Materials Project Management (B4)

Applied Materials•Austin, TX

1d•$108,000 - $148,500

About The Position

Applied Materials is hiring for a Materials Project Management role supporting product development and commercialization. The position coordinates materials planning and supplier activities, translates engineering requirements into materials strategies, and works across engineering, quality, sourcing, planning, and production control teams. The role requires applying analytical judgment to business and operational challenges and may lead functional teams or projects of moderate complexity.

Requirements

Demonstrated depth and/or breadth of expertise in a specialized discipline or field.
Ability to interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
Ability to lead others in solving complex problems using sophisticated analytical thought, judgment, and innovative solutions.
Ability to communicate difficult concepts and negotiate with others to adopt a different point of view.

Responsibilities

Forecast and communicate engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers.
Provide input to outsourcing decisions by performing make-versus-buy analysis.
Coordinate demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.
Lead the Materials Core Team and coordinate product development process deliverables through matrix management of buyers, planners, and production control.
Collaborate with engineering to interpret engineering requirements.
Create, release, and update new project materials strategies with limited or no supervision.
Assist with supplier price and delivery negotiations and, under direct supervision, negotiate contracts as necessary.
Use preferred supplier selection and assessment processes; assess risk for critical and unique parts and monitor supplier delivery, quality, and cost performance.
Coordinate source selection, specification creation, and price negotiations with appropriate team members.
Execute the commercialization transition materials plan.
Manage the materials change-control process, meet cost objectives, resolve quality issues, generate and publish key process indicators, and track total landed-cost targets.
Work with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts, and inspection requirements.
Assist with or lead development of supplier and commodity road maps for engineering.
Use value analysis on build-to-print components to support should-cost analysis.
Partner with quality and engineering teams to resolve supplier quality issues for assigned product groups and escalate issues to Commodity Business Managers when necessary.