Sandisk
Strategic Sourcing Manager – Semiconductor Categories
Milpitas, CA, United States
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 40 days ago
NegotiationSAPSupply ChainProcurementContract ManagementCommunicationCollaborationProblem Solving
About the role
- With a rich history of groundbreaking innovations in Flash and advanced memory technologies, our solutions have become the beating heart of the digital world we're living in and that we have the power to shape.
- Sandisk meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward.
- These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations.
Responsibilities
- Strategic Planning and Project: Develop and implement strategies to achieve organizational objectives, managing strategic projects and timelines efficiently.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate with other departments, stakeholders, and external partners to facilitate projects, drive initiatives, and resolve issues.
- Creates, leads and implements global commodity strategies: Work with business stakeholders (engineering, quality, finance, planning, materials and operations), facilitate commodity communications, including commodity councils, strategies, market and landscape updates, creates and implements global commodity strategies.
- Negotiations: Lead on contract & price negotiations, competitive analysis & should cost to reduce total cost of ownership and increase supplier value
- Set up "should cost" study and lead negotiation with suppliers to achieve yearly cost reduction.
- Establish, implement, and administer system and process to evaluate, monitor, report and manage supplier performance and improvement (incl. QBR's).
- Identify, develop and manage relationships with existing and potential suppliers to meet the established cost, quality and delivery targets.
- Collaborate with NPI, Engineering, Quality and Operations to effectively manage NPI procurement related activities.
- Develop and implement strategies to achieve organizational objectives, managing strategic projects and timelines efficiently.
- Coordinate with other departments, stakeholders, and external partners to facilitate projects, drive initiatives, and resolve issues.
Skills
- Knowledge of procurement best practices and sourcing methodologies
- Memory Technology Expertise: Deep understanding of DRAM types (DDR4, DDR5, LPDDR5/5X, HBM), speeds, density, and die shrinks.
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills
- Working knowledge of SAP Ariba is a plus
- Willingness and ability to adapt to a rapidly changing and high-growth environment.
- Experience working in a global / matrix organization
- Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment.
- Our pay transparency policy is available here.
- Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity.
Compensation
- The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.
- We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California, Colorado, New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California, Colorado and New York.
- This range may be modified in the future.
- You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance.
- Depending on your role and your performance, you may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents, pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan.
- Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable.
Benefits
- Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program, and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan.
- RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires, subject to Sandisk's Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.
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