Planning and Control

Applied Materials•Gloucester, MA

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a Planning and Control employee to support production planning, inventory management, and manufacturing processes. Depending on specialization, the role may involve production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control and Material Requirements Planning (MRP) integrity. The position maintains SAP work-order release schedules to provide materials on time to manufacturing and engineering, reviews MRP execution and supply-demand accuracy, and supports inventory-system integrity and process improvement. It also works with manufacturing teams, engineers, Finance, and management to address material availability, work-in-process issues, engineering changes, and production needs. The role has no supervisory responsibilities but may provide informal guidance to new team members.

Requirements

Strong understanding of planning, inventory management, and manufacturing processes.
Expanded conceptual knowledge in the relevant discipline and the ability to broaden capabilities.
Understanding of key business drivers and the ability to apply that understanding to one's work.
Ability to solve straightforward problems using technical experience, judgment, and precedents.
Ability to explain complex information to others in straightforward situations.

Nice To Haves

SAP
Excel
Smartsheet

Responsibilities

Maintain the SAP work-order release schedule to provide materials on time to manufacturing and engineering.
Reschedule or complete no-charge discrete jobs as required.
Perform pre-shortage analysis to increase component availability when work orders are released.
Perform work-order variance analysis.
Review MRP execution, ensure information accuracy, reconcile supply and demand, and validate master scheduling requirements.
Review and ensure proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
Perform regular system maintenance and audits to ensure system accuracy.
Participate in floor audits with Finance and resolve work-in-process (WIP) issues.
Attend production meetings and provide status updates on material-shortage commit dates.
Work with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects.
Work with shop-floor work centers on shop-floor control activities, as applicable.
Examine material variances, resolve problems where possible, and communicate more difficult problems to management.
Assist in setting up new inventory systems or modifying existing systems when necessary.
Assign appropriate expediting duties to expediters.
For process control, participate in identifying root causes and corrective actions from PCI reporting and metrics, and drive cycle counting.
Provide informal guidance to new team members.