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Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer

Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
United States, California, Santa Clara
5488 Marvell Lane (Show on map)
Jan 27, 2026

About Marvell

Marvell's semiconductor solutions are the essential building blocks of the data infrastructure that connects our world. Across enterprise, cloud and AI, and carrier architectures, our innovative technology is enabling new possibilities.

At Marvell, you can affect the arc of individual lives, lift the trajectory of entire industries, and fuel the transformative potential of tomorrow. For those looking to make their mark on purposeful and enduring innovation, above and beyond fleeting trends, Marvell is a place to thrive, learn, and lead.

Your Team, Your Impact

Marvell is looking for a Vice President & Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) to lead our global procurement organization. This executive will be responsible for designing and executing a world class procurement strategy that ensures a secure, resilient, cost competitive, and sustainable supply base across one of the most complex and geopolitically sensitive semiconductor supply chains in the world.

This highly strategic role has a direct impact on gross margins, manufacturing velocity, technology roadmap execution, and long term supply chain resilience.

What You Can Expect

Strategic Leadership

  • Define and lead Marvell's endtoend global procurement vision and multiyear strategy.
  • Partner closely with Planning, Operations, Finance, and Business Unit leaders as a key member of the executive leadership team.
  • Optimize multibilliondollar annual spend while advancing Marvell's competitive position in advanced semiconductor technologies.

Direct Materials & Foundry Procurement

  • Lead sourcing and partnership management across foundries, OSATs, substrate suppliers, test equipment vendors, and other missioncritical suppliers.
  • Manage supplier qualification, capacity planning, and longterm supply agreements for both leadingedge and mature nodes.

Capital Equipment & Tooling

  • Oversee procurement of advanced semiconductor test capital equipment and major tooling investments.
  • Partner with Manufacturing Operations on supplier strategy, new tool introductions, and cost/performance roadmaps with OEMs.

Supply Chain Risk & Resilience

  • Build and maintain a dualsourced, geopolitically resilient global supply network.
  • Lead proactive risk identification, mitigation, and business continuity strategies.

Cost & Value Creation

  • Deliver aggressive annual costreduction goals while maintaining quality and technology leadership.
  • Implement advanced procurement methodologies such as shouldcost modeling, value engineering, and collaborative costdown programs.

Sustainability & Compliance

  • Champion responsible sourcing, carbonreduction initiatives, and circulareconomy practices.
  • Ensure compliance with global trade regulations, export controls, FCPA, and ethical business standards.

Organization & Digital Transformation

  • Lead and develop a highperforming global procurement and category management team (30+ professionals).
  • Drive digital procurement transformation using AI, predictive analytics, blockchain traceability, and esourcing technologies.

What We're Looking For

Required

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Finance, or related field.
  • 15+ years of progressive procurement or supply chain leadership, including 8-10 years in senior roles.
  • Deep expertise in the semiconductor industry.
  • Proven track record managing multibilliondollar direct materials and capital equipment categories.
  • Experience negotiating longterm strategic supply agreements with global foundries, OEMs, and material suppliers.
  • Demonstrated success building resilient supply chains in geopolitically complex environments.

Preferred

  • MBA or Master's degree in Engineering or Supply Chain Management.
  • Professional procurement certifications (CPSM, CPSD, C.P.M., etc.) are beneficial.
  • Prior experience as a CPO or VP of Procurement/Manufacturing/Technology in semiconductors or advanced manufacturing.
  • Knowledge of heterogeneous integration and advanced packaging ecosystems.
  • Familiarity with global trade compliance, export controls, and tariffmitigation strategies.

Additional Compensation and Benefit Elements

With competitive compensation and great benefits, you will enjoy our workstyle within an environment of shared collaboration, transparency, and inclusivity. We're dedicated to giving our people the tools and resources they need to succeed in doing work that matters, and to grow and develop with us. For additional information on what it's like to work at Marvell, visit our Careers page.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status.

Interview Integrity

To support fair and authentic hiring practices, candidates are not permitted to use AI tools (such as transcription apps, real-time answer generators like ChatGPT or Copilot, or automated note-taking bots) during interviews.

These tools must not be used to record, assist with, or enhance responses in any way. Our interviews are designed to evaluate your individual experience, thought process, and communication skills in real time. Use of AI tools without prior instruction from the interviewer will result in disqualification from the hiring process.

This position may require access to technology and/or software subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). As such, applicants must be eligible to access export-controlled information as defined under applicable law. Marvell may be required to obtain export licensing approval from the U.S. Department of Commerce and/or the U.S. Department of State. Except for U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or protected individuals as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), all applicants may be subject to an export license review process prior to employment.

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