Materials Program Manager (Contract)

Job Details: Job Description: Embark with us on a journey of growth and transformation as we create exceptionally engineered technology and bring AI everywhere. As a valued team member, your adaptability and attention to detail will contribute to our drive for results and relentless pursuit of quality, ensuring we meet our customers' needs with precision. Join us and build on our legacy of innovation and collaboration as we deliver world‑changing technology that improves the life of every person on the planet. Life at Intel: https://jobs.intel.com/en/life-at-intel Join us as a Materials Program Manager, where you will play an operationally focused role developing, optimizing, and implementing cutting-edge supply chain solutions that drive innovation, quality, and efficiency, while contributing to the future of Intel's technology roadmap. The Global Operations organization within the Foundry and Construction Sourcing team is seeking a dynamic and driven Materials Program Manager with expertise in Supply Chain Management. The Operations Materials Program Manager is an integral connection between the US Factory Stakeholders, US Spares Procurement Operations, and the materials supplier’s ensuring availability and cost competitive solutions in support of factory operations. Your responsibilities may include but are not limited to: • Translating manufacturing inventory forecasts and business requirements into actionable strategies and tactics as they relate to bills of materials stocking, risk assessment/mitigation, inventory health and optimization, streamlined/reliable supply chain business processes and improving the total cost to the business • Delivering an uninterrupted supply of scope-aligned spare parts and/or direct materials to the primary site location within the US factory network • Providing daily tactical support to the US site-based procurement operations teams to ensure efficiency of operations and rapid resolution to factory impacts • Operationalization of tactical procurement methods to manage and optimize inventory, forecasting, and delivery of materials and/or coordination or sponsorship of supplier labor • Driving operational response and closure to inventory or supplier labor escalations, inventory risk, and related supply chain impacts • Intake, disposition, and coordination of Material Quality Incidents requiring supplier engagement across the supply chain • Ensuring that bills of materials integrity, materials availability, cost, and quality goals are set and successfully achieved • Providing assessments/status to stakeholders at multiple levels, establishing contingency and gap closure plans, and closely monitoring program indicators • Analyzing data to run daily operations of the supply chain as well as developing and designing solutions for complex business processes • Driving standardization of indicators, processes, and procedures to optimize efficiency and consistent supply chain inventory solutions • Participation in the development and improvement of systems, metrics and tools to drive efficiencies across the organization • Working with cross organizational teams to drive forward-looking supply chain solutions • Engagement with supplier personnel which may include sponsorship of field service engineers, budget tracking/visualizations, and support of labor solutions supporting the factories across the US • Ensuring tight linkages to each business unit's production requirements to enable output maximization while balancing cost and inventory control   An Ideal Candidate must exhibit the following: • Excellent communication skills to effectively engage with stakeholders and cross-functional teams. • Proven ability to execute disciplined processes and deliver measurable results in a fas