Summary

• The Manufacturing Director will join the Lam Manufacturing Malaysia (LMM) Batu Kawan Operations leadership team, one of Lam's most strategically important manufacturing organizations.
• LMM serves as a major capacity engine within Lam's global manufacturing network, enabling significant business growth through expanded manufacturing capability and operational excellence.
• The organization is responsible for delivering industry-leading performance in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and productivity while supporting a rapidly growing and increasingly complex product portfolio.
• Working across a broad cross-functional ecosystem, the team drives capacity realization, workforce development, productivity transformation, and customer satisfaction.
• This role will be instrumental in ensuring LMM continues to scale effectively while supporting Lam's long-term growth objectives.

The impact you’ll make

• The Manufacturing Director will play a critical leadership role in translating LMM's expanded manufacturing capacity into sustainable business results through strong operational execution, workforce development, and productivity improvement.
• The position will provide dedicated ownership and governance for a large-scale manufacturing organization, ensuring excellence in safety, quality, delivery, cost, and customer commitments.
• By increasing leadership capacity and operational focus, the role will accelerate decision-making, strengthen employee engagement, and improve organizational responsiveness in a rapidly growing and increasingly complex environment.
• The Director will also drive cross-functional alignment across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Operations to enable scalable growth and operational excellence.
• Ultimately, this role will help ensure LMM remains a reliable and strategic manufacturing engine for Lam's long-term growth objectives.

What you’ll do

• Lead end-to-end manufacturing operations to achieve world-class performance in Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and Productivity (SQDCP) objectives.
• Own factory output and capacity realization, ensuring LMM successfully converts expanded manufacturing capacity into sustainable customer shipments and business results. 
• Drive operational excellence and manufacturing discipline through robust management systems, visual performance management, standard work, and continuous improvement practices. 
• Provide leadership for a large manufacturing organization, including managers, supervisors, and direct labor teams, while building a strong culture of accountability, engagement, and inclusion.
• Develop organizational capability and leadership bench strength through talent development, succession planning, coaching, and workforce capability-building to support future growth.
• Partner closely with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, NPI, and Business Units to ensure seamless execution of production plans, product transitions, and customer requirements.
• Lead productivity and cost improvement initiatives by identifying operational bottlenecks, improving manufacturing flow, reducing waste, and increasing labor productivity.
• Ensure manufacturing readiness for capacity expansion, product ramps, and business growth, including workforce planning, resource allocation, and risk mitigation.
• Establish strong operational governance and risk management processes to proactively identify, escalate, and resolve issues affecting safety, quality, delivery, or customer satisfaction.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, leveraging Lean, Shingo, digitalization, automation, and best-practice deployment across the manufacturing organization.
• Represent manufacturing in site and executive leadership forums, providing strategic input on factory performance, capacity planning, workforce strategy, and operational priorities.
• Support Lam's long-term growth objectives by developing scalable manufacturing systems, organizational structures, and operational capabilities that enable sustainable growth within existing and future manufacturing footprints. 

Who we’re looking for

• We are seeking a proven manufacturing leader who combines strategic thinking with a strong passion for operational excellence and people development.
• The ideal candidate thrives in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and has a track record of leading large, complex organizations through transformation, capacity expansion, and business growth.
• They are an influential leader who builds high-performing teams, fosters accountability, and inspires a culture of safety, quality, continuous improvement, and customer focus.
• The successful candidate is data-driven, collaborative, and decisive, with the ability to navigate ambiguity, drive cross-functional alignment, and translate strategy into execution.
• Most importantly, they possess the leadership presence, business acumen, and operational expertise required to scale manufacturing performance while developing the next generation of leaders.

Preferred qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline; Master's degree (MBA or Engineering) preferred.
• 15+ years of progressive manufacturing experience, including leadership of large-scale production organizations in a high-tech, semiconductor, electronics, or complex industrial environment.
• Proven track record of leading organizations with significant operational scope, including responsibility for safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and customer satisfaction.
• Demonstrated experience leading large teams through periods of rapid growth, capacity expansion, organizational transformation, or factory start-up and ramp.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to translate operational strategies into measurable business outcomes, including revenue enablement, cost optimization, and productivity improvement.
• Experience implementing and sustaining operational excellence methodologies such as Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Shingo, Continuous Improvement, or equivalent manufacturing systems.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional organizations and influence stakeholders across Manufacturing, Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Planning, and Business Units.
• Strong capability in workforce planning, talent development, succession management, employee engagement, and leadership coaching.
• Experience managing complex product portfolios, manufacturing capacity planning, product transitions, and customer-critical delivery commitments.
• Demonstrated success driving productivity improvements through automation, digitalization, industrial engineering, data analytics, or manufacturing systems transformation.
• Strong executive communication skills with the ability to present operational strategies, business risks, and performance updates to senior leadership.
• Experience operating in a global manufacturing environment with the ability to collaborate effectively across regions, cultures, and organizational boundaries.

Our commitment

We believe it is important for every person to feel valued, included, and empowered to achieve their full potential. By bringing unique individuals and viewpoints together, we achieve extraordinary results.

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.

Lam offers a variety of work location models based on the needs of each role. Our hybrid roles combine the benefits of on-site collaboration with colleagues and the flexibility to work remotely and fall into two categories – On-site Flex and Virtual Flex. ‘On-site Flex’ you’ll work 3+ days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, with the opportunity to work remotely for the balance of the week. ‘Virtual Flex’ you’ll work 1-2 days per week on-site at a Lam or customer/supplier location, and remotely the rest of the time.