Materials Project Management (B3)

Applied Materials•Gloucester, MA

1d•$88,000 - $121,000•Onsite

About The Position

Applied Materials is hiring for a Materials Project Management role in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The position forecasts and communicates engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers; supports make-versus-buy analysis; and coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure. It creates and updates project materials strategies and coordinates product-development deliverables through a cross-functional Materials Core Team. The role supports sourcing and supplier selection, price and delivery negotiations, risk assessment, and monitoring supplier delivery, quality, and cost. It coordinates materials planning for commercialization transitions, manages materials change control, tracks costs and key process indicators, and works with engineering, quality, buyers, planners, and production control to resolve supplier issues and meet cost objectives. The position may lead small projects and serves as a resource for less-experienced colleagues. The role is full-time, with travel approximately 10% of the time. Relocation is available. The stated salary range is $88,000–$121,000. The selected candidate’s offer may depend on factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. A comprehensive benefits package is offered, and candidates may also be eligible for bonus and stock awards, as applicable.

Requirements

Demonstrates conceptual and practical expertise in the role’s discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines.
Understands best practices and how the role’s area integrates with others, as well as competition and market differentiators.
Can solve complex problems by applying judgment and analyzing information from multiple sources.
Can explain difficult or sensitive information and work to build consensus.

Responsibilities

Forecast and communicate engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers.
Perform make-versus-buy analysis and provide input to outsourcing decisions.
Coordinate demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.
Form a Materials Core Team and coordinate product-development deliverables through matrix management of buyers, planners, and production control.
Collaborate with engineering to interpret engineering requirements.
Create, release, and update project materials strategies.
Assist with supplier price and delivery negotiations and, under direct supervision, negotiate contracts as necessary.
Use preferred supplier selection and assessment processes and complete supplier risk assessments for critical and unique parts.
Monitor supplier delivery, quality, and cost performance.
Coordinate source selection, specification creation, and price negotiations with relevant team members.
Execute the materials plan for commercialization transitions.
Manage the materials change-control process, meet cost objectives, resolve quality issues, 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 in developing 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 to resolve supplier quality issues for assigned product groups and escalate issues to Commodity Business Managers when necessary.