Supply Chain Operational Lead

Intel Intel · Semiconductors · Penang, Malaysia

Supply Chain Operational Lead responsible for translating business requirements into actionable strategies for risk assessment, inventory optimization, and supply chain streamlining. This role coordinates material acquisition for NPI programs, manages supplier relationships, and ensures BOM integrity, material availability, cost, and quality goals are met. The lead analyzes data, develops solutions for complex processes, and drives efficiencies through systems and tools. They also manage supplier performance, cost benchmarking, and ensure alignment with business unit production requirements.

What you'd actually do

  1. Translates manufacturing, market dynamics, and business requirements into actionable strategies and tactics as they relate to bills of materials risk assessment/mitigation, inventory health/optimization, streamlined/reliable supply chain and the total cost to business.
  2. Coordinates and monitors the acquisition of materials in support of New Product Introduction (NPI) programs/projects and ramp readiness for seamless transition to High Volume Manufacturing (HVM).
  3. Works closely with suppliers to execute contractual requirements and discuss performance, cost opportunities, and future operational strategies.
  4. Works closely in collaboration with cross functional staff across project/program management, engineering, supply chain, including commodity professionals/purchasing and manufacturing teams, to define customer demand and early raw materials requirements, influence supplier and component selections, and drive planning and procurement activities at both product and cross product platform levels.
  5. Ensures that bills of materials integrity, materials availability, cost, and quality goals are set and successfully achieved.

Skills

Required

  • Supply chain management
  • Procurement
  • Risk management
  • Performance management
  • Stakeholder management
  • Strategic planning
  • Inventory optimization
  • Bill of Materials (BOM) management
  • Supplier relationship management
  • New Product Introduction (NPI) support

Nice to have

  • Industrial Engineering
  • Business Administration
  • Manufacturing
  • Planning and Supply Chain

What the JD emphasized

  • Supply chain commercial and procurement experience greater than 8+ years
  • Experience with startup greenfield exposure