Materials Project Mgt

Applied Materials•Austin, TX

4d•$108,000 - $148,500

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a Materials Project Mgt professional to coordinate materials planning and sourcing for product development and commercialization. The role forecasts and communicates engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers; coordinates demand signals through MRP; and develops and updates project materials strategies. It leads the Materials Core Team and coordinates product development deliverables through matrix management of buyers, planners, and production control, in collaboration with engineering. The position supports supplier selection, price and delivery negotiations, supplier risk assessments, performance monitoring, and materials change control. It executes transition materials plans, tracks landed-cost targets and key process indicators, and partners with quality and engineering teams to resolve supplier issues. The role also contributes to make-versus-buy analysis, supplier and commodity road maps, and value analysis for build-to-print components. It may lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, or complexity, and requires sound judgment, analytical problem solving, and the ability to communicate challenging concepts and negotiate differing viewpoints.

Requirements

Demonstrated depth and/or breadth of expertise in a specialized discipline or field.
Ability to interpret internal and external business challenges and recommend practices to improve products, processes, or services.
Ability to lead others in solving complex problems using sophisticated analytical thinking, 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 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 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; complete risk assessments for critical and unique parts; and monitor supplier delivery, quality, and cost performance.
Coordinate source selection, specification creation, and price negotiations with relevant team members.
Execute commercialization (transition) materials plans.
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 and 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 to resolve supplier quality issues for assigned product groups, escalating issues to Commodity Business Managers when necessary.