Sandisk · 5 hours ago
Vice President of Direct Materials Procurement
Milpitas, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
15+ years expSandisk is a leader in Flash and advanced memory technologies, dedicated to delivering innovative solutions for data consumption. The Vice President of Direct Materials Procurement will drive procurement excellence and strategic sourcing, while enhancing supply chain resilience and market intelligence to support long-term growth.
Data StorageManufacturingSemiconductor
Responsibilities
Lead all direct material categories globally for Sandisk
Ensure continuous delivery of annual productivity through aggressive cost innovation
Drive spend leverage for select direct material to significantly higher savings
Responsible for global talent management
Provide thought leadership and vision to support the organizational objectives
Seen as a key strategic partner across all functions within the business
Drive procurement maturity by implementing advanced processes, analytics, and AI-enabled solutions
Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership on supply market trends, risk management, and growth strategies
Champion business continuity planning and supplier risk mitigation
Act as the senior executive supplier contact point
Responsible for the E2E Purchasing processes (systems, policies and processes, P2P)
Responsible for cross business commodity coordination as required
Align Business Groups around the supplier strategy and supply base consolidation
Ensure the optimum Purchasing performance to achieve quality, cost, timing, environmental, safety, sustainability and technology requirements in line with business objectives
Deliver committed Key Performance Indicators
Roll out global materials forecasts and drive material lead-time reduction programs
Rationalize the supply base
Implement stringent procedures on supplier quality assurance and track progress
Drive a transition to a new organizational model
Drive the implementation of Purchasing Contract Management, aligning processes, master data management and negotiation time schedules
Improve knowledge management and contract templates
Continue enhancing the skill sets of the Purchasing organization
Coach and develop key individuals
Lead the cross sector Purchasing talent process
Qualification
Required
At least 15 years of experience in Purchasing, BPO and supply chain
Experience as the top Purchasing executive for a global semiconductor company with annual revenues over $2 billion for at least three years
Proven track record of forming win-win partnerships with suppliers
Strategic and 'hands on' mindset
Proven track record in change management
Globally-minded leader with experience doing business across Europe, the Americas and Asia
Comfortable with diverse teams and culturally attuned to succeeding in a complex global environment
Strategic capability to devise short- and long-term Purchasing strategies
Operational capability to implement Purchasing strategies
Strong general business acumen
Highly analytical, process-driven and results-oriented with a bias for action
Benefits
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
Sandisk's Savings 401(k) Plan
Company
Sandisk
SanDisk designs, develops, manufactures, and markets data storage solutions in the United States and internationally.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$713.58M2025-06-06Post Ipo Secondary· $713.58M
2015-10-21Acquired
1995-11-17IPO
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