Logistics Analyst Lead

The group you’ll be a part of

This position is part of the India Logistics and Compliance Team. In this position, you as a Logistics Analyst play a vital role within India logistics and Global Transporation Function

The impact you’ll make

As a Logistics Analyst at Lam, you'll orchestrate and streamline material flow, ensuring efficient supply chain operations and maintaining optimal inventory levels. Your role encompasses a broad set of responsibilities, including supply chain services, inventory control, and ensuring critical parts availability through enterprise warehouse and inventory systems. Your skilled analysis will support production planning and volume studies. Your expertise will be pivotal in optimizing Lam's logistics plans for seamless operations.

What you’ll do

• Support end-to-end domestic and international transportation activities, including inbound, outbound, return, and customer shipments.
• Coordinate with suppliers, freight forwarders, carriers, customs brokers, and internal stakeholders to ensure timely shipment execution.
• Monitor critical shipments, identify transportation risks and delays, and drive appropriate corrective actions.
• Ensure shipping activities are executed in accordance with established processes, routing requirements, and business priorities.
• Provide logistics support for urgent, high-priority, and special-handling shipments.
• Act as a logistics point of contact for operational issues and transportation-related queries.
• Communicate shipment risks, delays, compliance concerns, and corrective actions clearly and proactively.
• Collaborate with global and regional transportation teams on standardization and logistics improvement initiatives.
• Provide effective support across different time zones when business requirements demand global coordination.
• Monitor freight forwarder and carrier service performance against agreed operational expectations and service levels.
• Conduct periodic performance reviews and follow up on identified gaps.
• Drive root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions for recurring transportation issues.
• Collaborate with transportation partners to improve pickup performance, transit reliability, delivery performance, and overall service quality.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, standardize, and automate logistics processes.
• Work closely with Supply Chain, Trade Compliance, Customer Operations, suppliers, and other relevant stakeholders.
• Communicate shipment risks, delays, compliance concerns, and corrective actions clearly and proactively

Who we’re looking for

• Minimum of 5-8 years of related experience with a Bachelor's degree supply chain managment, Logistics, International Business,Commerce,Engfineering or a related decipline.
• Relevant professional experience in logistics, transportation, supply chain, freight forwarding, or import/export operations.
• Good understanding of international logistics processes, including air, ocean, road, courier, and express transportation.
• Working knowledge of import/export documentation and customs clearance processes.
• Experience working with freight forwarders, carriers, customs brokers, suppliers, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and effectively handle shipment exceptions and operational escalations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and data analysis.
• Experience with Power BI, transportation reporting, dashboards, or other analytics tools.
• Familiarity with enterprise systems such as ERP/TMS platforms.
• Knowledge of logistics KPIs such as On-Time Delivery (OTD), pickup performance, transit time, freight spend, billing accuracy, and service-level performance.
• Understanding of freight-cost structures and logistics optimization concepts.
• Experience in process improvement, standardization, automation, or operational excellence initiatives.
• Ability to conduct root-cause analysis and convert findings into sustainable corrective actions.
• Experience working in a global or multinational supply-chain environment would be advantageous.

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.