Manager, NPI Demand Planning

Applied Materials • Santa Clara, CA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

Lead a demand planning team supporting new product introduction and pilot manufacturing. This role translates evolving project requirements into executable material plans and partners across Engineering, Procurement, Manufacturing, Logistics, and Program Management to improve material readiness and schedule predictability. The work we do together advances the world’s technology. At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go.

Requirements

• Demonstrates in-depth understanding of concepts, theories and principles in own job family and basic knowledge of other related job families
• Applies understanding of the industry and how own area contributes to the achievement of objectives
• Manages a generally homogeneous team; adapts plans and priorities to meet service and/or operational challenges
• Identifies and resolves technical, operational and organizational problems
• Impacts the level of service and the team’s ability to meet quality, volume, and timeliness objectives
• Guided by policies and resource requirements within business unit, department or sub-function
• Guides, influences and persuasies others internally in related areas or externally
• Position requires understanding of Applied Materials global Standards of Business Conduct and compliance with these standards at all times. This includes demonstrating the highest level of ethical conduct reflecting Applied Materials' core values.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of demand planning professionals.
• Convert early project requirements into time-phased, MRP-driven demand.
• Oversee demand intake, BOM validation, lead-time analysis, and material planning.
• Drive material-readiness reviews and resolve shortages, supply constraints, and schedule risks.
• Establish clear ownership, planning standards, performance metrics, and escalation processes.
• Improve planning systems, reporting, and cross-functional workflows.
• Provide leadership with concise reporting on risks, recovery plans, and business impact.
• Establish, implement, and manage system to evaluate, monitor and report supplier scorecard performance.
• Coordinate and work with quality, engineering, machining, and assembly operations to ensure 100% on-time delivery by establishing and monitoring schedule to proactively identify and address any issues.
• Represents materials organization on corporate materials task force teams.
• Manages department budget, associated costs and resources.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Demand Project Managers.
• Own the end-to-end FastTrack demand planning and material-readiness process.
• Translate early project requirements into executable, MRP-driven demand.
• Oversee request intake, BOM validation, lead-time assessment, and demand slotting.
• Establish clear governance, decision rights, ownership, and standard work.
• Lead material-readiness reviews covering shortages, supplier dates, expedites, BOM changes, and schedule risks.
• Coordinate cross-functional recovery plans for constraints affecting committed dates.
• Prevent duplicate demand during transitions between Planning BOM and standard execution paths.
• Drive continuous improvement across OneApp, Planning BOM, MRP, dashboards, and reporting.
• Define and monitor KPIs for demand quality, material readiness, shortage aging, and schedule performance.
• Provide leadership with clear reporting on risks, business impacts, owners, and recovery actions.

Benefits

• supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop, and grow your career
• comprehensive benefits package
• participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed