Dir, Demand Planning

The group you’ll be a part of

This position will lead the Demand Planning team, which is part of the broader Global Planning and Operations organization.  

The Global Operations Group brings information systems, facilities, supply chain, logistics, and high-volume manufacturing together to drive the engine of our global business operations. We help Lam deliver industry-leading solutions with speed and efficiency, while actively supporting the resilient and profitable growth of Lam's business.

Together we move the Atoms that move the World

Imagine working on the front lines of innovation! As one of the semiconductor industry's leading suppliers of wafer fabrication equipment and services, our technology depends on finding and hiring the best and the brightest employees. We know that our dynamic, global team of exceptional employees is essential to our continued growth.

 Lam Research - where successful people want to work:

We are a company comprised of people who work hard, deliver outstanding results and maintain a sense of humor during even the most challenging times. This is truly a rare opportunity. Lam Research is a market leader where our core values are not just words on the back of your badge. Given the criticality of this role to Lam Research's success, this philosophy starts with you.

The impact you’ll make

As the leader of the demand planning team, you will be responsible for three key areas:

• Demand Management: creation and maintenance of a rationalized 18-month customer demand signal for systems, upgrades and spares to prepare Lam factories, the global supply chain, and logistics to meet anticipated customer demand.  Ensure strong connection with business development teams to ensure aligned prioritization.
• Forecast Management: creation and maintenance of an accurate build and material forecast to support the 18-month demand signal utilizing partnerships with product groups to anticipate upgrade opportunities and previously shipped configurations and sales teams to understand customer needs.
• Slot Readiness:  ensure on-time signals to enable GOps commitments to meet customer needs – including full understanding of configuration and non-standard options, and special logistics requirements.

To support these key delivery areas, you will work with teams in Global Operations, Sales Operations, Product Groups to finalize an accurate demand signal.  Working with teams accross Lam, your relationships will help you develop and drive an understanding of semiconductor industry drivers, Lam’s customer needs, and overall market trends.  All this will help develop a comprehensive demand picture for Lam’s business.   Finally, this role will have a close partnership with global production planning to enable readiness.   It will require a leader who has a massive attention to detail, the ability to influence worldwide coordination to ensure standardization and repeatability, and an understanding of planning systems and processes.    

The right candidate will be able to choose action over analysis paralysis— someone who starts before they feel completely ready, make calculated moves with the best information available, and build momentum through decisive execution. Above all, this role requires a builder who improves the status quo—finding smarter, simpler, faster ways to get work done and inspiring others to do the same.

What you’ll do

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end demand management process, including definition, governance, and maintenance of the 18-month demand signal (plan of record)
• Lead near-term demand aggregation, prioritization and change control across Sales Operations, Product Groups, and Global Operations
• Partner with global production planning to translate demand into capacity plans and competitive customer delivery commitments
• Drive on-time delivery performance and a differentiated order fulfillment experience, including management of constraints, gaps and recovery plans
• Lead the quarterly shipment/revenue execution cadence by aligning Regional Sales Operations and Manufacturing on shipment plans, risks and mitigation actions
• Enable fast, accurate responses on system configurations, non-standard requests, specifications and business terms through clear processes and decision rights
• Build and communicate a comprehensive demand outlook using market indicators, customer signals and scenario analyses to support executive decisions
• Establish operating rhythms to review demand changes, constraints, and unattended risks; escalate and drive closure through root-cause and corrective actions
• Collaborate with production planning, supply chain, and logistics to optimize inventory positioning and factory utilization against the plan of record
• Define and govern demand overrides and exception handling to ensure a rationalized, auditable demand signal
• Partner with Sales Ops and Product Groups to incorporate customer priorities, strategic delivery needs, and New Product Introductions into the demand plan
• Communicate production availability, constraints, and trade-offs to Sales to enable effective prioritization and improved customer commit performance
• Lead, develop, and scale the Demand Management team; set goals, coach performance, and drive standardization and repeatability worldwide
• Drive continuous improvement of demand management processes, reporting, and planning systems to improve speed, quality, and decision-making

Who we’re looking for

• Minimum Qualifications

  • Minimum of 15+ years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent; or 12+ years and a Master’s degree; or a PhD with 8+ years’ experience; or equivalent experience
  • Advanced analytical skills to interpret and utilize data for decision making 
  • Excellent verbal and written communication 
  • Extensive cross-functional experience with demonstrable business results 

Preferred qualifications

Our commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

Lam Research ("Lam" or the "Company") is an equal opportunity employer. Lam is committed to and reaffirms support of equal opportunity in employment and non-discrimination in employment policies, practices and procedures on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. It is the Company's intention to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. Company policy prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories – On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. ‘On-site Flex’ you’ll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. ‘Virtual Flex’ you’ll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.