About the role

AI summarised

The Product Line Management role at Applied Materials involves owning product change management, ensuring configuration accuracy, managing component and common modules roadmaps, driving cost reduction initiatives, facilitating cross-functional alignment on product strategy, and managing post-release product changes. The role requires a blend of technical, business, and leadership skills to support semiconductor and display equipment product lines.

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Key Responsibilities

Owns product change management (PCM) and control Unreleased product approval and control ECO (Engineering Change Order) approval Implementation of PCN (Part Change Notification), with Global Product Support Manages field service related activities, reviews approves and filters all system feedback activities that will have customer impact
Accuracy of customer shipped configurations and BOMs (Bill of Materials) CaRM (Configuration accuracy Review Meeting) reviews BOM (Bill of Materials) accuracy NSR (Non Standard Request) approval
Owns common modules roadmap and implementation post Phase 5 of ePLC.
Implementation of component roadmaps including part obsolescence, replacements, alternative vendors and cost reduction
Facilitates Intercompany communication to align on product strategies, provide guidance on pricing, spare level contents, and restricted part orders. Facilitates alignment meeting for product roadmap and market proliferation
Implementation of cost reduction roadmap
Manage all changes to the product after product release whether driven by engineering, quality, safety, customer demands or supply obsolesce

Requirements

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
May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity
Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions
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