Procurement Business Partner, NPI

Essential Duties And Responsibilities: Business PartnershipServe 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 ExecutionOwn 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 StrategyOwn 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 ResiliencyIdentify 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 LeadershipRepresent 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 TransitionLead 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. PreferredExperience 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.

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