Job Details:

Job Description:

The Role and Impact:

As a Senior Material Program Manager – Direct Material, you will play a pivotal role in translating Intel's manufacturing goals, market dynamics, and business requirements into actionable strategies to ensure seamless equipment spare management across New Product Introduction (NPI) projects and High-Volume Manufacturing (HVM) ramp readiness.
You will be a key contributor in driving supply chain optimization, inventory health, and cost efficiency while collaborating closely with suppliers and cross-functional teams to set and achieve critical program goals.
Your expertise will influence supplier and component selection, ensure bills of materials integrity, and deliver assessments and solutions that directly impact Intel's ability to innovate and excel in a highly competitive market.

Key Responsibilities:

Coordinate and monitor direct materials acquisition to support NPI programs and ensure smooth transitions to HVM.
Collaborate with engineering, project management, supply chain, and manufacturing teams to align materials requirements, customer demand, and program goals.
Develop and execute risk assessment and mitigation strategies for bills of materials while ensuring cost and quality benchmarks are met.
Analyze complex data to design solutions that enhance supply chain processes and drive operational efficiencies.
Manage supplier relationships to ensure on-time delivery, optimal cycle time performance, and resolution of material escalations.
Oversee BOM cost benchmarking/optimization, Engineering Change Order (ECO) closures, liability settlements, and new site ramp readiness.
Provide comprehensive program assessments and status updates to stakeholders, establishing contingency plans as needed to address gaps.
Contribute to the development and improvement of systems and tools to streamline materials processes across organizational teams.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a specialized field such as supply chain management, business, engineering, or a related discipline.
8+ years of relevant experience in direct material procurement (substrate), supply chain, or manufacturing operations with a Bachelor's degree, or 2+ years of experience with a Master's degree.
Proficiency in supply chain systems, data analytics tools, and materials planning processes.
Expertise in BOM management and supplier coordination.
Knowledge of manufacturing and NPI workflows.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree in business, operations management, or a related field.
Strong collaborative skills with experience working across diverse teams and stakeholders.
Proven ability to identify innovative solutions and drive process improvements in complex systems.
Strategic problem-solving skills, with the ability to make data-driven decisions that balance cost, quality, and efficiency.
Demonstrated ability to lead supplier relationships and manage contractual requirements effectively.

We invite you to join Intel, where your contributions will shape the future of technology and innovation. Apply today and take the next step in advancing your career with us.

Job Type:

Experienced Hire

Shift:

Shift 1 (Malaysia)

Primary Location:

Malaysia, Penang

Additional Locations:

Business group:

Intel Foundry strives to make every facet of semiconductor manufacturing state-of-the-art while delighting our customers -- from delivering cutting-edge silicon process and packaging technology leadership for the AI era, enabling our customers to design leadership products, global manufacturing scale and supply chain, through the continuous yield improvements to advanced packaging all the way to final test and assembly. We ensure our foundry customers' products receive our utmost focus in terms of service, technology enablement and capacity commitments. Employees in the Foundry Technology Manufacturing are part of a worldwide factory network that designs, develops, manufactures, and assembly/test packages the compute devices to improve the lives of every person on Earth.

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.

Position of Trust

N/A

Work Model for this Role

This role will be eligible for our hybrid work model which allows employees to split their time between working on-site at their assigned Intel site and off-site. * Job posting details (such as work model, location or time type) are subject to change.

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Senior Materials Program Manager - Direct Material