Planning and Control

Key Responsibilities

Employees may specialize in planning activities involving production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / Material Resources Planning (MRP) integrity

Maintains SAP work order release schedule that provides material on-time to manufacturing and engineering. Reschedules and/or completes no-charge, all discrete jobs as required.

Increases component availability at time of release by performing pre-shortage analysis. Performs work order variance analysis.

Reviews MRP execution and ensures accuracy of information; reconciles supply and demand; validates master scheduling requirements. Reviews and ensures proper disposition of Engineering Change Orders (ECO's). Performs regular system maintenance and audits to ensure system accuracy.

Participates in floor audits with Finance and resolves WIP issues. Attends production meetings and provides status on material shortage commit dates.

Works with engineers to manage materials for special engineering projects. May work with work centers on shop floor control activities.

Examines material variances, resolves problems where possible, and/or communicates more difficult problems to management. Assists in setting up new inventory systems or modifying existing systems, when necessary; assigns appropriate expediting duties to expediters.

Process Control – Participates in identifying root cause and corrective action from PCI reporting and metrics, drives cycle counting.

Functional Knowledge

• Strong understanding of planning, inventory management, and manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrates expanded conceptual knowledge in own discipline and broadens capabilities

Business Expertise

• Understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work

Leadership

• No supervisory responsibilities but provides informal guidance to new team members

Problem Solving

• Solves problems in straightforward situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents

Impact

• Impacts quality of own work and the work of others on the team; works within guidelines and policies

Interpersonal Skills

• Explains complex information to others in straightforward situations

Desired Skills

• SAP

• Excel

• Smartsheet

## Qualifications

### Education:

Bachelor's Degree

### Skills

### Certifications:

### Languages:

### Years of Experience:

2 - 4 Years

### Work Experience:

## Additional Information

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### Shift:

10-Day 8-Hr (United States of America)

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### Travel:

No

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### Relocation Eligible:

No

### Referral Payment Plan:

Employee Referral (Standard)

Salary Range:

$64,000.00 - $88,000.00

The salary offered to a selected candidate will be based on multiple factors including location, hire grade, job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and with consideration of internal equity of our current team members. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation such as participation in a bonus and a stock award program, as applicable.

For all sales roles, the posted salary range is the Target Total Cash (TTC) range for the role, which is the sum of base salary and target bonus amount at 100% goal achievement.

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All 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.