Materials Project Manager (B4)

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

1d•$124,000 - $171,000

About The Position

The Materials Project Manager at Applied Materials coordinates materials planning and sourcing for product development and commercialization. The role forecasts and communicates engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers; contributes to make-versus-buy decisions; and coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure. It leads a Materials Core Team and coordinates product development deliverables through matrix management of buyers, planners, and production control, while working with engineering to interpret requirements. The position develops and maintains materials strategies, supports supplier selection and negotiations, assesses supplier risk and performance, and coordinates source selection, specifications, and pricing. It executes commercialization materials plans, manages materials change control, tracks costs and key process indicators, and partners with quality and engineering to address supplier issues. The role may lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, or complexity, and requires analytical problem-solving, business judgment, and the ability to communicate difficult concepts and negotiate with others.

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.
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.
Apply 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 negotiation with appropriate team members.
Execute commercialization (transition) materials plans.
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 in support of 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.