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What does a Director Asia Region do?

A Director Asia Region is responsible for overseeing an organization's operations, strategy, and business development within the Asia region. They manage regional teams, cultivate partnerships, ensure compliance with local regulations, and drive growth initiatives tailored to diverse Asian markets. This role often involves significant travel, cross-cultural communication, and coordination with global leadership to align regional goals with overall company objectives.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a Director Asia Region?

To thrive as a Director Asia Region, you need extensive leadership experience, a deep understanding of Asian markets, and a relevant degree such as an MBA or similar qualification. Familiarity with CRM platforms, regional compliance systems, and international business management tools is typically expected. Outstanding cultural intelligence, negotiation skills, and strategic communication abilities set top candidates apart in this role. These competencies are crucial for driving business growth, building strong regional partnerships, and successfully navigating the complexities of diverse Asian markets.

What are some common challenges faced by a Director Asia Region, and how can candidates prepare for them?

A Director Asia Region often navigates challenges such as managing diverse teams across multiple countries, adapting to varying business cultures, and ensuring alignment with both local and global strategies. Effective communication and cultural sensitivity are crucial, as is the ability to respond quickly to different regulatory environments. Candidates can prepare by developing cross-cultural management skills, staying informed about regional market trends, and building strong networks within the Asia region.

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Director, North America Supply Chain

Austin, TX • On-site

Ichor Systems
Semiconductor and Electronic Component Manufacturing • 51 - 200 employees
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$181K - $205K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement, PTO

Posted 29 days ago

Ichor Systems rating

9.4

Company rating: 9.4 out of 10

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Job description


Role Summary
The Director of Supply Chain - Americas is accountable for executing regional Supply Chain operations that support high-volume, high-precision manufacturing of liquid and gas flow control components and assemblies for semiconductor applications. The role ensures clear-to-build readiness, continuity of supply, delivery performance, cost control, and supplier scalability across assigned manufacturing sites.
This position serves as a primary customer-facing Supply Chian leader, responsible for translating material readiness, supplier constraints, and recovery actions into clear, credible, and aligned customer communication. The Director owns regional Clear-to-Build (CTB) execution and is accountable for ensuring procurement signals, supplier commitments, and ERP data align to production and customer requirements.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership
  • Build, develop, and lead a high-performing regional Supply Chain organization, including buyers, procurement managers, customer supply chain managers, commodity managers, and shared services interfaces.
  • Serve as the senior Supply Chain partner to regional Operations, Engineering, Quality, and Program teams.
  • Establish standard work, operating cadence, and escalation mechanisms for Supply Chain execution and CTB alignment.

Customer Interface & Clear-to-Build Ownership
  • Serve as a primary interface to customers on supply chain readiness, material readiness, delivery risks, and recovery actions.
  • Own Clear-to-Build (CTB) execution for the region, ensuring a single, aligned view of material availability, constraints, and readiness to support build plans.
  • Translate supplier constraints, capacity limitations, and lead-time realities into fact-based, externally credible customer communication.
  • Partner with Program Management, and Operations to ensure consistent messaging and containment of customer escalations.
  • Lead regional response to CTB misalignments, including root cause definition, corrective action planning, and recovery execution.
  • Ensure early visibility of supply chain risks to customers, with clear mitigation plans and ownership.
  • Define and lead regional commodity and sourcing strategies ensure adequate capacity and capability are in place to support the businesses needs

Supplier Performance & Execution Management
  • Own supplier delivery performance, capacity commitments, and responsiveness for production and ramp requirements.
  • Manage strategic supplier relationships at the execution level to ensure adherence to quality, delivery, and commercial commitments.
  • Lead supplier performance reviews, corrective action plans, and recovery actions for at-risk suppliers.
  • Define and Execute dual-source and resiliency strategies

Cost, Quality & Delivery Excellence
  • Execute year-over-year cost improvement through negotiations, commercial optimization, and regional execution of global agreements.
  • Ensure suppliers meet semiconductor-grade requirements for quality, cleanliness, traceability, and process discipline.
  • Partner with Quality and Engineering on supplier audits, PPAPs, ECO execution, and continuous improvement initiatives.
  • Ensure supply chain readiness for production ramps, customer demand volatility, and technology transitions.

Supply Chain Risk, Resilience & Escalation Management
  • Proactively identify and mitigate regional supply risks related to capacity, logistics, geopolitical exposure, and single-source dependencies.
  • Lead regional escalation management during supply disruptions, including containment, customer communication, and recovery tracking.
  • Support NPI and factory expansions with early supplier capacity validation and execution readiness.
  • Align supply chain actions with customer resiliency requirements (ISA, POLTR, liability protections).

Systems, Data Integrity & CTB Enablement
  • Own procurement execution accuracy within ERP systems (item master, source rules, pricing, blanket POs, lead times).
  • Ensure data integrity to support CTB, MRP signals, supplier commitments, and customer-facing readiness views.
  • Drive standard CTB reporting and dashboards in partnership with analytics and planning teams.
  • Partner with global teams on Oracle enhancements that improve CTB visibility and supply chain execution.

Cross-Functional & Global Alignment
  • Execute global commodity strategies within the Asia region, providing feedback on supplier performance, capacity, and execution risks.
  • Collaborate with Engineering on design-for-supply, localization, and manufacturability initiatives.
  • Support manufacturing footprint and make/buy decisions with regional execution insights.
  • Provide regular executive-level reporting on CTB health, supplier performance, cost, and risk.

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or related field; MBA or Master's preferred.
  • 15+ years of progressive supply chain leadership experience,
  • Strong experience supporting semiconductor manufacturing or adjacent high-precision industries (semiconductor equipment, gas delivery, vacuum systems, precision machining).
  • Demonstrated expertise managing customer-facing supply chain execution and CTB in high-mix, high-volatility environments.
  • Proven success leading supplier performance, escalations, and recovery in multi-country supply networks.
  • Strong executive communication skills with both internal leadership and external customers.
  • Experience leading teams across cultures and geographies

About Us
Ichor is an experienced leader in the critical subsystems and turnkey process equipment marketplace. Our capabilities enable the design and creation of a complete outsourced solution ranging from product concept to turnkey manufacturing to legacy service.
Ichor offers world-class process engineering, value added manufacturing, materials management and testing capabilities. Our 1500+ employees are strategically located to provide our customers with the highest level of customer service and support from our program management, sales, engineering, and executive management teams.
Our continued expansion of capabilities in South East Asia better aligns our production facilities with our customers' supply chain strategies. This further enables our expansion into new products and markets.
Ichor is headquartered in Fremont, California with manufacturing locations in Oregon, Texas, Singapore, Malaysia and the UK. Our sales and engineering office is strategically located in Silicon Valley, California.
About the Team
Ichor is the experienced leader in the critical subsystems and turnkey process equipment marketplace. Our capabilities enable the design and creation of a complete outsourced solution ranging from product concept to manufacturing to legacy service. Ichor offers world-class process engineering, manufacturing, materials management, and testing capabilities. Our 1,400+ employees worldwide are strategically located to provide our customers with the highest level of customer service and support from our program management, sales, engineering, and executive management teams. We have a friendly, business-oriented environment and offer a comprehensive benefits plan that includes, medical, dental, vision, health savings account, paid time off, life insurance, short term disability and 401K with generous employer match.
Ichor Systems provides equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Ichor Systems will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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