VP of Global Sourcing - Direct Materials

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.

The mission of the VP of Global Sourcing - Direct Materials is to create enterprise-wide value by driving procurement excellence, achieving best cost, enabling business continuity, providing market intelligence, and acting as a trusted advisor to secure long-term growth. This role will elevate procurement maturity, embed advanced technologies including AI into solutioning and position Sandisk as an industry leader in strategic sourcing and supplier partnerships. 

With direct responsibility for Sandisk's global direct material procurement organization, this executive will strengthen capabilities to become an indispensable business partner—not only on cost initiatives but also on innovation, risk mitigation, and strategic growth. The VP will develop long-term sourcing strategies, ensure resilience in the supply chain, and deliver actionable insights that support Sandisk's competitive advantage worldwide. 

Leadership Scope 

• Leads a global, multi-layered procurement and supply chain organization of 40+ professionals, including Senior Directors and functional leaders, with responsibility for talent strategy, organizational effectiveness, succession planning, and leadership development across the function. 

• Acts as a key member of the extended executive leadership team, shaping enterprise strategy through partnership with senior leaders on growth initiatives, mergers and acquisitions, capital investments, operational transformation, risk management, and long-term business planning. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Lead all direct material categories globally for Sandisk. 

• Oversee material planning and purchasing execution, coordinating closely with Sales, Planning organizations, Factories/CMs, and Supply Chain teams. 

• 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 

• Build and develop a leadership team, including coaching and developing Senior Directors and other senior leaders. 

• 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. 

• Build and prepare executive-level presentations, business cases, and strategic recommendations for senior leadership. 

• Skilled at building supplier relationships and creating “customer of choice” positioning — able to influence suppliers and drive value even when not the supplier's largest customer. 

Purchasing Organization 

• 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 

Purchasing Performance Optimization 

• 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 

Develop Purchasing Organization 

• 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 

• Foster an empowering, coaching-based leadership culture that encourages dissenting opinions, ensures all voices are heard, and drives accountability without command-and-control management. 

The successful candidate will be a proven, world-class global Purchasing leader who possesses all of the following experience and competencies: 

Executive Leadership & Large-Team Leadership 

• Brings 15+ years of progressive leadership experience spanning Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing, BPO, and Supply Chain Management within complex global organizations. Ideally, this individual has served as the senior-most Procurement executive for a global semiconductor or technology company with oversight of approximately $2.5 billion in annual spend and has successfully led large, multi-layered organizations through periods of growth, transformation, and operational change 

• Demonstrated success leading global teams of 40+ professionals through multiple levels of leadership, including direct management of Senior Directors and other senior executives. Recognized for building high-performing organizations, developing leadership talent, and fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement. 

• Serves as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, combining strong executive presence, commercial acumen, and financial literacy with the ability to influence enterprise-wide decisions. Possesses a deep understanding of P&L drivers and a proven ability to communicate effectively with boards, executive teams, and cross-functional stakeholders. 

• Known for building strategic, mutually beneficial supplier partnerships while balancing long-term relationship management with commercial rigor. Brings a proven track record of procurement transformation, organizational change leadership, and delivering measurable business impact through both strategic vision and hands-on execution. 

• Typically brings VP-level experience or equivalent enterprise leadership responsibility, with scope assessed based on organizational scale, team complexity, spend accountability, business influence, and demonstrated impact on company performance. 

Global & Cross-Cultural Experience 

• A globally-minded leader, that has done business across Europe, the Americas and Asia. This person will be comfortable with diverse teams of people and should be culturally attuned to succeeding in a complex global environment. 

• Proven experience leading global, culturally diverse teams — actively encouraging dissenting opinions and ensuring all voices are heard across the organization. 

Broad, Multi-Commodity Procurement Experience 

• Demonstrated experience managing multiple commodity categories and broad procurement organizations, rather than a single narrow procurement area. 

• Prior experience as a strategic category manager strongly preferred; this is viewed as foundational experience for this role. 

Business Acumen 

• Demonstrates the ability to develop and execute both short- and long-term procurement and supply chain strategies that support enterprise objectives, balancing strategic vision with operational excellence and disciplined execution. 

• Brings strong commercial and financial acumen, with a deep understanding of business drivers, value creation, risk management, and capital allocation. Able to evaluate complex trade-offs and make decisions that optimize cost, supply continuity, supplier performance, and long-term business outcomes. 

• Serves as a key member of the senior leadership team, providing strategic counsel on growth initiatives, operational transformation, supply chain resilience, market dynamics, and enterprise risk. Possesses a strong understanding of P&L management and the ability to influence high-impact business decisions across the organization. 

• Highly analytical, data-driven, and results-oriented, with a bias for action and a demonstrated ability to translate insights into measurable business outcomes. Proven track record of leading large-scale transformation initiatives that improve efficiency, scalability, organizational effectiveness, and financial performance. 

• Recognized for building collaborative, value-driven partnerships with suppliers and internal stakeholders, leveraging negotiation expertise, market intelligence, and strategic influence to create sustainable competitive advantage. 

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 the "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 [email protected] 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 03/28/2026 (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.

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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.