IT Application Solution Management – Global Supply Chain

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Applied Materials is a global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world like AI and IoT. If you want to push the boundaries of materials science and engineering to create next generation technology join us to deliver material innovation that changes the world.

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Key responsibilities:

• Requires specialized depth and breadth of expertise in Global Supply Chain processes and enabling technologies. Interprets complex internal and external business challenges and recommends industry best practices. Solves highly complex problems by taking a broad endtoend perspective to deliver innovative scalable solutions. Operates independently with guidance required only in the most complex or ambiguous situations. May lead crossfunctional initiatives or functional teams.
• Serves as a primary interface and trusted technology partner across multiple business and functional groups including Sales Operations Engineering Service Finance and Manufacturing. Drives businessIT alignment through solution discovery service management project and demand portfolio management and proactive stakeholder and relationship management.
• Architects and designs complex crossfunctional business processes and application solutions to meet global supply chain needs. Translates business designs into clear functional and technical specifications. Oversees application configuration data conversions and execution of testing strategies (unit integration performance and user acceptance). Identifies and recommends industry bestknown methods (BKMs) integration patterns and architectural standards.
• Provides and oversees business application support services to meet agreed performance availability SLA and customer satisfaction targets. Ensures proactive monitoring performance tuning and system stability. Leads root cause analysis and resolution of incidents and systemic issues in coordination with infrastructure teams vendors and service providers. Drives corrective and preventive actions and plans lifecycle activities including patches point releases and major upgrades.
• Delivers project and operational services within Supply Chain and integrated domains within approved budgets. Develops project and service budgets understands cost models and cost drivers and recommends cost optimization opportunities. May be responsible for maintenance subscription renewals and vendor financial management.
• Ensures adherence to GIS/IT governance frameworks including project management SDLC testing service management change management root cause analysis and operational controls. Supports SOX compliance activities including execution of controls documentation and coordination of internal and external audits.
• Plans and manages medium to largescale crossfunctional initiatives to ensure effective execution aligned to scope schedule budget quality and business outcomes.
• Oversees and manages contingent resources across projects and service areas including selection onboarding offboarding workload assignment quality assurance and approval of time and cost submissions.
• Owns accountability for the overall health stability scalability and performance of Supply Chain applications. Continuously evaluates opportunities to modernize platforms through emerging technologies automation analytics and AIdriven capabilities to improve efficiency and decisionmaking.
• Leads and governs system integrations and data flows across ERPs planning logistics manufacturing and analytics platforms ensuring data integrity security and endtoend process visibility across regions.
• Partners with business and risk teams to identify assess and mitigate technologyrelated supply chain risks including system resiliency cybersecurity compliance and operational continuity in a global multiregion environment.

Functional Knowledge

• Regarded as an expert in Sourcing and Procurement areas
• Broad knowledge of other related disciplines like Planning Manufacturing and Logistics

Leadership:

• May lead functional teams or projects with moderate resource requirements risk and/or complexity.

Impact:

• Impacts the achievement of customer operational project or service objectives; work is guided by functional policies.

Interpersonal Skills

• Communicates difficult concepts and negotiates with others to adopt a different point of view

Qualifications

Education:Bachelors Degree

Experience:7 - 10 Years

• Over 7 years experience implementing SAP and non-SAP solutions in Supply Chain and related areas
• Hands-on SAP MM functional and configuration experience along with working knowledge of some non-SAP Supply Chain applications
• Technical and analytical skills to support troubleshooting root-cause analysis and solution delivery
• Familiarity with AI tools and their application in improving business processes and productivity

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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.