Global Supply Chain New College Graduates Program

About the role

Applied Materials' New College Graduates (NCG) Program is a 16-month inter-department training program designed to nurture future leaders for its Global Supply Chain organization. It runs from July 2027 and rotates participants through positions in Purchasing, Sourcing and Commodity Management, combining classroom training with interaction with experienced colleagues. The location is Singapore.

Key responsibilities

• Engage new supplier introductions and disengagements with the Applied Materials supply base.
• Maintain supplier agreements that structure business relationships with the supply base.
• Develop procurement strategies that balance lowest cost with quality, source reliability and urgency of need.
• Assist in creating commodity roadmaps and implementing commodity strategies, and support new product development and PLC processes.
• Drive material cost reduction through supplier negotiations, collaboration with engineering on design optimization and should costing.
• Support supplier price and delivery negotiations, and under direct supervision negotiate contracts.
• Select suppliers using the preferred process, complete risk assessments on critical and unique parts, and monitor supplier performance on delivery, quality and cost.
• Resolve supply chain issues affecting quality, cost, delivery or lead time, and drive process improvement, optimization and digitalization.
• Under direct supervision forecast and communicate engineering, materials and manufacturing requirements, coordinate demand signals through MRP to reduce inventory exposure, and review material shortages.
• Provide input to outsourcing decisions through make versus buy analysis.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business Management, Data Analytics or a related field; Master's degree in Supply Chain and MBA preferred.
• Entry-level to professional job progression, with structured work assignments and guidance from team members.
• Ability to multi-task, meet deadlines and thrive in a results-driven culture.

Required skills

• Proficiency in developing executive reports and presentations.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools.
• Strong listening, writing, quantitative, qualitative and oral communication skills.
• Creative and analytical problem solving, and cross-organizational collaboration.