NPI Materials & Supply Chain Project Lead

Applied Materials, Inc.; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 88,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock awards

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a materials and procurement professional in Santa Clara, CA region to forecast and coordinate engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements with suppliers.

The role supports supplier pricing, bid analysis, and materials strategy while aligning with engineering and production teams. The position emphasizes supplier risk management, cost control, and cross-functional collaboration across core teams, with a focus on delivering on time, within budget, and

Qualifications

• Forecasts and communicates engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements to suppliers.
• Coordinates demand signals through MRP to minimize inventory exposure.
• Assists in supplier price and delivery negotiations; under direct supervision may negotiate contracts as necessary.

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.
• Forms 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.
• Assists in developing supplier and commodity road maps to engineering.
• Utilizes value analysis on build-to-print components in support of Should Cost analysis.
• Escalate issues to Commodity Business Managers when necessary.

Skills

Forecasting

Supplier coordination

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Leadership

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. is seeking a materials and procurement professional in Santa Clara, CA region to forecast and coordinate engineering, materials, and manufacturing requirements with suppliers.

The role supports supplier pricing, bid analysis, and materials strategy while aligning with engineering and production teams. The position emphasizes supplier risk management, cost control, and cross-functional collaboration across core teams, with a focus on delivering on time, within budget, and