Material Delivery Manager

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NPI Projects - Materials Delivery Manager  

Applied Materials’ Global Supply Chain organization is seeking a Materials Delivery Manager to work with Applied’s suppliers NPI build execution and on-time material readiness. In this role, you will coordinate, route, and expedite materials to address shortages, support build schedules, and help ensure timely delivery to internal labs and customer sites. You will oversee the flow of incoming materials and monitor movement across functions to meet operational commitments. This role plays an important part in enabling efficient material handling and supporting Applied Materials’ commitment to operational excellence.

Key Responsibilities

• Direct ownership of regular tracking and ensuring on-time delivery committed from suppliers
• Tracking and management of sub-tier supplier schedules for constrained manufacturing processes 
• Develop plans and execute delivery schedule improvements where customer commits don’t meet Applied’s need-by dates
• Coordinate material transfers between indirect expense and production warehouse locations
• Perform SAP transactions for material movement accurately and on time
• Work with suppliers and program teams to track parts delivery
• Resolve part shortages, delays, and material issues, including coordination of sell-backs from Applied’s inventory
• Primary point of contact to provide periodic material status updates to the cross functional program team
• Participate in build readiness reviews and provide material status, risk assessment, and recovery plans for upcoming milestones.
• Build stakeholder trust through clear, timely status updates that show material risks are actively managed, and surface potential issues early so support can be engaged.
• Manage internal stakeholders proactively to minimize escalations—giving program teams and leadership confidence that material issues are under control, while flagging risks and raising the need for help early.

Interpersonal Skills

• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Able to work effectively with suppliers and cross-functional teams
• Good coordination and follow-up skills
• Strong sense of urgency and accountability

Qualifications

Education and Experience

• Associate’s degree in supply chain, business, operations, or a related field; candidates with Bachelor’s degree in similar fields also welcome to apply
• Minimum 3 years of experience in material delivery management in a fast-paced high complexity, low volume environment
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in all forms in a manufacturing or supply chain environment
• Prior experience in procurement, expediting, materials coordination, and multi-tier supply chain delivery management is a plus
• NPI/build process familiarity: exposure to new product introduction, engineering builds, or prototype-to-production transitions

Project Management

• Project management fundamentals: familiarity with schedules, milestones, and risk/recovery planning (PMP or similar certification is a plus)
• Cross-functional collaboration: comfortable working with engineering, planning, procurement, and logistics teams simultaneously
• Problem-solving under pressure: able to triage and prioritize when multiple shortages or delays hit at once

Tools

• Experience using SAP or other data systems for material tracking and transactions is a plus

• Excel (pivot tables, VLOOKUPs), Smartsheets or other reporting tools for tracking material status and metrics
• Able to create PowerPoint presentations to summarize material status, risk and mitigation for executive reviews

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Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.