Materials Project Manager – NPI Supply Chain - (B3)

Applied Materials • Austin, TX

6d • $88,000 - $121,000

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a Materials Project Manager for its NPI Supply Chain organization. The role coordinates materials planning and supplier activities throughout product development and commercialization. The manager forecasts engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers; helps inform outsourcing decisions through make-versus-buy analysis; and coordinates MRP demand signals to minimize inventory exposure.

The position leads the Materials Core Team and coordinates product-development deliverables through matrix management of buyers, planners, and production control, while collaborating with engineering to interpret requirements. It creates, releases, and updates materials strategies for new projects with limited or no supervision, and coordinates sourcing, supplier assessment, negotiation, materials change control, cost and quality objectives, commercialization plans, and KPI reporting. The role also works with engineering, quality, and suppliers on critical and long-lead parts, supplier road maps, value analysis, and supplier-quality resolution.

The position is based in Austin, Texas, or Santa Clara, California, and requires travel 20% of the time. Relocation is not available. The role is full-time and regular. The listed salary range is $88,000–$121,000; the selected candidate’s offer depends on factors such as location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and internal equity. Eligible candidates may also receive bonus and stock awards, as applicable.

Requirements

• Demonstrated depth and/or breadth of expertise in the relevant 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 functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
• Ability to lead others in solving complex problems, using sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify 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.
• Perform make-versus-buy analysis to provide input to outsourcing decisions.
• 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 materials strategies for new projects 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 assess risk 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 the commercialization (transition) materials plan.
• Manage the materials change-control process; meet cost objectives and 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 to resolve supplier-quality issues for assigned product groups, escalating issues to Commodity Business Managers when necessary.
• Travel 20% of the time.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Potential eligibility for a bonus program, as applicable
• Potential eligibility for a stock award program, as applicable
• Supportive work culture that encourages learning, development, and career growth
• Programs and support for employee health, wellbeing, and personal and professional growth

What This Job Offers

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