Director, Industrial Engineering

About the role

Applied Materials, a global leader in materials engineering solutions for chips and advanced displays, is hiring a Director, Industrial Engineering in Santa Clara, CA. The role sits within an internal consulting team with high visibility to Applied Global Services executive leadership, leading strategic projects that streamline business processes, improve supply chain and operations, reduce costs and improve business performance through advanced analytics.

Key responsibilities

• Lead strategic projects covering the full project life cycle: analyze the as-is process, identify and quantify opportunities, develop improvement streams, secure stakeholder buy-in and drive implementation.
• Break down complex business problems, develop hypotheses, run analysis and deliver data-driven recommendations.
• Analyze large data sets rigorously, synthesize insights and opportunities, and present high-quality recommendations to executives.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to gather information, pressure-test hypotheses, co-create deliverables and accelerate execution.
• Optimize operations and business processes to improve performance, reduce cycle time and shrink costs.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or equivalent; MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of relevant work experience.
• Semiconductor experience preferred.
• Management consulting experience preferred.
• Broad understanding of logistics, financial reporting, operations and service business management.

Required skills

• Strong analytical skills, able to extract insight from multiple data sources.
• Excellent oral and written communication, organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills.
• Able to work in a matrix environment and influence others.
• Knowledge of Lean / Six Sigma.

What we offer

• Salary of $168,000 to $231,000, depending on location, hire grade, knowledge, skills, experience and internal equity.
• Comprehensive benefits package, with possible eligibility for a bonus and stock award program.
• Full-time position, with travel of about 10% of the time and relocation eligibility.