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POSITION OVERVIEW
Company
Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale helps our customers – who make smartphones, supercomputers, virtual reality headsets, autonomous vehicles and more – transform their ideas into reality.
The technologies we create are the foundational building blocks of the future. Our systems make semiconductor devices, called chips—"the brains" of the electronics used in almost every aspect of our lives. The promise of new and exciting applications, transforming industries such as consumer electronics, transportation, communications, and healthcare, are enabled by advances in semiconductor and display technology.
While virtually every nationality, culture, and background are currently represented within Applied Materials, we strive for a more robust Culture of Inclusion and diversity. Leveraging our COI vision helps drive innovation, build organizational capabilities, create equal opportunities for everyone, and achieve our company’s definition of Winning.
Our innovations Make Possible® a Better Future. If you’re looking for the next step in your future, consider Applied Materials. With the data explosion and new investment in semiconductors, it’s an exciting place to be.
GENERAL PROFILE
It is a China university recruitment role of 2 facets:
- Acts as University Recruiter, who has experience and excitement in attracting and hiring the most suitable new college graduates; who has a firm understanding of full-cycle university recruitment (strategy, process, roles & responsibilities, schedules, metrics, ‘go-to-market’ methodology / approach) to address hiring demands for graduates
- Runs university recruitment as Program Manager & contributes to university relations by initiating and / or participating projects on the country and the global levels. It requires specialized depth and / or breadth of expertise in program management to lead and to influence without direct authority within the team, to interpret internal demands and internal/external challenges; to recommend scaled talent acquisition practices; to solve complex problems independently under most circumstances and to take a broad perspective to identify innovative solutions through program.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
As University Recruiter
- Hires graduates and early career professionals for a variety of Business Units and roles, ranging from engineering, operations, to specialized job functions
- Owns full-cycle university recruitment, including understanding graduates’ motivators, attracting, screening, presenting diverse graduates slates to hiring managers, facilitating selection process, extending offers, closing hires, and preparing for onboarding
- Develops and executes university recruitment strategies to ensure graduate hiring targets are achieved while building brand awareness for future hires
- Creates superior candidate experience from virtual and on-site recruiting events through onboarding initiatives
- Hands on with recruiting marketing – creating and customizing local templates in compliance with global branding guidelines for use internally and externally
- Represents / advocates Applied Materials at target universities in job fairs, networking sessions, and diversity events to build awareness and to influence early talent to start their career at Applied Materials
- Collaborates with the business as Talent Advisor by consulting and guiding throughout the full university recruiting cycle
- Explores the market best practices in university recruitment and implements appropriate best practices in the organization
- Reports progress on hiring goals and recruiting trends to the business and team regularly
- Ensures a high level of data integrity using the online systems & tools
- Collaborates with the global University Recruitment team occasionally for enablement, knowledge and / or best practice sharing
As University Program Manager
- Leads university recruitment initiatives, scopes projects /programs then manages against budget and timelines for quality outputs
- Utilizes university recruitment budget within given targets; monitors and provides inputs to improve and streamline university recruitment processes to be more cost-effective on the scale
- Spearheads people and process projects that enable university recruitment to be operated at scale more productively
- Builds awareness & influences businesses internally on the necessity and advantages of hiring early career talents
- Maintains, enhances and explores sustainable relationship with target universities to achieve the aligned goal – and to position Applied Materials as an employer of choice for target graduates
- Utilizes/ leverages / develops relationships with outside vendors to get market intelligence for the business to make the right decision
- Works with other staff without direct authority to maximize productivity for the project / program effectively
- Ensures that all phases of project, program and/or process development are documented and that information required in other functional areas is reported, disseminated, or transferred, as appropriate
CUSTOMER / KEY STAKEHOLDERS RELATIONSHIP
- Talent Acquisition: TA Leaders / Managers, Sourcer, other Recruiters, global University Recruitment team
- Internally: Hiring Managers, Business Unit Leaders, Total Rewards, HR Partners, HR Shared Services (TA Ops in particular), Communications & Public Affairs, Learning & Development, Indirect Purchasing
- Externally: job board / social media vendors, colleges & universities, industry association
DECISION AUTHORITIES
- Recommends allocation of budget, manages and reports project/program budgets
- Develops and maintains relationship with target universities; pitches Applied Materials as destination employer on campus; recommends partnership and engagement activities
- Maintains external vendor and internal relationships with Communications & Public Affairs
- Proactively identifies opportunity for process improvement; adopts and promotes new best practices (from internal and external sources) to solve low / medium problems / issues
- Acts as a mentor / go-to person: to engage with and coach Sourcer, TA Ops to best support university recruitment
PERFORMANCE METRICS
- Presentation of diverse slates of graduates (female) on all graduate reqs
- Operational excellence: process efficiency and efficacy (quality)
- Stakeholder satisfaction in terms of results (what) and experience (how)
- Program/project completion within timelines and budget & achieving set goals / quality
- Quality of work (root cause analysis, efficient/effective use of resources)
KEY REQUIREMENTS
Level of Autonomy
- Starts taking a more actional leadership role with minimal direction
- Balances and prioritizes workload, multi-tasks to maximize bandwidth
- Anticipates upstream and downstream impacts of decisions or actions
- Anticipates and implements changes that need to be made
Interpersonal Effectiveness
- Drives stakeholder accountability to keep projects / programs on target; leads and facilitates cross-function collaboration
- Ties in business acumen with recruiting expertise
- Brings right people into the room proactively with less / no guidance
- Ables to represent function and influences outcomes
- Has the acumen to escalation; practitioner of the art of saying no
- High degree of self and situational awareness
Problem Solving
- Has the foresight to anticipate and identify high-value problems
- Can initiate solutions for alignment in agile & flexible way
Dealing with Ambiguity
- Navigates ambiguity and thrives under pressure to optimize the way we work today / to set the path for tomorrow
- Able to drive forward progress despite ambiguity
- Leans into ambiguity to bring others along through the change
Team Shaper & Integrator
- Advises and shape talent decisions with data-oriented recommendation related to university strategies and goals
- Provides necessary direction to ensure the team keep momentum; brings people back to root cause and core issue rationally
- Respects and recognizes diversity of views – learning from others
- Maintains an objective point of view; listens to feedback from a wide range of sources and exhibits understanding through appropriate responses
Education
Bachelor's degree or above
Experience
- 10+ Years of direct university recruitment and / or university relations experience
- Any experience with the semiconductor industry or engineering roles / terminology a big plus
Position requires understanding of Applied Materials global Standards of Business Conduct and compliance with these standards at all times. This includes demonstrating the highest level of ethical conduct reflecting Applied Materials' core values.
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's Degree
Skills:
Certifications:
Languages:
Years of Experience:
7 - 10 Years
Work Experience:
Additional Information
Time Type:
Full time
Employee Type:
Assignee / Regular
Travel:
Yes, 10% of the Time
Relocation Eligible:
Yes
Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
