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Applied Materials

Builds equipment for chip and display factories

NPI Supply Chain Program Manager E4

Procurement & Sourcing +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeSanta Clara, CA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • Expertise in strategic sourcing, commodity management, and supply chain, preferably in semiconductors.
  • Experience leading complex sourcing programs independently in a fast-paced corporate environment.
  • Knowledge of commodity strategy, market intelligence, supplier landscapes, and multi-year sourcing roadmaps.
  • Experience with supplier selection and qualification, RFx processes, technical and commercial evaluations, and contract manufacturer selection for high-volume manufacturing readiness.
  • Knowledge of negotiation and contracting, including pricing, statements of work, terms and conditions, and total cost of ownership optimization.
  • Knowledge of cost apportionment models, should-costing, best bill-of-material scenarios, and cost-reduction roadmap execution.
  • Knowledge of supply chain resiliency, dual sourcing, risk mitigation, and lab qualification and cut-in management.
  • Program and project management experience covering scope, schedule, critical path, dependencies, milestones, operating cadence, action tracking, and stakeholder readouts.
  • Experience with risk and issue management, including RAID logs, mitigation, escalation, and decision logs.
  • Experience coordinating vendors and partners and governing work across internal and external teams.
  • Knowledge of new product introduction to high-volume manufacturing ramp, supply readiness, capacity planning, and ramp governance.
  • Knowledge of semiconductor supply-chain lead times, allocation, shortage management, lifecycle, and obsolescence.
  • Supplier-management experience, including qualification, scorecards, quarterly business reviews, and corrective actions.
  • Knowledge of manufacturing and logistics fundamentals, including material requirements planning concepts, inventory, and material flow.
  • Ability to translate strategy into executable workstreams, key performance indicators, and outcomes.
  • Experience with executive governance, steering committees, decision forums, and status narratives.
  • Ability to align engineering, sourcing, operations, finance, quality, and legal stakeholders.
  • Experience tracking adoption, savings, and operational impact through benefits realization and closure.
  • Quantitative analysis skills, including business cases, sensitivities, scenarios, and key performance indicator design.
  • Advanced Excel skills, including pivot tables, Power Query, and Power Pivot, and PowerPoint storytelling.
  • Ability to influence without authority and communicate clearly in writing and verbally.
  • Ability to present complex topics simply and handle challenging questions from executives.
  • Ability to execute independently in a highly complex, fast-paced corporate environment.
  • Ability to identify gaps, propose solutions, and drive closure with strong ownership.
  • Bias for action while maintaining quality and compliance; structured problem-solving skills, including 5 Whys and Fishbone.
  • Knowledge of continuous improvement methods, including Lean, Kaizen, standard work, and process optimization.
  • Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field.
  • At least 6 years of experience in strategic sourcing, program management, consulting, and/or supply chain, preferably in semiconductors.
  • Demonstrated ability to work and execute independently in a highly complex, fast-paced corporate environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own commodity strategy, supplier selection, cost performance, and timely integration of Center of Excellence technology innovations into new product introduction programs.
  • Drive product sourcing strategy to support agile, scalable, and resilient product ramps through global supply-chain ecosystems.
  • Drive product cost performance to support product viability and gross margin performance.
  • Leverage corporate synergies across Center of Excellence teams, business units, and Global Supply Chain.
  • Deploy technology innovations and cost optimization into new products.
  • Lead supply-chain strategy and resiliency, lab qualification and cut-in management, contract manufacturer selection and high-volume manufacturing readiness, cost apportionment modeling, best bill-of-material assessments, and cost-reduction roadmap execution across MCOS.
  • Lead cross-functional teams or projects with moderate resource needs, risk, and complexity.
  • Recommend best practices to improve products, processes, or services and solve complex problems using analytical and innovative approaches.
  • Impact customer, operational, project, or service objectives while working within functional policies.
  • Communicate difficult concepts and negotiate to align stakeholders.

Desired Qualifications

  • Preferred experience in the semiconductor industry.
  • Preferred commodity experience with polymers and plastics precision machining.
  • Preferred commodity experience with laser and sensors, including optical, motion, temperature, pressure, and process sensors.
  • Preferred commodity experience with solid-state batteries, including next-generation energy storage, cell chemistry, and qualification.
  • Preferred PCBA experience, including contract manufacturer/electronics manufacturing services engagement, bill-of-material management, component sourcing, and high-volume manufacturing ramp.
  • Preferred commodity experience with precision metal machining and sheet metal.
  • A Master of Science or Master of Business Administration is preferred.

About the Company

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Applied Materials

Builds equipment for chip and display factories

Applied Materials designs and builds precision machines that chipmakers and display manufacturers use to form, shape and inspect thin layers of material. Its platforms handle steps such as depositing films and removing unwanted material, helping chipmakers create transistors and wiring at atomic scale. Customers include makers of logic chips and memory, as well as manufacturers of advanced displays. The company earns money from equipment sales, replacement parts and services, and factory software that schedules production and monitors manufacturing processes. Applied Materials was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Santa Clara, CA
Founded
1967

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