Materials Project Manager

About the role

Applied Materials, a global leader in materials engineering solutions for display and semiconductor chips, is hiring a Materials Project Manager in Singapore. The role covers forecasting, sourcing, supplier management and materials planning, working closely with engineering and production teams.

Key responsibilities

• Forecast and communicate engineering, materials and manufacturing requirements to suppliers, and provide input to outsourcing decisions through make versus buy analysis.
• Coordinate demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure, and form the Materials Core Team, coordinating product development deliverables through matrix management of buyers, planners and production control.
• Collaborate with engineering to interpret engineering requirements, and under supervision create, release and update the project materials strategy.
• Assist in supplier price and delivery negotiations and, under direct supervision, negotiate contracts; select suppliers using the preferred process and complete supplier risk assessments.
• Monitor supplier performance on delivery, quality and cost, and coordinate source selection, specification creation and price negotiation.
• Execute the commercialization (transition) materials plan, manage the materials change control process, meet cost objectives and resolve quality issues.
• Generate and publish Key Process Indicators, track total landed cost targets, and work with engineering on critical parts, long-lead parts and inspection requirements.
• Support supplier and commodity roadmaps, run value analysis on build-to-print components for Should Cost analysis, and mediate supplier quality issues, escalating to Commodity Business Managers when needed.

Required profile

• Conceptual and practical expertise in the own discipline, with basic knowledge of related disciplines.
• Knowledge of best practices and how the area fits with others, awareness of the competition and market differentiators.
• Able to act as a resource for colleagues with less experience and lead small, low-risk projects.
• Solves complex problems, judges across multiple sources of information, and builds consensus while explaining difficult or sensitive information.

The position is full time, with travel of about 20% of the time and no relocation eligibility.