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KLATencor Corporation After Market Buyer in Ann Arbor, Michigan
Company OverviewKLA is a global leader in diversified electronics for the semiconductor manufacturing ecosystem. Virtually every electronic device in the world is produced using our technologies. No laptop, smartphone, wearable device, voice-controlled gadget, flexible screen, VR device or smart car would have made it into your hands without us. KLA invents systems and solutions for the manufacturing of wafers and reticles, integrated circuits, packaging, printed circuit boards and flat panel displays. The innovative ideas and devices that are advancing humanity all begin with inspiration, research and development. KLA focuses more than average on innovation and we invest 15% of sales back into R&D. Our expert teams of physicists, engineers, data scientists and problem-solvers work together with the world's leading technology providers to accelerate the delivery of tomorrow's electronic devices. Life here is exciting and our teams thrive on tackling really hard problems. There is never a dull moment with us.
Group/DivisionThe KLA Services team headquartered in Milpitas, CA is our service organization that consists of Service Sales and Marketing, Spares Supply Chain management, Field Operations, Engineering, Product Training, and Technical Support. The KLA Services organization partners with our field teams and customers in all business sectors to maintain the high performance and productivity of our products through a flexible portfolio of services. Our comprehensive services include: proactive management of tools to identify and improve performance; expertise in optics, image processing and motion control with worldwide service engineers, 24/7 technical support teams and knowledge management systems; and an extensive parts network to ensure worldwide availability of parts.
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.Preferred Qualification
