the service organization and one or more product families. The buyer works closely with spares planning, engineering, KLA factories to run overall supply plan and address supply challenges and issues. The buyer will also be looking for ways to optimize the spares supply plan by working with spares planning and KLA manufacturing to find opportunities for inventory optimization, while maintaining customer satisfaction.

• Implements purchasing actions for spares, collaborates with factories on achieving 95% on time spares deliveries; resolves inventory and receipts discrepancies. Ensures material standards are met and non-conformances or variances are approved and/or minimized; supervises delivery schedules and partners with their counterparts in finding resolutions for below target inventory position; out of stock critical issues; late deliveries; impacting KLA customer satisfaction.

• Collaborate with supply chain specialists to find opportunities for supply chain systems improvements with the goal of increased agility while reducing total cost-of-service and driving efficiencies in the end to end supply chain.

• Provides expertise for procurement and actively support the supply planner in crafting spare plan for part transitions and new product introductions

• Identifies and drives continuous improvements with our product and supplier planers, on critical parts

• Participates in quarterly review of excess and no demand inventory and execution of resulting action items

• Learns and understands company business requirements, market dynamics and trends, supply base and supply base capabilities for given commodities.

• Participates in development of predictive analytics to improve service planning operations and executive decision-making around spare parts.

• Ensures adherence to company supply chain management standard methodologies, policies, procedures and compliance requirements.

• Bachelor's degree plus 2 - 3 years of related experience. BS or BA, preferably in a relevant field such as Business, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Data Analytics.

• Experience in purchasing and parts/material procurement; high level material analysis, preferably in procurement and planning

• Exposure to manufacturing material planning and purchasing; Bill of Materials controls preferably in the semi-conductor equipment or sophisticated medical device industries

• High proficiency in MS Excel; MS Access, Data Base, SQL.

• User experience with Tableau, Power BI or other business intelligence/analytical tools/services

• Experience with SAP MRP and ERP system

• Critical thinking and strong analytical skills: ability to collect, organize, and analyze data to support demand and supply optimization.

• Excellent communication/presentation, organizational, analytical, leadership, and social skills

• Good communication skill in English, both written and verbal

• Creative, innovative and inventive, with a passion for speed, agility, simplification, and proactive action

• Ability to work well on cross-functional teams. Must be a teammate.

• Ability to work on multiple projects in parallel as needed

• Ability to learn fast and become knowledgeable about how the organization works and how to get things done thru formal channels; by exercising fair judgement.

• Passionate about continuous process and results improvements

• Should enjoy an exciting and fast paced environment.

• Shown ability to efficiently deal with ambiguity, identify gaps, and implement innovative solutions to increase operational efficiency. Uses professional concepts and company objectives to resolve sophisticated issues in creative and effective ways.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Level Degree and 0 years related work experience; Bachelor's Level Degree and related work experience of 2 years

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.

KLA is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other status protected by applicable law. 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 talent.acquisition@kla.com or at +1-408-352-2808 to request accommodation.

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