Buyer / Planner

To make electronics, you need chips, wafers, transistors, reticles, and... To make these, you must see, test and manufacture them at scale—faster and better than ever before. That's where KLA comes in. Whether you're early in your career or an experienced professional, you'll solve complex challenges, work alongside brilliant minds and help shape the future of technology.

Group/Division

KLA has manufacturing sites worldwide. The Global Operations (GOPS) team, comprised of Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Manufacturing Engineering, Installation and Quality, builds our leading-edge technology. GOPS partners with KLA's global supply base and design engineering teams to develop new products, working continuously to build better, faster and more cost-efficient solutions.

What You'll Do

In this role, you will play a key part in advancing business priorities by delivering high-impact work across your area of expertise.

Purchase direct materials, components and equipment as driven by MRP system or Re-order Point system

Review and analyze planning report to ensure timely materials availability for production

Drive Gross Margin Improvements through negotiations or localization with supplier on pricing, rework cost and minimizing expediting cost and purchase price variance

Responsible for materials lead time reduction by getting suppliers to improve cycle time, negotiating on hedges and VMI program.

Ensure timely PO execution and address supplier’s quality, capacity, materials issues that may affect supply

Communicate with suppliers for early or delayed deliveries as required, drive suppliers to meet on time delivery

Active participation on business review with suppliers and provide constructive feedback to help suppliers to improve their scores

Ensure accuracy and timeliness of claims from suppliers on ECO and EOM projects.

Timely review and execute on ECN and ECO changes so that production is not affected.

Develop actions to minimize excess inventory. Work with Inventory Analyst by providing recommendation during quarterly E&ND review. Follow through the action proposed.

Drive to improve inventory turns by having quick execution on MRB and quick returns on RTV.

Quarterly review of safety stock to ensure an optimal balance of supply vs inventory turns.

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or equivalent.
• Experience: Typically 2–5 years of related industry experience, often within semiconductor or high-tech manufacturing.
• Skills: Strong proficiency in ERP systems (MRP), negotiation skills, and analytical capabilities for inventory management

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Logistics, or equivalent.

About KLA

We provide advanced inspection tools, metrology systems, process solutions, and computational analytics that make electronics possible, tackling complex challenges. From electron and photon optics to machine learning and data analytics, we seek perfection at the most fundamental level of matter in the universe. If you want to make electronics that push industries forward and make the world a better place, join us.

Use of AI Statement 

At KLA, our interviews seek to understand your individual skills, problem-solving approach and authentic thinking. To ensure a fair and consistent evaluation, the use of AI, recording tools or other technologies to generate, suggest or provide responses during interviews—whether virtual or in person—is not permitted unless explicitly approved in advance as part of a reasonable accommodation or invited by the interviewer. Use of these tools may interfere with our ability to evaluate your individual qualifications and affect your candidacy. KLA is committed to advancing innovation through responsible AI, and we value candidates who share this mindset.

We offer a competitive, family friendly total rewards package. We design our programs to reflect our commitment to an inclusive environment, while ensuring we provide benefits that meet the diverse needs of our employees.

KLA is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.