Planner and Control

About the Company

Applied Materials is a worldwide materials engineering company whose technologies help create nearly every advanced semiconductor chip and display made today. The business designs, manufactures, and services equipment that supports chip and display production, powering technologies such as AI and IoT. The company positions itself as a place to grow, learn, and work on innovations that shape future technology.

Role Overview

This Singapore-based full-time role focuses on planning and control across production, inventory, process, and shop floor activities. The position also includes MRP integrity, material availability, engineering change coordination, inventory analysis, and data-driven forecasting work.

Key Responsibilities

The role requires hands-on specialization in planning functions such as production control, inventory control, process control, or shop floor control / MRP integrity.

• Maintain the SAP work order release plan so manufacturing and engineering receive materials on time.
• Rework or close out no-charge discrete jobs whenever needed.
• Improve component availability at release through shortage analysis and review work order variances.
• Check MRP runs for accuracy, balance supply against demand, validate master schedule and PDS inputs, and manage engineering change order disposition.
• Prepare progress updates for ECOs and ECRs that are currently open.
• Join floor audits with Finance and help resolve work-in-process issues.
• Attend production meetings and report on material shortage commitment dates.
• Coordinate with engineers on materials needed for special engineering projects and support shop floor control tasks when assigned.
• Use usage patterns and stock data to plan replenishment, maintain target inventory levels, expedite shortages, and forecast spare-parts requirements where needed.
• Investigate material differences, resolve issues when possible, and escalate harder cases to management.
• Help establish new inventory systems or adjust existing ones, and assign expediting work as required.
• Support management of obsolete inventory when necessary.
• Take part in root-cause and corrective-action work based on PCI reports and metrics, including cycle counting activities.
• Participate in or lead project teams to build methods for consolidating and analyzing large structured and unstructured datasets.
• Perform ad hoc statistical and data-mining analysis, create Tableau dashboards or visualizations, and translate business needs into actionable outputs using Python, SQL, or similar tools.

Functional Expectations

The role expects practical expertise in the discipline, awareness of related areas, and enough knowledge to work effectively across teams and contribute to small projects. It also calls for strong problem-solving, sound judgment, the ability to work within policies, and clear communication that helps build agreement among stakeholders.

Additional Information

• Employment type: Full time
• Employee type: Assignee / Regular
• Travel requirement: Yes, about 10% of the time
• Relocation eligibility: No
• Applied Materials is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants without discrimination based on race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, military status, or any other legally protected basis.

Benefits and Work Environment

The company highlights a supportive culture that encourages learning, professional growth, and career development. It also emphasizes employee health and wellbeing through programs and support designed for use at work, at home, and beyond.