Demand Management Program Management - Santa Clara, CA, United States
$101,000 - $139,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 22 June 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 25 August 2026.
About the role
This role serves as a Senior NPI Demand Planner acting as the materials nerve center for NPI programs onsite in Santa Clara, CA. You will translate multi-level Bills of Materials from engineering and program managers into actionable procurement signals using SAP MRP demand.
What you'll do
- Perform multi-level BOM assessments against engineering and NPI program requirements, evaluate material availability, and explode engineering BOMs in SAP to generate component-level requirements. - Manage BOM change orders, pull-ins, and push-outs using Kinaxis Rapid Response software for scenario planning and capacity constraint analysis. - Convert BOM explosions into formal demand by creating and managing SAP material reservations or Planning BOMs across first-article, prototype, pilot, and pre-production phases. - Run and analyze weekly shortage reports in SAP (MD04, availability check, exception messages) to identify at-risk components and drive escalations with commodity buyers. - Assess the materials impact of Engineering Change Orders and Requests (ECO/ECR), including cut-in effectivity, inventory disposition, and excess and obsolescence (E&O) minimization. - Track actual versus planned NPI materials spend, deliver variance analysis to BU finance and program managers, and ensure purchase orders are coded to NPI cost centers and WBS elements.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or Operations. - 5+ years of experience with an NPI / pilot manufacturing focus. - In-depth knowledge and experience in NPI materials planning, multi-level BOM structures, and supply chain best practices. - Hands-on experience with SAP MRP, SAP material reservations, and Kinaxis Rapid Response software. - Experience managing Engineering Change Orders and Requests (ECO/ECR) and mitigating excess and obsolescence (E&O).
Skills: NPI materials planning, BOM, SAP MRP, supply chain, Kinaxis Rapid Response
This role has been open 122 days — well above the 51-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
370
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$151k
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| Metric | Applied Materials | All employers we track in this specialty (370 roles · 43 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 95 | 370 |
| Median days open | 44 d | 51 d (−7 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $151k |
Skills observed across this category: NPI materials planning, BOM, SAP MRP, supply chain, Kinaxis Rapid Response
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials (this employer) · 95 open roles · median 44 d
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How we counted: 370 open Technical Program Management (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 43 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.