Materials Planning & Sourcing Leader

Applied Materials South East Asia; Singapore; On-site; SGD 100,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials South East Asia is seeking a seasoned Materials Planner to coordinate cross‑functional planning, forecast customer demand, manage inventory, and develop cost‑efficient build plans to meet production needs.

You will work with quality, engineering, machining and assembly to ensure 100% on‑time delivery, monitor material status, build supplier relationships, and drive continuous improvement in materials control.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and manage cross‑functional, fully integrated planning process that incorporates make versus buy, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory, material and associated cost elements.
• Perform analysis of customer demand, sales forecasts and historical material usage to develop and execute build‑to‑order and build‑to‑forecast plans. Coordinate with cross‑functional business teams to develop best cost strategy for production planning to support customer demand.
• Establish and implement methods and best practices related to the systems and processes that support inventory forecasting, purchasing, and material control.
• Establish and manage production scheduling activities by monitoring material inventories, tracking progress of production and reviewing factors that affect schedules. Responsible for accuracy of inventory counts by implementing and managing, in conjunction with Finance, an inventory control system capable of identifying discrepancies and taking corrective action to guard against inconsistencies in the future.
• Develop and execute a sourcing strategy to meet the company's business growth and sourcing requirements. Identify, develop, and manage effective relationships with existing and potential suppliers of goods and services to meet the established cost, quality and delivery targets. Establish, implement, and manage a system to evaluate, monitor and report supplier scorecard performance.
• Coordinate and work with quality, engineering, machining, and assembly operations to ensure 100% on‑time delivery by establishing and monitoring schedule to proactively identify and address any issues.
• Represent materials organization on corporate materials task force teams. Manage department budget, associated costs and resources. Participate as a member of the operations team in making cross‑functional operational decisions. Collaborate with Engineering, Manufacturing, and Quality to achieve cost reduction targets.
• Select, evaluate and manage employees to ensure efficient operations of the function.

Job description

Applied Materials South East Asia is seeking a seasoned Materials Planner to coordinate cross‑functional planning, forecast customer demand, manage inventory, and develop cost‑efficient build plans to meet production needs.

You will work with quality, engineering, machining and assembly to ensure 100% on‑time delivery, monitor material status, build supplier relationships, and drive continuous improvement in materials control.