Senior Buyer

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.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage supplier relationships for electronics, electro-mechanical, optical, precision mechanical, motion control, and custom manufacturing commodities
• Own supplier delivery performance and ensure uninterrupted supply flow to meet production requirements.
• Monitor open orders, expedite critical deliveries, and proactively resolve shortages and supply risks.
• Lead RFQs, supplier selection, commercial negotiations, and sourcing initiatives.
• Drive cost reduction and productivity projects while maintaining quality and supply continuity.
• Develop supplier scorecards and performance reviews focused on delivery, quality, responsiveness, and cost.
• Support new product introductions (NPI), engineering changes, and supplier qualification activities.
• Identify and implement alternative sourcing opportunities to improve flexibility and resilience.
• Partner closely with Planning, Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, and Finance teams.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with OEM, high-tech, electronics, medical device, industrial equipment, or similar manufacturing industries.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business\Economics , Supply Chain, Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.
• 3-5 years of purchasing, procurement, or supplier management experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience purchasing electronics, electro-mechanical components, optical, precision mechanical, motion control, or technical products.
• Demonstrated experience managing supplier delivery commitments and supporting production schedules.
• Familiarity with ERP systems and advanced Excel skills.
• Strong negotiation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
  
  

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.