Enterprise MCOS Program Lead

Applied Materials; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 108,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Bonus potential

Stock award program

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Applied Materials, a leader in materials science and engineering, is seeking a Senior MCOS professional in Austin, TX to drive cost optimization across SPG. This full-time role requires expertise in MCOS/MCM tools, forecasting, and cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Engineering, and Operations.

You will align cost reduction initiatives, consolidate forecasts, and present executive updates while ensuring data integrity and robust pipeline development.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates deep expertise in cost optimization, supply chain, and MCOS/MCM tools, including forecasting and actuals reporting methodologies.
• Interprets cross-BU and enterprise-level cost challenges; drives best practices and scalable levers to improve cost performance and meet SPG targets.
• Leads cross-functional, cross-organizational initiatives with moderate to high complexity; influences without authority to drive alignment and execution.

Responsibilities

• Ensures SPG achieves MCOS targets by aligning SAM groups, BUs, and central teams on priorities, pipeline expectations, and execution rigor across all cost reduction lanes.
• Ensures enterprise MCOS forecasts are consolidated, maintained, and accurately reflected in MCM, including monthly updates, scenario planning, and alignment to AOP targets.
• Ensures quarter-end actuals reporting is completed in partnership with Finance, including validation of savings realization, reconciliation of forecast vs. actuals, and executive reporting readiness.
• Ensures robust MCOS pipeline development across BUs and SAM teams (P2P, Configurations, DCRs, Co-Innovation, Resourcing, Should Cost), with focus on pipeline sufficiency, quality, and execution readiness.
• Ensures all MCOS projects and programs are tracked within MCM with high data integrity, including financial validation, timelines, risks, and ownership clarity.
• Ensures standard MCOS processes, reporting frameworks, and tool usage are consistently adopted across all organizations.
• Effectively works across SAMs, MPMs, Engineering, Operations, and Finance to remove execution barriers, drive alignment, and accelerate savings realization.
• Leads SPG-level MCOS operating cadence (weekly reviews, BU/SAM forums, executive updates), ensuring clear communication of risks, gaps, and mitigation actions.
• Ensures effective utilization of data, tools, and resources to drive informed decision-making and maximize MCOS impact at the enterprise level.

Skills

Cost optimization

Supply chain

Forecasting & actuals

Tools

MCOS tools

MCM tools

Job description

Applied Materials, a leader in materials science and engineering, is seeking a Senior MCOS professional in Austin, TX to drive cost optimization across SPG. This full-time role requires expertise in MCOS/MCM tools, forecasting, and cross-functional collaboration with Finance, Engineering, and Operations.

You will align cost reduction initiatives, consolidate forecasts, and present executive updates while ensuring data integrity and robust pipeline development.