Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), the world’s largest contract chipmaker, yesterday said its materials management head, Vanessa Lee (李文如), had tendered her resignation for personal reasons.
The personnel adjustment takes effect tomorrow, TSMC said in a statement.
The latest development came one month after Lee reportedly took leave from the middle of last month.
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Cliff Hou (侯永清), senior vice president and deputy cochief operating officer, is to concurrently take on the role of head of the materials management division, which has been under his supervision, TSMC said.
Lee, who joined TSMC in 2022, was appointed senior director of materials management and promoted to vice president in August last year, information on TSMC’s Web site says.
Lee established a working model and system to provide TSMC’s demand forecast to suppliers, and built capability to monitor and track the development and delivery status of the company’s key suppliers, it says.
Lee helped the company overcome supply chain disruptions in tools and materials during the COVID-19 pandemic, it says.
Prior to her position at TSMC, Lee played a similar role at some of the world’s other technology giants. She was the global commodity manager at Google from 2020 to 2022 after leaving her job at Apple Inc, where she served as a director of procurement from 2011 to 2019.
Before that, Lee was a senior sourcing manager at Qualcomm Inc from 2007 to 2011.
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