Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager, Capital Equipment at Western Digital, Singapore

Sr. Strategic Sourcing Manager, Capital Equipment at Western Digital in Singapore. Full-time. Apply with swipeandhired.

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The Sr. Global Commodity Manager is responsible for developing the sourcing strategies for the Capital Equipment category, enabling front- and back-end wafer manufacturing. The person in this position would be recognized as a sourcing expert for Technology-related categories, would work with finance, industrial engineering, planning, and legal, and would act as Procurement ambassador to the business and integrate into the business to ensure a complete alignment and deep understanding of the business goals and partner in developing sourcing strategies. They will be working with engineering, R&D, and manufacturing and thus in a very dynamic, challenging, and changing environment. The goal is to be value-added sourcing partners to the business.
Additional responsibilities include negotiating Equipment/Tools contracts that may be site-specific or have global reach. The position involves (but is not limited to) developing negotiation strategies, advising requestors on contract terms and conditions, monitoring cost and scope of assigned contracts to assure compliance/best value, leading supplier executive review meetings, measure/improve supplier performance, mitigating tariff impacts, improving working capital, and validate/improve pricing. The Sr. Global Commodity Manager would also be responsible for recommending cost-saving proposals, including alternative sourcing, and will exercise independent judgment within defined practices and procedures to determine appropriate action.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Strategic Sourcing

Category Management

Supplier Management

Contract Management

Education and Experience

Core Competencies

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