Supply Chain Project Manager (B4)

Applied Materials•Austin, TX

About The Position

Applied Materials is seeking a Supply Chain Project Manager to define and deliver project and program objectives, ensuring assigned work meets requirements for product and process specifications, costs, resource use, and completion timelines. The role coordinates preliminary planning, including outcomes, milestones, viability studies, and resource planning, and ensures project and process development is documented and relevant information is communicated to other functional areas. The position also ensures compliance with company policies regarding engineering and lab notebooks, patents, confidentiality, and safety, and promotes effective use of material and financial resources. The manager works with other staff to maximize productivity and may lead research and development of new technologies, incorporating resulting processes, designs, or methodologies into Applied Materials products and services or sharing them with other areas as appropriate. The role is based in Austin, Texas, includes travel 10% of the time, and is eligible for relocation.

Requirements

Demonstrated depth and/or breadth of expertise in the employee’s 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 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.
Ability to meet the physical and work-environment requirements that may apply, including extended standing, walking, working in tight spaces, bending, squatting, twisting, kneeling, reaching, lifting, distinguishing colors, working around noise, and using hand and power tools.
Ability to use required personal protective equipment when working in a clean room, such as coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses, gloves, respirators, chemical aprons, and face shields.

Responsibilities

Define project and program objectives for areas of responsibility and complete preliminary planning, including outcomes, milestones, viability studies, and resource planning.
Ensure assigned projects and programs meet predetermined requirements for product and process specifications, costs, resource utilization, and completion timelines.
Document all phases of project, program, and process development and report, disseminate, or transfer information to other functional areas as appropriate.
Ensure compliance with company policies regarding engineering and lab notebooks, patents, confidentiality, and safety.
Ensure effective utilization of material and financial resources.
Work effectively with other staff to maximize project and program productivity.
Lead research and development of new technologies as appropriate and ensure newly created processes, designs, and methodologies are incorporated into products and services or disseminated to other areas as needed.