Western Digital Commodity Manager MRO 

United States, Alabama 

617299748

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. It’s You & Western Digital. Together, we’re the next BIG thing in data.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

Sourcing and Cost Savings initiatives

• Develop, align and implement commodity strategies
• Negotiate and manage the maintenance of agreements with suppliers that provide the structure for all business relationships between WD and the supply base.
• Develop and present cost reduction opportunities to business and management.
• Conduct RFP/RFQs and lead cross functional teams through the selection process of preferred suppliers with effective scoring criteria to evaluate supplier proposals in accordance with company goals and policies
• Support Materials Sourcing related to individual commodities.
• Develop and maintain a program of evaluation for the supplier base which includes certification requirements. Coordinate with Material Planner(s) to generate plan for slow moving or obsolete inventory.
• Drive cost reduction programs, including alternative sourcing and exercise independent judgment within defined practices and procedures to determine appropriate action.
• Maintain a safe work environment following all EH&S requirements. Interface with EH&S and Supply Base to ensure quality standards are met or exceed.
• Develop, refine and implement category strategies and tactics that enable the procurement of MRO products and services at the highest value benefit to the WD.
• Manage supplier relationships with focus on supply risk management, contract risk management and cost management
• Lead cross-functional meetings with various business functions and develop a communication strategy to keep internal clients informed about procurement processes, supplier strategy, and procurement policies.
• Analyze total costs, assist business functions with ROI analysis, price and rate benchmarking and negotiate favorable business terms to leverage Western Digital purchasing power
• Review purchase requests for completeness and compliance with company requirements; negotiates with suppliers and approves purchases within their authorized amounts or size.
• Maintain and update purchase orders, including change orders and documentation.
• Evaluate single sourcing requests and ensure cost and quality competitiveness.
• Manage ECN approvals; cost and supplier info
• Recommend / Work with the commodity manager on cost saving options including alternative sourcing

Supplier Management

• Manage supplier relationships, supply risk management and cost management of assign suppliers and/or commodities
• Expedite orders as required
• Mediate supplier issues and resolve customer / supplier contract disputes as necessary
• Monitor the cost, schedule and performance metrics of contracts and subcontracts.
• Identify, Create, Manage Auto PO Contracts and Catalogs in Oracle
• Requires traveling to manage supplier base and projects KPIs

Communication

• Implements and communicates company policies and procedures for purchasing.
• Partner with internal customers to understand challenges and assist with supporting requirements.
• Attend weekly site meetings as required

Reporting

• Provide data for Supplier scorecards.
• Costs savings.

REQUIRED

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 5+ years of purchasing experience.
• Semiconductor Wafer Fab/Front End Experience
• Experience with service contracts for fab/production tools
• Ability to work well in a high-pace dynamic environment.
• Bachelor degree in any field
• Any procurement or supply chain certification is preferred
• Fair command of spoken and written English
• Computer literacy
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools such as Excel, Power point, and Word
• Able to handle the report
• Understand the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and Quality Management Systems
• Knowledge of Supply Chain and Logistics
• High integrity

SKILLS

• Coordination skills
• Communication skills
• Relationship Management
• Result Oriented
• Flexible and adaptable
• Exhibit humility
• Being observant
• Service-minded
  

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 Western Digital’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 Western Digital’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 Virgin Pulse Program; the Applause Program, employee stock purchase plan, and the Western Digital 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.