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Precious Metals Materials Manager

REPORTS TO: Director of Inventory Control

JOB PURPOSE AND REPORTING STRUCTURE: Under the direction of the Director of Inventory control the PM Materials Manager has overall responsibility for managing and reporting on all precious and non-precious materials at all outside refiners and storage locations. The person will analyze and recommend the most efficient (settlement times) and cost effective method (inventory levels and refine cost including fees, retentions, yield, and lease) for processing PM materials taking into consideration internal processing and external processing, and will recommend capacity and capability expansion when required. Will help manage and control consignment inventory levels supporting customer and business needs. Provides support to all operations, accounting and IT regarding inventory issues. The position requires direct involvement with daily operations and future material demands to assure the activities support business goals and objectives.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Manage processing and physical inventories at all outside refine vendors for all WAM facilities. Direct responsibility for Albuquerque and Buffalo.
• Manager internal industrial and refine materials that need processing through WAM refining and or outside services.
• Assess refine vendor capabilities, evaluate performance and oversee qualification and certification programs.
• Review proposals and negotiate contracts regarding outside services ensuring lowest possible cost and time while meeting specified quality standards and specifications including reporting timeliness and accuracy. Bids and awards contracts periodically, at least yearly.
• Develop, establish and provide reporting systems to manage refiners and outside PM storage locations.
• Manage inventory stocking programs - Customer, internal other WAM facilities.
• Insures Inventory accuracy and timeliness requirements meet company and customer requirements.
• Maintain daily reports that are established to measure daily, weekly and monthly performance.
• Recommends capital expansion for capacity and/or capability versus running at outside refine vendors.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Carry out supervisory and management responsibilities in accordance with organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include interviewing, recommend hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning and directing work; appraising performance; disciplining employees; addressing complaints; and resolving problems.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Bachelor of chemistry or chemical engineer or equivalent, chemist preferred. MBA a plus. Five years of experience working with vendors and suppliers. Precious metal experience a plus. Five additional years of manufacturing experience. Understands financial methods and adept at numeric analysis. Structured – develops procedures and standard methods.

The above statements are a summary of the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation. A complete job description is available in the Human Resources Department

IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT JENNIFER PATTERSON AT EXTENSION 2214 by 12:00 PM on Thursday August 26th, 2010.
Employee Referrals Welcomed!

Customer On-Site Coordinator Representative

LOCATION: Raleigh Durham, North Carolina (Customer manufacturing site)
REPORTS TO: Director of Inventory Control

JOB PURPOSE AND REPORTING STRUCTURE: Under the direction of the Product Manager in the Sales and Marketing dept. the Customer On-Site Coordinator primary responsibility is to support all aspects of Customer shield and refine services at Customer manufacturing site.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Work at Customer site as a Williams Advanced Materials (WAM) representative to provide order and logistics support related to the management of all WAM PVD materials and shield parts. Develop, in liaison with Customer, a flexible inventory system capable of responding to manufacturing demand and technological change to avoid stock-outs or component obsolescence (optimize inventory levels).
• Assist in determining shielding requirements (specification development assistance) with the Customer Equipment Support Group as a result of new equipment installs and system re-configurations.
• Perform incoming inspection and review of certificates of analysis/conformity for all incoming Materials identified in the program.
• Initiate and develop training programs for the Customer Equipment Support Group with regard to correct shielding protocol, handling and kit management requirements.
• Provide refine settlement analysis to assure accurate and on-time settlements to Customer.
• Provide monthly review and written reports of the on-site cleaning program, detailing costs and consumption by equipment set, areas of improvement, and potential areas of opportunity, failures, and etcetera.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Requires minimum of Associates degree in one of the following Engineering disciplines: Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, Physics, or related field, or Equivalent Work Experience.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Requires the ability to operate various office equipment to include a computer, printer, fax machine, copier, calculator, telephone systems. Must be proficient in MS word, excel, project, and WAM operating systems: SAP, Salesforce.com.
Must be able to work independently while maintaining open communication to the WAM sales, marketing and operations groups.
May include working in a clean room environment or utility area. May include travel to WAM corporate headquarters up to 6 times per year. Relocation assistance will not be provided.

The above statements are a summary of the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation. A complete job description is available in the Human Resources Department

IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT JENNIFER PATTERSON AT EXTENSION 2214 by 12:00 PM on Wednesday August 25th, 2010.
Employee Referrals Welcomed!

Electroplater - Plating Dept.

GRADE 15 (Min $15.93 - Mid $19.19)
3rd Shift

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Responsible for the production of nickel/gold electroplated semiconductor lids, meeting quality standards set forth by both Quality Control and customer specifications.
• Sets up plating runs going through the facility, determining proper barrel size, part loading, and plating parameters to achieve the best overall balance between production efficiency and plating uniformity/quality.
• Responsible for maintaining the quality of plating, cleaning and rinsing tanks, performing routine testing and adjusting chemistry or replacing bath contents as required for process control.
• Responsible for overall plating quality and uniformity, visually inspecting each barrel run and taking a representative sample of lids for inspection to determine acceptable quality, as defined by Quality Control and specifications. In cases of under/over plated or stained parts, adjusts plating parameters to conform to existing quality specifications.
• Responsible for the safe and accurate control of precious metal inventory, existing as gold salt solution and as in-process gold plated lids, within the guidelines established by Inventory Control.
• Responsible for controlling all precious metal rinse water solutions before going to the in-house procedures for sampling and analyzing.
• Maintains plating equipment at its best efficiency and keeps the facility in orderly and clean fashion to assure optimum plating performance.
• Must maintain logs of mean gold and nickel thicknesses and adjust future run calculations for target thicknesses.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: High school diploma or equivalent. Plating/chemical background preferred. Previous work in a manufacturing environment 3-6 months minimum. Ability to read and comprehend customer specifications. Ability to use weights and measurements.

IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT JENNIFER PATTERSON AT EXTENSION 2214 by 4:00 PM on Friday August 6th, 2010.
Employee Referrals Welcomed!

Chemical Operator

GRADE 15 - Must be able to work ALL shifts
Pay range - Min $15.93 - Mid $19.19

JOB PURPOSE AND REPORTING STRUCTURE: Under the direction of the Associate Supervisor, the Chemical Operator is responsible for the proper refining of precious metals.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Responsible for the chemical refining of precious scrap in accordance with all standard operating procedures as directed.
• Responsible for the proper care and use of refinery equipment and safe chemical handling.
• Must be able to safely receive and store chemicals from chemical deliveries and replenish emptied chemical containers.
• Helps to monitor pollution control equipment to assure compliance with air and water discharges.
• Serves on the Emergency Response Team.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The employee must be able to move 55 gallon 600-700 pound drums using a hand cart.

IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT JENNIFER PATTERSON AT EXTENSION 2214
Employee Referrals Welcomed!

Shipper - Shipping Dept.

GRADE 13 (Min $12.28 - Mid $14.79)
1st Shift*
Flexible Hours (between 8am - 8pm)

JOB PURPOSE AND REPORTING STRUCTURE: Under the direction of the Shipping Supervisor, the Shipper will package and prepare domestic and international regulated and non-regulated customer orders according to established procedures and applicable regulations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Ensure material collected corresponds with picking list, weigh material, check item number, lot number, quantity, and special packaging.
• Determine appropriate packaging according to carrier specifications and regulations.
• Calculate value of shipment for insurance purposes and verify customer specifications have been met.
• Prepare shipment following established procedures.
• Process all industrial shipping transactions in SAP.
• Determine appropriate documentation and enter information into UPS/FED EX Software or any other required software programs.
• Follow all clean-up and housekeeping procedures. Comply with all safety, quality, procedures and policies.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE: Requires one to two years industrial training and six months related experience/training processing shipments.

OTHER SKILLS and ABILITIES: Requires the ability to operate a scale. Must be computer literate including Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes and knowledge of UPS on Line and FED EX on line.

IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT JENNIFER PATTERSON AT EXTENSION 2214 by 4:00 pm on Monday July 26th, 2010
Employee Referrals Welcomed!

Manufacturing Operator A

Summary
C-Scan Operator Targets dept.
1st Shift
GRADE 15 Min $15.93 - Mid $19.19
FUNCTIONS:

Job Summary: The Manufacturing Operator A / C-Scan Operator is responsible for the operation of the C-Scan and work scheduling of the C-Scan to ensure a smooth work flow. The operator must also be able to perform all aspects of the Manufacturing Operator B / Bonding Technician position.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILTIES: include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

Setup and operate C-Scan machine.
Responsible for training others on this machine.
Be able to design and build fixtures for C-Scan and Bonding.
Inspection of backing plates – both incoming and outgoing.
Required to perform all duties of bond technicians such as cleaning of targets and backing plates.
Preparing and bonding (or debonding) sputtering targets and backing plates.
Cleaning finished target assemblies prior to shipping.
Keeps records of all bond operations.
Maintains, sets up and operates hot plates and ovens as needed for bonding or debonding.
Maintains supplies needed for bonding operations.
Responsible for requisitioning supplies for the bond lab.
Cleans and evaluates bonded target assemblies.
Maintain equipment; perform preventive maintenance as scheduled.
Process all necessary paperwork to include analysis forms, labor data entry, and inventory records.
Responsible for all cleanliness of Bond Lab. Follow all clean-up and housekeeping procedures. Comply with all quality, safety, and work rules and regulations.


IF INTERESTED PLEASE CONTACT JENNIFER PATTERSON AT EXTENSION 2214
BY 4:00 pm on Wednesday April 28th, 2010
Employee referrals welcome! An outside search will also be conducted.

Customer Service Manager

Manage or direct all Customer Service/Inside Sales people worldwide. Work with the various WAM sales locations along with supporting departments to enhance the customer experience when dealing with WAM sales teams. Work with the Sales Directors, Regional Sales Managers and Sales VP to ensure consistent approach to the customer service function. Analyze, develop and implement "best practices" across the customer service organization. Work with IT and related functions to integrate and standardize business systems and output throughout the global customer service organization. Provide developmental training and coaching to the inside sales groups. Provide input to monthly forecasts, customer updates and TGP metrics. Manage lead database to ensure timely response. These reports to include quote success rate, avg. order size, quote response times, etc. Directly supervise employees that are assigned to the Customer Service Manager. Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems. Requires education generally equivalent to a 4 year degree or equivalent work experience. Knowledge of Inside Sales and/or Call Center environments, past managerial experience in an Inside Sales or Customer Service Manager's role. Experience in Material Sciences a plus but not required. This position requires approximately 30 - 40% travel to Europe, Asia and the Continental United States.

Positions offer competitive salary and benefits plan. Some positions may require relocation.

OR send resume referencing position title, include salary requirements and relocation interest to:

Williams Advanced Materials
2978 Main St.
Buffalo, NY 14214
Attn: HR Dept

Or by phone:

HR Contact: Jennifer Patterson
716-446-2214

OR by fax: 716-834-0673

OR apply via email: wamjobs@beminc.com

Williams Advanced Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer.