About this role
A Day in Your Life at MKS:
You Will Make an Impact By:
- Leading and mentoring a global team of Procurement Specialists across multiple manufacturing sites and regions.
- Driving business unit collaboration by facilitating regular cross-functional meetings to address shortages, demand changes, and inventory health.
- Implementing strategic procurement alignment with company objectives and materials plans, translating high-level goals into actionable plans for the team.
- Overseeing supply continuity and risk mitigation, proactively identifying supply risks and guiding contingency planning.
- Championing process improvement and standardization, working with stakeholders to automate and enhance procurement processes.
- Guiding supplier development and performance management, ensuring compliance and driving vendor improvement programs.
- Monitoring and reporting key procurement metrics to senior management, providing data-driven recommendations.
- Travel Requirements: Up to 20% international travel is required.
Skills You Bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related field (Master’s degree is a plus).
- 8+ years of job-related work experience in procurement or supply chain management, including leadership of procurement teams or projects.
- Experience managing procurement for manufacturing operations and driving cost reduction or supplier improvement initiatives.
- Proficiency in ERP/MRP systems (SAP or Oracle), advanced Excel and PowerPoint skills, and familiarity with digital procurement dashboards.
- Strong cross-functional leadership and collaboration skills in a matrix organization.
- Strategic and analytical skills for supply chain data and KPI analysis.
Preferred Skills: (Optional)
- Experience working in a global environment or managing teams across multiple locations.
- Ability to influence without direct authority and drive cross-functional efforts.
- Familiarity with Procurement Service Center processes.
- Experience with supplier development programs (Kanban, VMI/consignment, lead time reduction).
- Advanced problem-solving skills (e.g., shortage root-cause analysis, process mapping).
Supervisory Scope: (Optional)
- Reporting Relationships: Directly manages a global team located at various manufacturing sites.
- Financial Responsibilities: Accountable for procurement performance, cost savings, and supplier spend across regions.
Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to various export control regulations. Applicants for these positions may be limited (by, for example, their countries of citizenship, country of origin, or immigration status) where required by law or governmental contact, and/or employment made contingent upon the issuance of appropriate governmental licensing.
MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.
MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: [email protected] .
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About MKS Instruments
MKS enables technologies that transform our world. We deliver foundational technology solutions to leading edge semiconductor manufacturing, electronics and packaging, and specialty industrial applications. We apply our broad science and engineering capabilities to create instruments, subsystems, systems, process control solutions and specialty chemicals technology that improve process performance, optimize productivity and enable unique innovations for many of the world’s leading technology and industrial companies. Our solutions are critical to addressing the challenges of miniaturization and complexity in advanced device manufacturing by enabling increased power, speed, feature enhancement, and optimized connectivity. Our solutions are also critical to addressing ever-increasing performance requirements across a wide array of specialty industrial applications. Additional information can be found at www.mks.com.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor a global team of Procurement Specialists while driving collaboration across business units. Oversee supply continuity, risk mitigation, and process improvement initiatives.
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