Senior Materials Planning and Sourcing Manager

Applied Materials, Inc.; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a Materials Planning professional to join our global team.

You will lead cross-functional planning processes, balance make-vs-buy decisions, and optimize capacity, scheduling, inventory, and costs to meet customer demand. The role emphasizes partnering with quality, engineering, machining, and assembly to ensure 100% on-time delivery, manage supplier relationships, and contribute to budgeting and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and manage cross-functional, fully integrated planning process including make-vs-buy, capacity planning, scheduling, inventory and cost elements.
• Analyze customer demand, forecasts and historical usage to develop build-to-order and build-to-forecast plans; coordinate with cross-functional teams for best-cost production planning.
• Establish methods and practices for inventory forecasting, purchasing and material control.
• Manage production scheduling by monitoring inventories and progress, ensuring accuracy with Finance and inventory systems to prevent discrepancies.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies; manage supplier relationships and scorecard performance to meet cost/quality/delivery targets.
• Coordinate with quality, engineering, machining and assembly to ensure 100% on-time delivery, proactively addressing issues.

Skills

Supply chain planning

Forecasting

Inventory management

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA, is seeking a Materials Planning professional to join our global team.

You will lead cross-functional planning processes, balance make-vs-buy decisions, and optimize capacity, scheduling, inventory, and costs to meet customer demand. The role emphasizes partnering with quality, engineering, machining, and assembly to ensure 100% on-time delivery, manage supplier relationships, and contribute to budgeting and continuous improvement.