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Shanmuganathan Ponnambalam

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Director - Global Sourcing and Procurement for Asia & Europe, Head of Engineering Buying at Applied Materials South East Asia
📍 Singapore

Shanmuganathan Ponnambalam is a Director at Applied Materials, leading global sourcing, procurement, and engineering buying for Asia and Europe. His expertise covers indirect spend, contingent workforce management, and supply chain strategy. He holds a Masters degree from the National University of Singapore and a Bachelors from Annamalai University.

He has a keen interest in business and technology trends, following publications like the Harvard Business Review and companies at the forefront of innovation such as Amazon. His career reflects a deep engagement with building and scaling complex operational processes and organizational structures from the ground up.

Unique fact: He led the software CMM efforts at Motorola, helping the Singapore facility become the first in the company to achieve SEI Level 3 in 1994.

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Experience
15 Years
Current Role
Director - Global Sourcing and Procurement for Asia & Europe, Head of Engineering Buying
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
Singapore
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Global Procurement
Currently directs global sourcing and procurement for Asia and Europe at Applied Materials, managing multiple indirect spend categories.
Engineering Buying
Heads the global engineering buying function, procuring essential components like test fixtures and prototypes to support engineering needs.
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Career

Work history

10-2020
Director - Global Sourcing and Procurement for Asia & Europe, Head of Engineering Buying
Applied Materials South East Asia
2-2015 - 6-2020
Director - Global General Procurement for Asia & Europe, Global Contingent Workforce Management
Applied Materials
Applied Materials India Pte Ltd
Full-time
9-2000 - 12-2005
VP Operations
Mascon Communication Technologies
Engineering Manager
Motorola Singapore
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Education
1995 - 1997
Master's degree
National University of Singapore
1983 - 1987
Bachelor's degree
Annamalai University
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