Sr CoE NPI Supply Chain Program Manager

About the Role

This exciting opportunity is a senior, individual contributor role located at our Santa Clara, CA office, and is 100% onsite (not remote or hybrid). The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members.

Responsibilities

• Forecasts and communicates engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers.
• Provides input to outsourcing decisions by performing make versus buy analysis.
• Coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.
• Leads Materials Core Team and coordinates product development process deliverables through matrix management of buyers, planners, and production control.
• Collaborates with engineering team to interpret engineering requirements.
• Creates, releases, and updates new project materials strategy with limited or no supervision.
• Assists in supplier price and delivery negotiations; may negotiate contracts as necessary under direct supervision.
• Utilizes the preferred supplier selection and assessment process when selecting suppliers.
• Completes supplier risk assessment on critical and unique parts.
• Monitors supplier performance (delivery, quality, cost).
• Coordinates activities around source selection, specification creation, and price negotiation with appropriate team members.
• Executes commercialization (transition) materials plan.
• Manages materials change control process.
• Meets cost objectives and resolves quality issues.
• Generates and publishes Key Process Indicators.
• Tracks total landed costs targets.
• Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts, and inspection requirements.
• Assists and/or leads in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering.
• Utilizes value analysis on build-to-print components in support of Should Cost analysis.
• Actively mediates and partners with quality and engineering teams to resolve supplier quality issues for assigned product groups.
• Escalates issues to Commodity Business Managers when necessary.

Functional Knowledge and Business Expertise

• Regarded as the technical expert in their particular field.
• Demonstrates in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own discipline and broad knowledge of other disciplines within the function.
• Anticipates business and regulatory issues; recommends product, process, or service improvements.

Leadership and Problem Solving

• Leads projects with notable risk and complexity; develops the strategy for project execution.
• Solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions.
• Impacts the direction and resource allocation for program, project, or services; works within general functional policies and industry guidelines.
• Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections, and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.

Additional Information

This is a full-time position. Travel is required, up to 10% of the time. Relocation is eligible for this role.

Pay

$154,000.00 - $212,000.00

Benefits

At Applied Materials, we care about the health and wellbeing of our employees. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.