Senior Lead Category Manager (Strategic Sourcing)

SanDisk; Batu Kawan; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandisk in Malaysia is seeking a Senior Lead Category Manager (Strategic Sourcing) to lead procurement for contract manufacturers, drive cost reductions, negotiate pricing and contracts, and align supplier strategies with business goals.

You will collaborate with engineering, operations, quality and planning to manage supplier performance, requests for quotation, and quarterly business reviews, while advancing risk management and market insights.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree with 8+ years procurement experience.
• Familiar with Contract Manufacturer management and semiconductor assembly/testing industry.
• Able to negotiate pricing, contracts and manage supplier performance.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement for Contract Manufacturer (CM), covering pricing, procurement support, supplier management, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Set up should-cost studies and lead quarterly supplier negotiations to achieve cost reductions.
• Manage CM cost, BOM cost roll-up, NRE and special charges monitoring.
• Negotiate NDAs and GPAs; coordinate with manufacturing, quality, planning and engineering.
• Develop and implement supplier performance evaluation systems and QBRs.
• Monitor market trends and reflect dynamics in supply, cost, and supplier strategy.
• Identify potential suppliers and develop supply-base strategy to meet growth and requirements.
• Collaborate with NPI, Engineering and Operations on procurement for new products.

Skills

Procurement management

Negotiation

Supplier relationship management

Cost reduction

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder collaboration

English communication

Education

Bachelor degree

Tools

Office software

Job description

Senior Lead Category Manager (Strategic Sourcing)

Works with stakeholders to address all aspects of procurement management for Contract Manufacturer (CM), including pricing, procurement support, supplier management, supply-base strategy, market trends assessment, etc.

Understand business service needs, request for quotation, negotiate pricing, commercial and supply agreements with suppliers.

Set up "should cost" study and lead quarterly negotiation with suppliers to achieve quarterly and yearly cost reduction.

Manage overall cost with CM, roll-up BOM cost, monitor NRE and other special charges.

Negotiate legal contracts such as NDA, GPA with suppliers.

Coordinates procurement activities with manufacturing, quality, planning and engineering departments.

Establish, implement, and administer system and process to evaluate, monitor, report and manage supplier performance and improvement (incl. QBR’s).

Monitor commodity market trends, effectively reflect market dynamic in terms of supply, cost, etc.

Identify potential sources or suppliers in business manner.

Develop and execute a supply-base strategy to meet the Company’s business growth and requirements.

Identify, develop and manage relationships with existing and potential suppliers to meet the established cost, quality and delivery targets.

Collaborate with Engineering, Operations and Quality to identify and drive cost reduction / avoidance activities.

Collaborate with NPI, Engineering, Quality and Operations to effectively manage NPI procurement related activities.

Qualifications - REQUIRED

• Bachelor degree or above.
• 8 years+ procurement related experience.
• Familiar with Contract Manufacturer management and semiconductor assembly and testing industry.

Preferred

• Proven ability to achieve results in a fast moving, dynamic environment.
• Self-motivated and self-directed, but demonstrated ability to work well with people.
• A proven desire to work as a team member, both on the same team and outside of the team.
• Ability to troubleshoot and analyze complex problems.
• Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Fluent written and oral English.
• Good computer skill on Office software (PPT, Excel, Word).

Notice to Candidates

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Sandisk understands how people and businesses consume data and we relentlessly innovate to deliver solutions that enable today’s needs and tomorrow’s next big ideas. 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. We meets people and businesses at the intersection of their aspirations and the moment, enabling them to keep moving and pushing possibility forward. We do this through the balance of our powerhouse manufacturing capabilities and our industry-leading portfolio of products that are recognized globally for innovation,