NPI Materials Project Manager Global Sourcing & Strategy

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 108,000 - 149,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Stock award program

Relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions powering chip and display manufacturing. This full-time role focuses on coordinating supplier requirements, leading cross‑functional materials teams, and optimizing sourcing and transition plans to meet project goals.

The position emphasizes collaboration with engineering, procurement, and quality teams to resolve supplier issues, negotiate terms, and drive continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates depth and breadth of expertise in own specialized discipline.
• Interprets internal/external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services.
• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity.
• Leads others to solve complex problems; uses sophisticated analytical thought to exercise judgment and identify innovative solutions.
• Impacts the achievement of customer, operational, project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies.
• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view.

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).
• Manages materials change control process. Meets cost objectives and resolves quality issues.
• Generates and publishes Key Process Indicators . Tracks total landed costs targets.
• Works with engineering to identify preliminary critical parts, long‑lead parts and inspection requirements.
• Assists and/ or leads in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering.
• Utilizes value analysis on build-to‑print components in support of Should Cost analysis.
• Actively mediates and partners with quality and engineering teams to resolve supplier quality issues for assigned product groups.
• Escalate issues to Commodity Business Managers when necessary.

Job description

Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions powering chip and display manufacturing. This full-time role focuses on coordinating supplier requirements, leading cross‑functional materials teams, and optimizing sourcing and transition plans to meet project goals.

The position emphasizes collaboration with engineering, procurement, and quality teams to resolve supplier issues, negotiate terms, and drive continuous improvement.