Director of Foundry Sourcing

onsemi is seeking a highly driven and strategic leader to join the Procurement organization as Director of Foundry Sourcing, based in Scottsdale, Arizona or San Jose, California. This role is critical to leading engagement with key semiconductor foundry partners and shaping the company’s external wafer manufacturing strategy. You will serve as the primary executive interface to strategic foundries, ensuring strong partnerships, market-competitive cost, supply assurance, technology access, and alignment with onsemi’s product and manufacturing roadmaps. You will lead a global team and work closely with Business Units, Technology Development, Operations, Quality, Finance, Legal, and Supply Chain to deliver both strategic direction and hands-on execution in a fast-paced environment.

Supplier Relationship & Market Leadership

Own executive relationships with strategic foundry partners and cultivate partnerships beyond transactional sourcing

Drive Supplier Relationship Management strategy, including governance, joint roadmaps, and executive alignment

Lead Executive Business Reviews and ensure clear follow-through on strategic commitments

Monitor foundry market dynamics, technology trends, capacity conditions, geopolitical risks, and supplier capabilities

Commercial & Negotiation Leadership

Lead negotiations for wafer pricing, capacity, technology access, contracts, statements of work, and non-recurring engineering

Drive RFQs, should-cost analysis, market benchmarking, and fact-based supplier counterproposals

Structure agreements that secure supply and flexibility while managing long-term commitments, commercial risk, and total cost

Develop multi-year cost roadmaps and value-creation initiatives in partnership with suppliers and internal stakeholders

Operational Execution & Cross-Functional Alignment

Partner with Supply Chain and Planning to translate demand forecasts into foundry capacity and sourcing plans

Support new product introductions, process qualifications, wafer ramps, transfers, and continuity plans

Align foundry partners with product, process technology, quality, cycle-time, and manufacturing roadmaps

Coordinate decisions and execution across global Business Units, Engineering, Operations, Quality, Finance, Legal, and Supply Chain teams

Performance Management & Continuous Improvement

Establish and manage supplier KPIs across cost, quality, delivery, cycle time, capacity, technology, and responsiveness

Lead commercial and operational corrective actions, escalation management, and continuous improvement

Optimize the foundry supplier portfolio to improve competitiveness, resilience, and technology coverage

Deliver measurable savings, cost avoidance, cash-flow improvement, and supply-risk reduction

Qualifications

15+ years of semiconductor industry experience, including significant responsibility in foundry sourcing, wafer manufacturing, supply chain, operations, or a related field

Proven experience leading and developing global teams and influencing across complex, matrixed organizations

Strong record of negotiating wafer pricing, capacity, technology, and complex long-term commercial agreements

Deep understanding of semiconductor foundry economics, process technologies, wafer manufacturing, supply dynamics, and supplier cost drivers

Demonstrated ability to translate Business Unit and technology requirements into actionable sourcing strategies

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, business, finance, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

Based in or able to work from Scottsdale, Arizona or San Jose, California, with flexibility for global travel

Established network and executive-level relationships within the global foundry ecosystem

Experience sourcing across mature, specialty, and advanced process technologies

Advanced degree and a track record of delivering sustained cost, capacity, technology, and risk-management results

onsemi (Nasdaq: ON) is driving disruptive innovations to help build a better future. With a focus on automotive and industrial end-markets, the company is accelerating change in megatrends such as vehicle electrification and safety, sustainable energy grids, industrial automation, and 5G and cloud infrastructure. With a highly differentiated and innovative product portfolio, onsemi creates intelligent power and sensing technologies that solve the world’s most complex challenges and leads the way in creating a safer, cleaner, and smarter world.

More details about our company benefits can be found here:

https://www.onsemi.com/careers/career-benefits