Procurement Business Partner, NPI

SanDisk; Irvine (CA); Sur place; USD 143 000 - 243 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Tuition reimbursement

Employee stock purchase plan

401(k) plan

Résumé du poste

Sandisk in Irvine is seeking a strategic Procurement Business Partner, NPI to be the primary procurement interface for assigned product portfolios. You will translate roadmaps and cost objectives into procurement strategies and execution plans, collaborating with design, qualification, and production teams to ensure on-schedule launches at target cost.

The role requires 10+ years in procurement, strong cross-functional leadership, and executive communication.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Procurement, strategic sourcing, materials program management, supply chain, or related field.
• Experience supporting complex product-development or NPI programs in a global, matrixed organization.
• Proven ability to deliver cost, schedule, sourcing, and supply-continuity outcomes.
• Strong understanding of sourcing strategy, BOM cost management, supplier management, and supply-chain risk.
• Strong business acumen, analytical judgment, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.
• Executive-level communication, stakeholder-management, and presentation skills.
• Strong program management and prioritization capabilities.

Responsabilités

• Serve as the primary Procurement interface and trusted advisor to assigned Sandisk business leaders and product teams.
• Translate business needs into clear Procurement strategies, priorities, and execution plans.
• Lead regular reviews covering program status, cost, sourcing readiness, risks, and required decisions.
• Own Procurement deliverables across the new-product lifecycle.
• Develop integrated Procurement plans aligned with design, qualification, launch, and production milestones.
• Coordinate Engineering, Commodity Management, Planning, Quality, Operations, Factory Materials, and suppliers.

Connaissances

Procurement

Strategic sourcing

Cross-functional leadership

Cost optimization

Supplier management

Project management

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain / Engineering / Business / Finance

Advanced degree preferred

Outils

SAP

Ariba

Coupa

Description du poste

General Information

Job Name

Procurement Business Partner, NPI

Country/Region

United States of America

State

California

City

Irvine

Work Location

Irvine Office

Work Mode

Employees work on-site

Salary Range

$143,200 - $243,400

Exemption Status

Exempt

Business Function

Project & Program Management

Employment Type

Full-time

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.

Sandisk 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, performance and quality.

Sandisk has two facilities recognized by the World Economic Forum as part of the Global Lighthouse Network for advanced 4IR innovations. These facilities were also recognized as Sustainability Lighthouses for breakthroughs in efficient operations. With our global reach, we ensure the global supply chain has access to the Flash memory it needs to keep our world moving forward.

Description

We are seeking a strategic Procurement Business Partner, NPI to serve as the primary Procurement interface for assigned Sandisk product portfolios. Based within the Procurement organization, this role partners with business leaders and cross-functional product teams to translate product roadmaps, cost objectives, and supply requirements into coordinated Procurement strategies and execution plans. The successful candidate will connect business, technical, sourcing, and supplier priorities to ensure new products launch on schedule, at target cost, and with a resilient and scalable supply base. This role leads Procurement engagement across the product lifecycle, from early design through qualification, production ramp, and transition to sustaining operations.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Business Partnership

• Serve as the primary Procurement interface and trusted advisor to assigned Sandisk business leaders and product teams.
• Develop a strong understanding of product roadmaps, business priorities, cost objectives, and supply requirements.
• Translate business needs into clear Procurement strategies, priorities, and execution plans.
• Represent business priorities within Procurement and align the appropriate resources to support them.
• Bring supplier insights, market intelligence, cost opportunities, and supply risks into business decisions.
• Lead regular reviews covering program status, cost, sourcing readiness, risks, and required decisions.

NPI Procurement Execution

• Own Procurement deliverables across the new-product lifecycle.
• Develop integrated Procurement plans aligned with design, qualification, launch, and production milestones.
• Ensure sourcing, material, supplier, capacity, tooling, and commercial readiness at each program milestone.
• Coordinate Engineering, Commodity Management, Planning, Quality, Operations, Factory Materials, and suppliers.
• Drive resolution of issues that could affect schedule, cost, supply, or revenue.
• Provide clear status, risk, and escalation updates to business and Procurement leadership.

Cost and Sourcing Strategy

• Own the Procurement strategy for achieving BOM cost and commercial targets.
• Partner with Commodity Management and Sourcing to develop competitive and scalable supplier strategies.
• Influence early design decisions to improve cost, sourcing flexibility, and supplier selection.
• Track cost performance, identify gaps, and drive corrective actions.
• Identify design-to-cost, should-cost, standardization, and total-cost opportunities.
• Support supplier negotiations with clear business requirements, demand assumptions, and cost objectives.

Supply Resiliency

• Identify and mitigate component, supplier, capacity, geographic, and sub-tier risks.
• Ensure sourcing strategies reflect program criticality and risk, including alternate sources, capacity commitments, long-term agreements, and inventory protection where appropriate.
• Establish clear owners, milestones, and closure plans for mitigation actions.
• Escalate unresolved risks with the business impact, options, trade-offs, and recommended actions.
• Maintain visibility to critical dependencies through launch and production ramp.

Cross-Functional and Supplier Leadership

• Represent Procurement in product, cost, risk, operational, and executive reviews.
• Align stakeholders on priorities, responsibilities, decisions, and timing.
• Mobilize Procurement teams around shared business outcomes.
• Lead supplier and internal issue resolution to protect program objectives.
• Communicate complex cost and supply issues as clear business decisions.
• Establish accountability for Procurement and supplier commitments.

Production Transition

• Lead the Procurement transition from NPI to mass production.
• Confirm that sourcing, capacity, commercial agreements, material plans, and risk mitigations are in place before handoff.
• Ensure open issues have clear owners and closure plans.
• Maintain Procurement accountability until the sustaining organization is ready to assume ownership.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Required

• 10+ years of experience in Procurement, strategic sourcing, materials program management, supply chain, category management, or a related field.
• Experience supporting complex product-development or NPI programs in a global, matrixed organization.
• Proven ability to deliver cost, schedule, sourcing, and supply-continuity outcomes.
• Strong understanding of sourcing strategy, BOM cost management, supplier management, and supply-chain risk.
• Strong business acumen, analytical judgment, and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and influence without direct authority.
• Executive-level communication, stakeholder-management, and presentation skills.
• Strong program management and prioritization capabilities.

Preferred

• Experience in semiconductors, electronics, data storage, or advanced manufacturing.
• Experience with direct materials, electronic components, supplier qualification, and production ramps.
• Familiarity with should-cost analysis, capacity planning, long-term supply agreements, and multi-tier supply risk.
• Experience with systems such as SAP, Ariba, or Coupa.
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Finance, Operations, or a related field. Advanced degree preferred.

Compensation & Benefits

• An employee’s pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills, ability, knowledge of the job; (3) performance, contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• 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. 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.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life, accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D, legal plan, pet insurance, critical illness, accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Additional Information

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12.pdf) poster.

Sandisk thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

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