Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale helps our customers – who make smartphones, supercomputers, virtual reality headsets, autonomous vehicles and more – transform their ideas into reality.

The technologies we create are the foundational building blocks of the future. Our systems make semiconductor devices, called chips—"the brains" of the electronics used in almost every aspect of our lives. The promise of new and exciting applications, transforming industries such as consumer electronics, transportation, communications and healthcare, are enabled by advances in semiconductor and display technology.

While virtually every nationality, culture, and background are currently represented within Applied Materials, we strive for a more robust Culture of Inclusion (COI) and diversity. Leveraging our COI vision helps drive innovation, build organizational capabilities, create equal opportunities for everyone, and achieve our company’s definition of Winning.

Our innovations Make Possible® a Better Future. If you’re looking for the next step in your future, consider Applied Materials. With the data explosion and new investment in semiconductors, it’s an exciting place to be.

AGS Business Summary

The Applied Global Services (AGS) segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity, including spares, services, upgrades, remanufactured earlier generation equipment and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products.  Customer demand for products and services is fulfilled through a global distribution network system with 100+ locations and trained service engineers, located in close proximity to customer sites in more than a dozen countries, to support over 49,000 installed Applied Semiconductor, Display, and other manufacturing systems worldwide.

Role

The Managing Director of Finance will support both the VP of AGS Operations at Applied Materials and VP of Service Business Units. With an annual business of >$5.5B growing at ~10% CAGR, a global workforce >12,000 the successful candidate will be responsible for the Long-Term Strategic Plan for AGS Operations and Product Development along with the quarterly execution plans.

Key Responsibilities

• Supporting VP of Operations in the development and execution of a multi-year strategy to support the AGS growth plan.
• Supporting VP of Service Business in the development/market readiness of new products
• Enhance Business Models to drive scalable solutions, improving gross margin and working capital
• Understanding the underlying business environment and work with business partners to modify business plans accordingly.
• Drives group objectives and aligns with all matrix organizations and key stakeholders on recurring performance metrics.
• Be a key partner in the Sales and Operations planning process aligning across multiple organization to ensure execution of AGS key deliverables
• Leads Financial Support Team for Operations and Service Business Unit >25people across 4 locations
• A key player in the development of global process and ERP Systems required to scale the AGS Business including updates to global processes as required
• Lead digital analytics activities for AGS Finance
• Responsible for training, staffing, and execution of tactical tasks around all corporate, foundational accounting and decision support deliverables
• Employee development lead and participant in coaching sessions, career development councils, and critical succession planning requirements

Skills, Knowledge, Experience & Education

At Applied Materials, Make Possible® is about unlocking new opportunities – with our customers and within our own company.

The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Master’s Degree/MBA Preferred
• 15+ Years of experience
• Org Change Management – effect change in an organization; ability to manage a successful transition from current to desired culture, practices, structure, and environment
• Data Analytics - data analysis tools to sort through and analyze data to identify factors impacting performance and to gain greater insight into trends
• Business Partnering - creating a real and active partnership with both operations and management.  Provide ’real-time’ support and analysis to add value in decision making
• Problem Solving/Critical Thinking - approaches, tools, techniques for solving problems & making sound recommendations
• Business Acumen – business/financial concepts, processes, and practices for sound decisions
• Excellent influencing and customer relationship skills
• Communication/People Development/Personnel Management - facilitation of teams and members growth and ability to provide opportunities to learn and develop continuously
• A passionate, energetic leader who thrives in ambiguity and being proactive
• Proven competencies in communications, presentations, problem-solving, etc.
• Flexibility & Adaptability - approaches, tools, and techniques for dealing with a changing environment
• Initiative - self-motivation, ability and drive to seek out work and accomplish goals
• Strong desire to learn and grow your career with the organization
• Influencing – the ability to impact decisions within and outside own organization
• Expert in financial planning and analysis
• Strong Accounting/Finance skills and curiosity and excitement in the high tech business environment
• Experience working in the semiconductor manufacturing industry is a strong plus
• Financial Forecasting & Modeling - processes, tools, and techniques for exploring and evaluating alternative financial scenarios and results

Other Suitability Factors

We are a catalyst to unlock the power of our customers’ ideas and are committed to overcoming challenges that seem insurmountable.

To succeed in this role requires a capacity for complexity and temperament that includes:

• A very mature individual with the right balance of confidence and humility.
• Exceptional ability to absorb and handle stress.
• Process oriented while also strongly developing and relying on interpersonal relationships across the company
• Ability to connect equally well upwards, downwards and sideways in the organization
• Self-motivated and driven towards excellence
• A high level of EQ to be able to manage across a large team with significant diversity
• An inspiring technical leader
• Very strong ability to translate multi-dimensional market requirements into engineering specifications. This would also include negotiating with the various stakeholders.
• Analyzing, processing and decision-making based on multidisciplinary and multi-functional data sources that could frequently be incomplete.
• Ability to distinguish between and prioritizing urgent and important issues
• Situational awareness and complex decision-making ability appropriate for the situation

Qualifications

Education:

Master’s Degree

Skills:

Certifications:

Languages:

Years of Experience:

15+ Years

Work Experience:

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Yes, 20% of the Time

Relocation Eligible:

Yes

U.S. Salary Range:

$208,000.00 - $286,000.00

The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.