Materials Project Mgt

Applied Materials•Austin, TX

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a materials project management professional to coordinate materials planning and supplier activities for product development and commercialization. The role forecasts engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers; coordinates demand through MRP; and leads the Materials Core Team, managing product development process deliverables through buyers, planners, and production control. The position works with engineering to interpret requirements and, with limited or no supervision, creates, releases, and updates materials strategies for new projects. The role supports sourcing and supplier selection, including supplier price and delivery negotiations, supplier risk assessment, and monitoring supplier delivery, quality, and cost performance. It coordinates source selection, specifications, and price negotiations; executes commercialization materials plans; manages materials change control; and works to meet cost objectives and resolve quality issues. The position also tracks key process indicators and 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. It partners with quality and engineering to resolve supplier quality issues and escalates issues to Commodity Business Managers when needed. The position requires expertise in its discipline, sound judgment in addressing business challenges, and the ability to lead functional teams or projects of moderate complexity. It communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to support different points of view. The role is based in Austin, Texas, is full-time, includes travel 10% of the time, and is relocation eligible.

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 process 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.
Use preferred supplier selection and assessment processes 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.
Manage the materials change control process.
Meet cost objectives and resolve quality issues.
Generate and publish key process indicators.
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.
Escalate issues to Commodity Business Managers when necessary.
Lead others in solving complex problems and recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services.
Communicate difficult concepts and negotiate with others to adopt a different point of view.