Materials Planning & Control Specialist

Applied Materials, Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. in Singapore seeks a detail-oriented planner to oversee production control, inventory control, and MRP integrity, ensuring on-time material release for manufacturing and engineering.

You will coordinate with engineers on materials for special projects and manage ECO/ECR processes. The role involves analyzing usage data, conducting variance analyses, and maintaining system accuracy in a dynamic fabrication environment.

Responsibilities

• Involves planning activities for production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / MRP integrity; maintains SAP production order release schedule to ensure on-time materials for manufacturing and engineering.
• Reschedules and/or completes no-charge, all discrete jobs as required.
• Increases component availability at release by performing pre-shortage analysis.
• Performs work order variance analysis.
• Reviews MRP execution and ensures information accuracy; reconciles supply and demand; validates master scheduling and/or PDS requirements.
• Reviews and ensures proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECOs).
• Performs regular system maintenance and audits to ensure system accuracy.
• Prepares status reports of all ECOs and ECRs in process.
• Participates in floor audits with Finance and resolves WIP issues.
• Attends production meetings and provides status on material shortage commit dates.
• Changes "make" level lead times on the manufacturing floor to reflect reality.
• Works with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects.
• May work with work centers on shop floor control activities.
• Inventory Control – analyzes usage data and stock levels to order parts to satisfy service levels; maintains inventory levels per plan and expedites shortages; may forecast spare parts needs.
• Examines material variances, resolves problems where possible, and/or communicates more difficult problems to management.
• Assists in setting up new inventory systems or modifying existing systems; assigns expediting duties to expediters.
• May manage obsolete inventories.
• Process Control – identifies root cause and corrective action from PCI reporting and metrics, drives cycle counting.
• Functional Knowledge demonstrates expanded conceptual knowledge in own discipline and broadens capabilities.
• Business Expertise understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work.
• Leadership no supervisory responsibilities but provides informal guidance to new team members.
• Problem Solving solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents.
• Impact impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team; works within guidelines and policies.
• Interpersonal Skills explains complex information to others in straightforward situations.

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. in Singapore seeks a detail-oriented planner to oversee production control, inventory control, and MRP integrity, ensuring on-time material release for manufacturing and engineering.

You will coordinate with engineers on materials for special projects and manage ECO/ECR processes. The role involves analyzing usage data, conducting variance analyses, and maintaining system accuracy in a dynamic fabrication environment.