Materials Project Manager – NPI Supply Chain - (B3)

Applied Materials•Santa Clara, CA

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a Materials Project Manager for its NPI Supply Chain work. The role forecasts engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers; coordinates demand signals through MRP; and leads the Materials Core Team through matrix coordination of buyers, planners, and production control. The manager works with engineering to interpret requirements and creates, releases, and updates project materials strategies with limited or no supervision. The role supports supplier selection, price and delivery negotiations, supplier risk assessments, and supplier performance monitoring. It coordinates source selection, specifications, and price negotiations; executes commercialization materials plans; manages materials change control; and works toward cost objectives while resolving quality issues. The manager also tracks key process indicators and total landed cost targets, identifies critical and long-lead parts and inspection requirements, supports supplier and commodity road maps, and uses value analysis for build-to-print components. The position partners with quality and engineering to resolve supplier quality issues and escalates issues to Commodity Business Managers when necessary. The role may lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, or complexity. It interprets business challenges, leads others in solving complex problems, influences project and operational objectives, and communicates difficult concepts while negotiating differing points of view.

Responsibilities

Forecast and communicate engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers.
Provide input to outsourcing decisions through make-versus-buy analysis.
Coordinate demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.
Lead the 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 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 the preferred supplier selection and assessment process when selecting suppliers.
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 and 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.