AI-Driven Supply Chain Analytics Lead

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 266,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Bonus program

Stock award program

Job summary

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA seeks a hands-on analytics leader to operationalize AI across global service operations. You will drive AI-enabled supply chain analytics, deliver governed, scalable workflows, and lead a small team of analysts to meet cycle-time and quality SLAs.

Requirements include deep experience with SQL, Python, Databricks, and LLM-based tooling, plus strong leadership and stakeholder collaboration across procurement, order fulfillment, and reverse value chain.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience delivering AI and analytics in a supply chain context with measurable business results.
• Strong builder: moved analytics from notebooks to governed production with lineage and ownership.
• Deep technical foundation: SQL, Python, Databricks / lakehouse, enterprise BI.
• Applied AI tooling: LLMs and generative AI (RAG, agentic workflows), MLflow or equivalent.
• Experience deploying governed services on an enterprise application / MLOps platform such as Kubernetes/OpenShift, Azure ML, cloud-native.
• People leadership: led or mentored analysts and managed delivery against demand.

Responsibilities

• Embed AI, generative AI and LLM-based methods into supply chain analytics, turning manual analyses into automated, governed workflows.
• Lead delivery of supply chain analytics within Applied Materials’ Global Service Operations, owning execution against the function’s roadmap and SLAs.
• Build and ship repeatable, AI-assisted workflows and agents that convert recurring manual work into reusable tools.
• Take high-value tools from prototype to governed production with data lineage, monitoring and lifecycle management.
• Establish AI operationalization practices: prompts and model evaluation, human-in-the-loop controls, versioning, monitoring and governance.
• Plan, manage and control activities of a team of analysts providing business intelligence and strategic planning.

Skills

SQL

Python

Databricks

LLMs

MLOps

AI delivery

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree preferred

Tools

Kubernetes/OpenShift

Azure ML

MLflow

Job description

Applied Materials in Santa Clara, CA seeks a hands-on analytics leader to operationalize AI across global service operations. You will drive AI-enabled supply chain analytics, deliver governed, scalable workflows, and lead a small team of analysts to meet cycle-time and quality SLAs.

Requirements include deep experience with SQL, Python, Databricks, and LLM-based tooling, plus strong leadership and stakeholder collaboration across procurement, order fulfillment, and reverse value chain.