Technical Commodity Manager

Sandisk; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandisk is seeking a procurement professional to lead sourcing strategy during NPI for flash products, ensuring supply continuity and qualified components. You will liaise with design engineers, commodity managers, and stakeholders to drive robust sourcing decisions.

The role requires deep knowledge of electronic components, BOM screening, and supplier qualification, plus strong project management and communication skills to influence at all levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree in Engineering or Science or equivalent experience.
• Min 4 years of professional experience, expert on electronic components, IC and project management.
• Experience in technical commodity management or related fields; hardware design experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with NPI Procurement, Design Engineers, Commodity Managers and other relevant stakeholders to ensure and drive a robust sourcing strategy at NPI phase for all Sandisk flash products, while ensuring continuity of supply and best in class components in BOMs.
• Provide technology expertise to commodity manager to develop supply base strategy.
• Drives supply base strategy by BOM screen at product design stage, propose 2nd sources or replacements, drive the technical qualification process.
• Provide expert technical support to the supplier/technology selection process.
• Make sure qualified suppliers or components are meeting Sandisk technical requirements, quality requirements, green policy requirements.
• Review suppliers’ technology roadmaps, ensure suppliers are meeting Sandisk technical requirements.

Skills

Influence & negotiation

Self-motivated

English comms

Project management

Presentation skills

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Bachelor degree or above in Engineering or Science

Job description

Job Description

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Liaise with NPI Procurement, Design Engineers, Commodity Managers and other relevant stakeholders to ensure and drive a robust sourcing strategy at NPI phase for all Sandisk flash products, while ensuring continuity of supply and best in class components in BOMs.
• Provide technology expertise to commodity manager to develop supply base strategy.
• Drives supply base strategy by BOM screen at product design stage, propose 2nd sources or replacements, drive the technical qualification process.
• Provide expert technical support to the supplier/technology selection process.
• Make sure qualified suppliers or components are meeting Sandisk technical requirements, quality requirements, green policy requirements.
• Review suppliers’ technology roadmaps, ensure suppliers are meeting Sandisk technical requirements.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor degree or above in Engineering or Science with equivalent experience
• Min 4 years of professional experience, expert on electronic components, IC and project management.
• Relative experience as technical commodity management, product development, quality management or field application engineering is a must, hardware design experience is a plus.

SKILLS:

• Ability to influence and convince
• Self-Motivator
• Communicate well in English both in verbal and written form
• Strong project management, organizational, and analytical skills required
• Excellent team facilitation and presentation skills required
• Ability to present to all level of management / stakeholders and articulate strategies and performance metrics

Additional Information

Sandisk is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee 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 Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

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.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [e-mail] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 11/10/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

Compensation & Benefits Details

• 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.