Materials Project Manager: Strategy, Sourcing & Delivery

Applied Materials, Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. in Singapore is seeking a materials and procurement specialist to manage supplier relationships and ensure material availability for engineering and manufacturing needs.

You will forecast requirements, coordinate through MRP, and support outsourcing decisions while driving cost and quality improvements. You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and sourcing teams to deliver materials strategy, negotiate supplier terms, monitor performance, and mitigate risks

Qualifications

• Forecast and communicate supplier, material, and manufacturing requirements.
• Coordinate demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.
• Assist in supplier price and delivery negotiations.
• Monitor supplier performance and resolve issues.
• Develop supplier and commodity road maps with engineering.

Responsibilities

• Forecasts and communicates engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers.
• Provides input to outsourcing decisions by performing make versus buy analysis.
• Coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.
• Leads Materials Core Team and coordinates product development process deliverables through matrix management of buyers, planners, and production control.
• Collaborates with engineering team to interpret engineering requirements.
• With limited/ no supervision, creates, releases and updates new project materials strategy.
• Sourcing: 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).
• Materials: Coordinates activities around source selection, specification creation and price negotiation with appropriate team members.
• Executes commercialization (transition) materials plan.

Skills

Forecasting

MRP coordination

Supplier negotiations

Supplier performance monitoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

MRP system

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. in Singapore is seeking a materials and procurement specialist to manage supplier relationships and ensure material availability for engineering and manufacturing needs.

You will forecast requirements, coordinate through MRP, and support outsourcing decisions while driving cost and quality improvements. You will collaborate with engineering, manufacturing, and sourcing teams to deliver materials strategy, negotiate supplier terms, monitor performance, and mitigate risks