Senior Strategic Supplier Manager

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 193,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials in the United States is seeking a Senior Commodity Manager to develop and manage supplier strategies within our global supply base. You will lead negotiations, drive cost reduction, and align with PLC processes to optimize performance.

This full-time role requires strong leadership, supplier relationship management, and the ability to resolve complex supply chain challenges. Familiarity with commodity strategies and cross-functional collaboration is essential.

Qualifications

• Regarded as the technical expert in their particular field.
• Demonstrates in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own discipline and broad knowledge of other disciplines within the function.
• Anticipates business and regulatory issues; recommends product, process or service improvements.
• Leads projects with notable risk and complexity; develops the strategy for project execution.
• Solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions.
• Impacts the direction and resource allocation for program, project or services; works within general functional policies and industry guidelines.
• Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view.

Responsibilities

• Develops, aligns and implements commodity strategies.
• Negotiates and manages the maintenance of agreements with suppliers that provide the structure for all business relationships between Applied Materials and the supply base.
• Engages with the PLC process to ensure alignment with the commodity strategies.
• Directs new supplier introduction and/or disengagement requirements to/from the Applied Materials supply base.
• Drives resolution to systemic supply chain issues affecting quality, cost, delivery or lead-time, which may include engagement with sub-tiers in the supply chain.
• Develops and presents high level cost reduction opportunities.
• Approves/final authority, delivers and manages Supplier Performance Improvement Plans.
• Drives formal supplier performance reviews.

Job description

Applied Materials in the United States is seeking a Senior Commodity Manager to develop and manage supplier strategies within our global supply base. You will lead negotiations, drive cost reduction, and align with PLC processes to optimize performance.

This full-time role requires strong leadership, supplier relationship management, and the ability to resolve complex supply chain challenges. Familiarity with commodity strategies and cross-functional collaboration is essential.