Materials Program Manager, Supply Chain & Strategy

Applied Materials, Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. in Singapore is seeking a procurement professional to support manufacturing by forecasting requirements to suppliers and guiding sourcing decisions.

You will coordinate demand through MRP and participate in supplier selection to ensure timely delivery and quality. The role involves working with engineering to identify critical parts, managing cost objectives, and driving supplier performance improvements in a global setting.

Qualifications

• Forecast and communicate engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers.
• Support make-versus-buy analysis.
• Coordinate demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.

Responsibilities

• Forecasts and communicates engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers.
• Performs make versus buy analysis to support outsourcing decisions.
• Coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.
• Participates in Materials Core Team and coordinates product development deliverables with buyers, planners, and production control.
• Supports the creation, releases, and updates to new project materials strategy.
• Participates in commercialization (transition) materials plan.
• Participates in the material change control process.
• Assists in supplier price and delivery negotiations; under direct supervision may negotiate contracts as necessary.
• Utilizes the preferred supplier selection and assessment process when selecting suppliers.
• Completes supplier risk assessment on critical and unique parts.
• Monitors supplier performance (delivery, quality, cost).
• Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long-lead parts and inspection requirements.
• Assists in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering.
• Meets cost objectives and resolves quality issues.
• Generates and publishes KPI.
• Tracks total landed costs targets.
• Assists in value analysis on build-to-print components in support of Should Cost analysis.
• Under direct supervision, mediate and partner in the resolution of supplier quality issues for assigned product groups.

Skills

Forecasting

Supplier management

MRP

Negotiation

Cost analysis

KPI tracking

Tools

MRP/ERP systems

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. in Singapore is seeking a procurement professional to support manufacturing by forecasting requirements to suppliers and guiding sourcing decisions.

You will coordinate demand through MRP and participate in supplier selection to ensure timely delivery and quality. The role involves working with engineering to identify critical parts, managing cost objectives, and driving supplier performance improvements in a global setting.