Key Responsibilities
This role will include dedicated onsite support at a Malaysian Contract Manufacturer to manage day-to-day execution of the Applied NEXX ramp and establishment of future business ongoing stability. The individual will act as the primary onsite execution leader, working closely with the contract manufacturer’s operations and the Applied NEXX team to drive material readiness, production flow, schedule adherence, issue resolution, and escalation discipline required to support the planned increase in output.
Manage daily onsite execution, including floor-level production readiness, material status, manufacturing constraints, and open action items for active and planned tool builds.
Lead daily production-floor scrums with the supplier and Applied stakeholders to identify problems, assign owners, drive real-time shortage resolution, and remove barriers to committed ship dates.
Establish and maintain a single source of truth for tool-by-tool readiness, including CTB status, long-lead material placement, PO acknowledgement, supplier commitments, configuration alignment, ECO disposition, and schedule risks.
Drive proactive escalation of material, quality, engineering, planning, purchasing, and manufacturing issues before they impact customer-committed dates or ramp milestones.
Partner with Applied NEXX manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, planning, and quality counterparts to ensure execution plans support the ramp from the current production rate toward the required multi-tool-per-quarter output.
Monitor the contract manufacturer’s capacity, staffing, second-shift readiness, training plans, layout constraints, and production-line maturity to support near-term and long-term capacity requirements.
Promote disciplined project management, clear ownership, stable communication cadence, and an open, proactive execution culture.
Interact with management to ensure that resources and attention needed to meet Nexx need by dates are allocated.
Interact with Applied Singapore and Applied Malaysia leadership teams to seek support as needed.
Defines clear project and program objectives, milestones, ownership, and resource plans for the contract manufacturers onsite execution model, ensuring the team remains focused on ramp readiness and committed delivery outcomes.
Ensures assigned programs are completed against agreed requirements, with attention to schedule adherence, product/process specifications, cost, resource utilization, and timely closure of execution risks.
Maintains disciplined documentation, status reporting, and cross-functional communication so that Applied NEXX, the contract manufacturer, and supporting functional teams are aligned on decisions, risks, actions, and escalation paths.
Other Requirements: This position also may involve working in a clean room, the use of appropriate Personal Protective Equipment such as coveralls, hoods, booties, safety glasses, gloves, respirators, chemical aprons, and face shields may be required.
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
Education: Bachelor's Degree
Experience: 10 - 15 Years (>5 years) in a Manufacturing Factory environment.
Additional Information
Time Type
Full time
Employee Type
Assignee / Regular
Travel
Yes, 50% of the Time
Relocation Eligible
Yes
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.
