Director, Business Unit Supply Chain Strategy

Key Mission of the Role

Own the business unit supply strategy and ensure the supply network is ready to support growth product and technology roadmaps and customer commitments for the Plasma Reactive Gas and Controls businesses. This role is accountable for defining business requirements providing clear visibility to supply risks and aligning Global Supply Chain and cross-functional leaders around timely sustainable solutions.

A Day in Your Life at MKS

As the Director of Business Unit Supply Chain Strategy you will serve as the senior supply chain leader embedded in the Plasma Reactive Gas and Controls businesses. Working through a matrixed organization you will connect market demand customer priorities and product roadmaps with the capabilities of the global supply network and drive accountable plans before supply risks affect execution. You will partner with Global Supply Chain Operations Engineering Quality and Product Management to develop strategic suppliers strengthen capacity and continuity and support new product introduction. You will also drive permanent resolution of recurring supply issues through clear ownership and sustained corrective action. You will establish the business review cadence for supply readiness elevate decisions and risks requiring executive action and track recovery and mitigation plans through sustained this role you will report to the Vice President & General Manager of the Plasma Reactive Gas and Controls businesses.

You Will Make an Impact By:

• Define the business unit supply strategy and drive its execution by translating market growth customer commitments and product and technology roadmaps into clear supply requirements.
• Ensure recurring supply issues are resolved permanently by driving cross-functional root-cause analysis corrective actions clear ownership and verification that solutions are sustained.
• Identify critical supply gaps and capacity constraints early assess their business impact and align the appropriate functional owners around mitigation plans.
• Drive the identification qualification and development of critical suppliers needed to increase capacity reduce concentration risk and strengthen supply continuity.
• Drive cross-functional execution of customer approval and qualification requirements for new suppliers materials and supply changes ensuring documentation testing and timelines support customer commitments.
• Define business requirements and influence sourcing roadmaps for critical technologies and commodities including the capabilities geographic footprint capacity quality and cost structure needed to support the business.
• Partner with Supply Chain and suppliers on capacity expansion capital requirements readiness plans and risk mitigation for anticipated demand growth.
• Provide the business perspective in supplier selection development and performance reviews particularly for suppliers that are critical to growth or continuity.
• Support new product introduction and product roadmap execution by ensuring future supply requirements manufacturability scalability and supplier readiness are addressed early.
• Establish a focused business review cadence for strategic supply risks recurring issues supplier qualification capacity readiness and execution of the business unit supply strategy.

Travel Requirements: Up to 50% travel required.

Skills You Bring

• Bachelors degree in engineering supply chain operations business or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 10 years of progressive experience in supply chain sourcing supplier development operations engineering or manufacturing in a complex technical environment.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and execute supply strategies that support business growth capacity expansion supply continuity and risk mitigation.
• Proven experience identifying qualifying and developing critical suppliers including coordination across engineering quality operations and procurement.
• Track record of driving permanent resolution of recurring supply or supplier problems through structured root-cause analysis corrective action and sustained follow-through.
• Ability to translate market demand product roadmaps and business priorities into clear supply requirements risks and actions.
• Strong cross-functional leadership and influencing skills in a matrixed global organization.
• Experience with strategic sourcing supplier performance capacity planning risk mitigation and business continuity.
• Strong analytical and business acumen with the ability to assess capacity cost quality lead time and risk tradeoffs.
• Clear executive communication skills and the ability to convert complex supply issues into business implications decisions and accountable actions.

Preferred Skills

• Understanding of semiconductor equipment vacuum advanced manufacturing or related technology markets.
• CPIM CSCP or equivalent supply chain certification.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

• Perform activities such as sitting standing or typing for extended periods of time.
• Must be able to communicate and exchange accurate information so others will understand.
• Operates in a professional office and/or laboratory/manufacturing environment.
• Noise level in the work environment is usually average.

Compensation and Benefits:

Salary Pay Range: $168300.00 - 280500.00 per year. This range is a good faith estimate of the expected salary range for this position based on a wide range of factors including qualifications experience and training operational and business needs and other considerations permitted by law.

Bonus: This position is eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in an amount to be determined by MKS or as applicable.

Benefits: MKS offers a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance coverage (medical dental and vision) 401(k) with company match life and disability insurance 12 paid holidays sick time 15 paid vacation days 6 weeks fully paid parental leave adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement and for participation in any stock programs signing bonus etc.

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