Strategic Supplier Account Manager

Applied Materials; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials is seeking a procurement professional in Santa Clara, CA to drive commodity strategies and manage supplier relationships. This role emphasizes aligning supplier agreements with strategic goals and addressing supply chain challenges to optimize quality, cost, and lead times.

The position involves engaging with PLC processes, leveraging best practices, and mentoring teammates while contributing to a global technology leader in materials engineering solutions.

Qualifications

• Alignment and implementation of commodity strategies.
• Maintenance of supplier agreements that structure all business relationships with the supply base.
• Engagement with PLC process to align with commodity strategies.
• Engagement of new supplier introduction and/or disengagement within the supply base.
• Support for resolving systemic supply chain issues affecting quality, cost, delivery or lead-time.
• Conceptual and practical expertise in own discipline; basic knowledge of related disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Aligns and implements commodity strategies.
• Manages supplier agreements that structure all business relationships with the supply base.
• Engages with the PLC process to ensure alignment with the commodity strategies.
• Engages new supplier introduction and/or disengagement within the supply base.
• Support resolution to systemic supply chain issues affecting quality, cost, delivery or lead-time.

Skills

Leadership

Problem Solving

Interpersonal Skills

Functional Knowledge

Job description

Applied Materials is seeking a procurement professional in Santa Clara, CA to drive commodity strategies and manage supplier relationships. This role emphasizes aligning supplier agreements with strategic goals and addressing supply chain challenges to optimize quality, cost, and lead times.

The position involves engaging with PLC processes, leveraging best practices, and mentoring teammates while contributing to a global technology leader in materials engineering solutions.