Kinaxis Digital Transformation Lead

LAM RESEARCH Corporation; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 137,000 - 287,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Professional development support

Job summary

LAM RESEARCH Corporation in Fremont, California, seeks a Digital Transformation, Sr. Manager to lead innovative supply chain solutions across the business. With a focus on Kinaxis, you will drive change, optimize processes, and collaborate with various teams to ensure operational efficiency.

The ideal candidate has 14+ years of experience in operations consulting and digital transformation in high-growth environments, showcasing proficiency in using digital design tools and managing organizational change.

Qualifications

• 14+ years of proven experience in operations consulting, process digitalization, and transformation.
• Experience in large-scale transformation implementations in fast growth companies.
• Deep experience with digital design tools including Kinaxis and SAP applications.

Responsibilities

• Lead Kinaxis deployments across various planning modules.
• Integrate Kinaxis with ERP, MES, PLM, and CRM systems.
• Drive change to implement optimized business processes across functions.

Skills

Operational consulting

Digital transformation

Kinaxis

Data analytics

Change management

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Business, Computer Science, Math, Statistics

MBA or Master's preferred

Tools

SAP ECC & S/4

Talend

Data Fabric

Job description

The group you’ll be a part of

The Global Information Systems Group is dedicated to the success of Lam through providing best‑class and innovative information system solutions and services. Together, we support users globally with data, information, and systems to achieve their business objectives.

Exceptional people come together to work at Lam Research. Every day we drive the precision and accuracy that enable our customers to create the world’s most incredible technology–working at scales 1,000 times smaller than a grain of sand. To put it simply, we build machines that make chips.

Our talented people are what make our leadership in the industry possible. To enable this incredible level of innovation, we maintain a strong collaborative culture. A space where you are encouraged to seek out challenges and engage the expertise of others to co‑create the highest quality outcomes.

The impact you’ll make

The Office of Digital Transformation at Lam Research is responsible for the creation of next generation business processes and accelerated adoption of technology across the company. The Digital Transformation, Sr. Mgr. DT Kinaxis ‑ Advanced Supply Chain and Factory planning Lead is a unique opportunity to transform a market‑leading semiconductor company to scale for past and future growth at an unprecedented time in our industry.

What you’ll do

• Architect and lead Kinaxis deployments across modules including Demand Planning, Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, Capacity & Factory Planning, Order Fulfillment, and S&OP
• Model semiconductor‑specific constraints such as long lead times, multi‑stage BOMs, and fab‑to‑assembly flows
• Planning implementations related to Engineer to Order and Configure to Order business processes
• Integrate Kinaxis with ERP (SAP ECC & S/4 Parallel landscapes), MES, PLM, and CRM systems
• Enable scenario planning, control tower visibility, and predictive analytics for proactive decision‑making
• Collaborate with engineering, procurement, and operations teams to align planning with product lifecycle and NPI
• Drive change to implement optimized business processes across different functions
• Assist the leadership in establishing the center of excellence to bring incremental values through innovations to the deployed digital transformation solutions
• Implementation of tools and AI to support and optimize various business functions across portfolio management, supply chain planning, factory and manufacturing optimizations products to spares as well as efficient cost tracking during product development
• Driving business transformation with departmental leaders, change management through employees, and enhanced future‑ready connected process and systems
• Be a cultural change agent in the company to drive transformation and continuous improvement and re‑imagine processes to streamline and drive efficiencies
• Develop digital tools to enable streamlined process and connectivity. Enable new business models to drive new revenue streams. Increase customer value through better outcomes
• Drive change to increase data accuracy through up front processes, governance, and closed‑loop accountability. Partner across the data team to strategize completion of design data objects, dependencies, and to drive business value through insights and decision making
• Advise leadership team on data and analytics value, opportunities, and strategy

Who we’re looking for

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Computer Science, Math, Statistics, or related field. MBA or master’s preferred but not required.
• Minimum 14+ years of proven experience in operations consulting, strong knowledge of operational processes, systems, and tools implementation experience, and improvement initiatives including experience in process digitalization and digital transformation in leading/fast growth companies
• Experience in large‑scale transformation implementations and drive teams in a matrix team environment towards deliverables
• Drive innovation through center of excellence program in reaching organization transformation goals and beyond
• Deep experience in digital design tools including primary skill set on Kinaxis and interfaces using Talend and Data Fabric to SAP S/4 HANA, SAP ERP, PLM, MES, CRM connected business processes and applications
• Experience in upstream market analytics for new tools and process improvements for complex, high growth companies along with downstream impact on supply chain, planning, logistics, and finance. Order processing and customer service
• Storyteller with an ability to drive organizational change management. Consistently shows exponential thinking and incremental execution. Understanding of best practices in the industry and application to real life
• Proficient knowledge of the systems implementation and product development life cycles. Deep understanding of cross functional business processes and connectivity. Demonstrates a growth mindset and has an eye to the art of the possible
• Influences and drives change by driving partnerships and alignment across the orgs. Deep experience in requirements to product design and commercialization

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in consulting firm
• Experience in high growth, complex companies

Salary

CA San Francisco Bay Area Salary Range for this position: $137,000.00 - $287,000.00. The above salary range for this position is relevant to applicants that reside or work onsite in the California, San Francisco Bay Area only. Salary offers will depend on factors that include the location you work from, your level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience and comparison to other employees already in this role. Actual salary may vary from salary offered due to numerous factors including but not limited to unpaid time off, unpaid leave, company mandated shutdown, and other relevant factors.

Our commitment

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.

Our perks and benefits

At Lam, our people make amazing things possible. That’s why we invest in you throughout the phases of your life with a comprehensive set of outstanding benefits.