Resume of Experience

Candidate Identifier Number: SFPUR10070000

Director of Global Purchasing and Materials for XXXXXXX, with overall responsibility for strategic purchasing and inventory management for all semiconductor operations. 

Directed a team comprised of central negotiating groups, including semiconductor equipment, semiconductor raw materials, equipment spare parts, I/T and Administrative support, central Facilities buying and Business Unit support 

Managed the XXXX, XXXX headquarters purchasing teams for Wafer Fabrication, Assembly, Test, Probe, and QA support 

Also, directed the inventory management function, including overall responsibility for financial and operational performance of global raw materials and spare parts inventories.  Also, managed inventory buying and physical inventory control for the XXXX headquarters site. 

Responsibilities/experience

• Team consisted of 240 direct-line reports, plus matrix reporting responsibility for some 320 full-time purchasing/inventory team members located at the major manufacturing operations around the world
• Supported manufacturing sites in Japan, Italy, Singapore, Virginia, Utah and Idaho
• Developed and led a global Purchasing Council, consisting of the senior managers of the central purchasing teams and the purchasing managers from the major manufacturing sites
• Controlled roughly 75% of a $4.5 billion annual corporate purchasing spend through the central teams
• Centrally-controlled activities included strategic equipment negotiations, global raw materials negotiations, critical spare parts and second source negotiations, global forecasting and tool slotting, strategic supplier relations, and purchasing policies and ethics
• Purchasing and inventory systems were driven by a corporate-wide ERP. Ownership of SAP MM module resided within the central team environment(SAP)
• Administered salary and development programs for both hourly and salaried team members
• Annual travel to overseas manufacturing sites and occasional travel to global supplier locations primarily in Japan, China, Malaysia, Holland, Germany and Singapore
• Senior Purchasing escalation point for key semiconductor suppliers, including:
• ASM Lithography, Applied Materials,Tokyo Electron, Novellus, LAM Research, KLA-Tencor, Dai Nippon Screen, Shin-Etsu Handotai, Sumco, JSR Microelectronics, among many lesser suppliers

• Reported directly to the CFO, who reported to the CEO
• Negotiated at corporate, strategic level with senior executives of supplier firms
• Owner and instructor for corporate supplier ethics policies
• Adopted industry best practices, including e-sourcing, reverse auctions, evaluated receipt settlement (ERS), purchasing cards, and consignment inventory programs
• Served on due diligence teams for TI Memory and Dominion Semiconductor acquisitions
• Served on Executive Review team in 2006 for IM Flash Technologies (Intel JV) $2.9B capital tool acquisition package, achieving $450M in cost savings
• Achieved over $200M in global negotiated cost savings in each of last three fiscal years
• Opened sourcing office in Shanghai in 2005.  Successful in sourcing clean room garments, equipment spare parts and miscellaneous items valued at over $3 million.

Skills/Strengths

My key strengths as a senior manager include the management and development of organizations and people resources  My management style is open and emphasizes the placement of responsibility at the lowest possible level in a relatively flat organization.    

Areas of organizational strength would include directing organizational change, building effective teams, effective management of multi-tiered supplier relationships, systematic development of personnel, and administration of careers and salaries.

Areas of personal strength would include strong conceptual negotiating skills, effective writing and communication skills, coaching and mentoring abilities, public speaking and presentation skills, contract management capabilities, and understanding the key elements of critical supply chain management.

Education

BBA in Business Management and Organization