Procurement Business Partner, NPI

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.

We are seeking a strategic Procurement Business Partner, NPI to serve as the primary Procurement interface for assigned Sandisk product portfolios. Based within the Procurement organization, this role partners with business leaders and cross-functional product teams to translate product roadmaps, cost objectives, and supply requirements into coordinated Procurement strategies and execution plans. The successful candidate will connect business, technical, sourcing, and supplier priorities to ensure new products launch on schedule, at target cost, and with a resilient and scalable supply base.

This role leads Procurement engagement across the product lifecycle, from early design through qualification, production ramp, and transition to sustaining operations.

• Serve 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.

• Own 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.

• Own 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.

• Identify and mitigate component,…