Strategic Foundry Sourcing & Operations Lead

AMD; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

The Foundry Sourcing and Operations Manager is responsible for leading strategic supplier management, commercial negotiations, procurement operations (including managing a team of buyers), and process optimization activities to support AMD's foundry and advanced packaging supply chain.

This role serves as the primary interface between suppliers, engineering, finance, operations, and executive leadership to ensure supply continuity, cost competitiveness, capacity readiness, operational

Qualifications

• Strong sourcing, negotiation, supplier management, and commercial contracting skills.
• Familiarity with supply chain management and global manufacturing operations.
• Strong engineering background or technical understanding of semiconductor manufacturing is a plus.
• Strong financial acumen with experience managing large supplier spend portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute global procurement and commodity strategies for foundry, post-fab, and advanced packaging suppliers.
• Lead commercial negotiations involving pricing, capacity commitments, contracts, NRE funding, rebates, and long-term supply agreements.
• Own the competitive bidding process, including RFQ development, supplier analysis, cost modeling, price negotiations, and business award recommendations.
• Build and maintain executive-level supplier relationships and strategic partnerships.
• Drive supplier development programs focused on cost, quality, technology, service, flexibility, and long-term supply assurance.
• Lead Supplier Performance Management (SPM), including quarterly scorecards and business reviews.

Skills

Sourcing

Negotiation

Supplier management

Commercial contracting

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, Operations, Finance

MBA preferred

Job description

The Foundry Sourcing and Operations Manager is responsible for leading strategic supplier management, commercial negotiations, procurement operations (including managing a team of buyers), and process optimization activities to support AMD's foundry and advanced packaging supply chain.

This role serves as the primary interface between suppliers, engineering, finance, operations, and executive leadership to ensure supply continuity, cost competitiveness, capacity readiness, operational