Productivity & Gross Margin Regional Program Owner

Job Description

Productivity & Gross Margin Regional Program Owner | Applied Materials

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Applied Materials, located in multiple European cities including Agrate MB, Italy; Bernin, France; Dresden, Germany; Leixlip, Ireland; and Treviso, Italy. Applied Materials is a global leader in materials science and engineering, providing essential equipment and services for semiconductor chip and advanced display manufacturing. This role is crucial for driving operational excellence and financial performance within the European Field Service Organisation, directly contributing to the company’s continued growth and technological advancement in the electronics industry.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – Agrate MB, ITA, Bernin, FRA, Dresden, DEU, Leixlip, IRL, Treviso, ITA
• Pay: EUR67,200.00 – EUR92,400.00 yearly
• Team: Reports to the Regional Central Operations Manager
• Mission: Driving productivity, gross margin improvement, and operational execution across European Field Service Organisation teams during a period of growth and transformation.
• Tech Stack: Power BI, Tableau, SAP

What You’ll Actually Do
• Opportunity Portfolio Management: Identify, assess, and prioritize field productivity and gross margin opportunities across the European region, maintaining the portfolio roadmap, business cases, and dependencies.
• Execution Leadership: Lead cross-functional execution from opportunity identification through deployment, adoption, and sustained benefit realization, tracking milestones, risks, and adoption while resolving issues.
• Outcome Governance: Govern productivity and gross margin outcomes by providing regional approval for opportunities, validating benefits with Finance and Analytics, and maintaining transparent portfolio status and benefit-realization reporting.
• Regional Alignment: Partner with Field Service Operations, site leadership, Finance, and Data & Analytics to accelerate delivery, represent the region in governance reviews, and scale proven practices across sites.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Business Management, or a related field.
• Experience: 5+ years of experience in program management, operational excellence, industrial engineering, productivity, or service operations, including leading cross-functional programs from identification to value realization.
• Skills: Strong analytical, business-case development, stakeholder-management, and executive-communication skills, with the ability to influence without direct authority and drive accountability in KPI-driven environments.
• Bonus: Master’s degree in a relevant discipline; semiconductor equipment or Field Service Operations experience; experience in productivity improvement, service profitability, digital transformation, or operational excellence; Lean Six Sigma, PMP, or related certification.