Semiconductor Equipment | Global Leadership
- A global leadership mandate within a high-growth semiconductor equipment company.
- The opportunity to shape long-term commodity and supply strategy, with exposure to the board and senior executive leadership.
- A pivotal appointment at a critical stage in the company’s investment plans and growth trajectory.
- The scope to build strategic supplier partnerships and manufacturing capabilities that directly enable the business’s expansion.
The Opportunity
Our client is a high-growth semiconductor equipment company seeking a Global Vice President to lead strategic commodity management and supply across its international supplier and external manufacturing network.
Joining at a critical stage in the company’s investment plans and growth trajectory, you will shape the global supply strategy and strategic partnerships required to support its expansion.
This mandate combines executive supplier relationships, long-term commodity strategy and manufacturing expertise, with significant influence across the business and exposure to the board.
The Role
Working closely with senior Operations, Engineering, Manufacturing and Supply Chain leadership, you will translate business priorities and technology roadmaps into a resilient, scalable global supply network.
Key responsibilities include:
- Define and lead global commodity and supply strategies across critical components, subsystems, build-to-print manufacturing and outsourced production.
- Build executive-level relationships with strategic suppliers, aligning long-term investment, capacity and capability with the company’s growth plans.
- Shape the global supplier footprint, balancing technical capability, competitiveness, geographic exposure and supply resilience.
- Lead strategic negotiations and long-term agreements to secure capacity and continuity of supply.
- Partner with Engineering and Manufacturing to align supplier capabilities with product roadmaps and complex technical requirements.
- Drive supplier development across manufacturing capability, quality, cost, delivery and lead-time performance.
- Anticipate supply risks, capacity constraints and technology dependencies, developing alternatives and mitigation strategies.
- Lead the global commodity and strategic supply organisation, establishing clear priorities, governance and accountability.
The Profile
Semiconductor equipment industry experience is essential, gained within an equipment OEM or a supplier, subsystem or manufacturing partner serving the sector.
You will be an established Commodity Management, Strategic Sourcing or Supply Chain executive with the strategic judgement, technical understanding and relationship skills to lead a global mandate.
You will bring:
- A strong record of developing and executing global commodity and supply strategies.
- Deep understanding of complex, highly engineered, relatively low-volume manufacturing.
- Technical and commercial knowledge of precision engineering, critical subsystems, build-to-print production and outsourced manufacturing.
- The ability to assess supplier capability, capacity, engineering readiness and operational maturity.
- Experience building executive supplier relationships and negotiating strategic, long-term partnerships.
- Proven success aligning sourcing decisions and supplier investment with business growth and manufacturing requirements.
- The credibility to influence executive stakeholders and communicate supply strategy, investment priorities and risk at board level.
- Experience leading teams across regions and translating strategy into measurable business outcomes.
What’s on Offer
- A global leadership mandate within a high-growth semiconductor equipment company.
- The opportunity to shape long-term commodity and supply strategy, with exposure to the board and senior executive leadership.
- A pivotal appointment at a critical stage in the company’s investment plans and growth trajectory.
- The scope to build strategic supplier partnerships and manufacturing capabilities that directly enable the business’s expansion.
- Remuneration well aligned to market and experience level within the semiconductor equipment industry.