Strategic Supplier Relations Lead

Applied Materials, Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a procurement professional in Singapore to align and implement commodity strategies and manage supplier relationships across the supply base.

You will engage with the PLC process to ensure alignment with commodity strategies, oversee supplier onboarding and disengagement, and support resolutions to systemic supply chain issues impacting quality, cost, delivery, or lead times. This role offers a full-time, on-site position with relocation support as needed.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline and basic knowledge of related disciplines
• Has knowledge of best practices and how own area integrates with others; is aware of the competition and the factors that differentiate them in the market
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience; may lead small projects with manageable risks and resource requirements
• Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective on existing solutions; exercises judgment based on the analysis of multiple sources of information
• Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus

Responsibilities

• Aligns and implements commodity strategies.
• Manages the maintenance of agreements with suppliers that provide the structure for all business relationships between Applied Materials and the supply base.
• Engages with the PLC process to ensure alignment with the commodity strategies.
• Engages new supplier introduction and/or disengagement requirements to/from the Applied Materials supply base.
• Support resolution to systemic supply chain issues affecting quality, cost, delivery or lead-time.

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a procurement professional in Singapore to align and implement commodity strategies and manage supplier relationships across the supply base.

You will engage with the PLC process to ensure alignment with commodity strategies, oversee supplier onboarding and disengagement, and support resolutions to systemic supply chain issues impacting quality, cost, delivery, or lead times. This role offers a full-time, on-site position with relocation support as needed.