About the role

AI summarised

This is a New Product Transition Materials Project Manager role at Applied Materials, a semiconductor equipment company. The position focuses on ensuring supply chain metrics are met for new product transition programs, managing material readiness, and collaborating with engineering and NPI teams.

EquipmentFull-timeProject/Program Management

Key Responsibilities

Ensures that key supply chain metrics are met for all NPT programs
Provide visibility on critical supply continuity challenges by creating and maintaining heat maps and defining mitigation strategies to best meet current and forecasted demand
Devise plans to overcome material shortages by executing strategic buys/overplans
Analyze process maps for critical/complex long lead components; collaborates to implement mitigation strategies
Drive end-to-end lead time reduction and mitigation strategies for needle mover NPI programs
Tactical proficiency with Applied applications including, but not limited to SAP, SCV, Teamcenter etc
Drive material readiness actions based on Blue-sky and baseline demand signals, including strategic buys to support ELS and revenue builds
Collaborate with engineering to ensure BOM accuracy
Collaborate with NPI team to set program development/transition deliverables and provide status on completions prior to phase 5 exit
Execute supply strategies to meet demand changes through S&OP cycle
Timely disposition of parts to actively manage the program inventory
Conducts supplier shortages meetings to ensure accurate delivery commits for manufacturing

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree in Business with emphasis on Supply Chain preferred with 5+ years of relevant experience
MBA is a plus
Demonstrates depth and/or breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline or field
Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services
Leads functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
Manages multiple related teams, sets organizational priorities and allocates resources
Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
Identifies and resolves complex technical, operational and organizational problems
Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies
Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view
Influences others internally and externally, including senior management