NetApp Strategic Commodity Manager - IC & IO Cards 

United States, Oregon 

992445456

The Strategic IC & IO Card Commodity Manager will:

• Manage the strategic IC & IO card supply base, including owning the supplier relationships with current and prospective suppliers, ensuring appropriate executive engagement, and executing daily and cyclical operational activities entailed with the IC & IO card commodity.
• Be a subject matter expert in the strategic IC & IO card market and its supply base. The individual should be able to generate points of view on vendors and market trends.
• Hold a technical understanding of technologies to derive the relationship between roadmap choices and business outcomes.
• Craft sourcing & procurement strategies by collaborating with Product Management, Engineering, Supply Chain and Finance teams and working through competing priorities.
• Influence internal and external engineering, product management, and marketing teams on roadmap decisions to target NetApp's business-critical needs, such as supply continuity and competitive cost structures.
• Capable of presenting and proficiently communicating with executives, including C-Staff, regularly.
• Conduct cost and volume analysis considering complex tradeoffs and highlighting risks to generate recommendations on multi-million dollar purchases.
• Negotiate best-in-class pricing and legal terms via agreements such as MSA/MPA, SOW, LTA, LOA, NDA, and IP Dev Agreements.
• Be the expert for commercial items with your suppliers and products they sell and could sell to NetApp.

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in procurement for a technology company or account management/marketing working for a leading memory/storage semiconductor company is preferred.
• The ideal candidate is strong analytically, a master negotiator, possesses practical communication skills, and works well under pressure.
• Demonstrated track record working with key suppliers in the semiconductor industry.
• Proven track record of complex problem solving that required strong analytical and negotiation skills.
• Highly skilled with PowerPoint and Excel. Power BI is a plus.

• Typically requires 12 years’ relevant experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Procurement or Engineering equivalent technical degree. An advanced degree or MBA is preferred.