Buyer IV
Posted on: 15 Mar 2021
Gloucester, MA
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
Leads purchasing activities with manufacturing, planning, sourcing and engineering departments to solve complicated material supply issues and maintain inventory at planned levels. Leads project team that may include different functions like planning and sourcing departments to solve supplier long-term issues and improve supplier performance. Provides inputs to engineering, MPM or SCM in supplier selection and assessment.
Drives problem analysis and corrective action from scorecard and metrics reporting. Initiates improvement activities to streamline business processes for procurement function, and drives the documentation and implementation of enhanced business processes. Participate or manage company-wide, multi-level, collaborative decision to set up or change cross-functional processes with other departments. Provide leadership over cross functions and complex projects for efficiencies.
Specializes in procurement, inventory control, Material Requirement Planning (MRP) and process control. Manages activities of the purchasing group in the managers absence. May function as a Focal to certify and re-certify purchasing community on purchasing processes. Acts as a trainer for purchasing departments. Support senior management for developing strategic plan and implementation on activities related to cost effective procurement, inventory control, planning and quality control of production materials.
* Minimum 5-7 years of experience in a sourcing buying role
Functional Knowledge
* 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
Business Expertise
* Anticipates business and regulatory issues; recommends product, process or service improvements
Leadership
* Leads projects with notable risk and complexity; develops the strategy for project execution
Problem Solving
* Solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions
Impact
* Impacts the direction and resource allocation for program, project or services; works within general functional policies and industry guidelines
Interpersonal Skills
* Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Skills
Certifications:
Languages:
Years of Experience:
4 - 7 Years
Work Experience:
Additional Information
Travel:
No
Relocation Eligible:
No
Applied Materials is committed to diversity in its workforce including Equal Employment Opportunity for Minorities, Females, Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.
Applied Materials
Santa Clara, CA
Applied Materials, Inc. provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits. This segment also offers various technologies, including epitaxy, ion implantation, oxidation and nitridation, rapid thermal processing, physical vapor deposition, chemical vapor deposition, chemical mechanical planarization, electrochemical deposition, atomic layer deposition, etching, and selective removal, as well as metrology and inspection tools.
The Applied Global Services segment provides integrated solutions to optimize equipment and fab performance and productivity comprising spares, upgrades, services, remanufactured earlier generation equipment, and factory automation software for semiconductor, display, and other products. The Display and Adjacent Markets segment offers products for manufacturing liquid crystal displays; organic light-emitting diodes; and other display technologies for TVs, monitors, laptops, personal computers, electronic tablets, smart phones, and other consumer-oriented devices, as well as equipment for flexible substrates.
The company serves manufacturers of semiconductor wafers and chips, liquid crystal and organic light-emitting diode displays, and other electronic devices. It operates in the United States, China, Korea, Taiwan, Japan, Southeast Asia, and Europe. Applied Materials, Inc. was founded in 1967 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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IndustryInformation Technology
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No. of Employees21, 000
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Website
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