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.

Description Position Description: Reporting to the Director, Strategic Sourcing of Corporate Real Estate Procurement, will lead and execute strategic sourcing, procurement, and vendor management activities for assigned vendors, categories and projects of low to high complexity including, but not limited to:

- Facilities – Hard Services - Soft- Services – Outsource Maintenance
- Construction Services – Greenfield, Manufacturing, General Purpose Buildings (TI)
- Office fit out refurbishment projects
- Real Estate Transactions (Leasing, buy/sell, subleasing etc) Responsibilities:
- Act as the business owner for his or her categories, possessing a complete understanding of internal and external variables that impact the business Unit of this Category (this entails owning forecasting, monitoring, understanding and reporting on the category, along with responsibility for driving strategic projects to achieve business objectives).
- Develop short-term/long-term category planning, and implement sourcing strategies for assigned categories following a standard strategic sourcing methodology.
- Develop category intelligence, cost benchmarks, KPI dashboards, and executive performance reporting.
- Develop sourcing strategies for large real estate and workplace transformation, construction,



fit out and facility management programs.
- Establish supplier ecosystems, pre-qualified supplier benches, framework agreements, and task-order models.
- Manage sourcing portfolios across multiple projects, regions, suppliers, and stakeholders.
- Lead Strategic supplier management activities including supplier relationship, governance, supplier performance reviews, escalation management etc.
- Support sustainability, ESG, safety, Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), statutory, and regulatory compliance initiatives related to facilities and construction services.
- Build and maintain (partnering) effective working relationship with assigned business area.
- Ability to review and analyze data which leads to cost savings by means of opportunities through vendor analysis, Industry practices, contract negotiations and other procurement best practice methodologies.
- Drive the RFx process through to completion; including requirements gathering, identifying go/no go criteria, develop scorecards with criteria and weighting, bidder's conferences, etc.
- Conduct high impact eSourcing events where applicable (e.g. eRFX, eAuctions).
- Capable of Developing, constructing and negotiating Agreements.
- Solid negotiation skills on both Terms and Conditions plus meet cost targets.
- Full understanding of Total cost of ownership.
- Contribute to the departments KPIs, including driving significant cost savings that contribute to the annual goal.
- Facilitate, develop SOW and MSA’s - serve as a liaison between business and legal.
- Have full understanding of Construction terms and Contract methodologies
- Help identify areas of risk for the business (i.e., delivery of service, quality, performance, timeline, warranty, governance); make recommendations where applicable.
- Ability to insert oneself into business and recognize areas that require improvement and make recommendations for efficiency gain.




- Partner with key stakeholders and assist in development of approved and preferred vendor lists for assigned categories.
- Lead and/or participate in cross-functional teams that develop requirements and strategy to identify suppliers, establish SLA/KPI metrics and requirements. Measure supplier performance against contract SLAs and expectations and initiate corrective actions in the event of missed expectations to resolve any performance issues.
- Drive Supplier Review Meetings with key suppliers and senior level Align stakeholders and provide input on performance and future needs/strategic planning.
- Manage compliance to contracts. Qualifications
- 12+ years of experience with Strategic Sourcing & Vendor Management.
- 12+ years of experience as Corporate Real Estate Procurement Manager or Category manager with hands on experience of executing and managing leasing, construction, fitout and facility management contracts
- Experience of working in global environment, sound knowledge of business cultures in different geographies
- Solid team player; can work cooperatively and effectively in a team workplace.
- Strong analytical, attention to detail, oral and written communications skills
- Self-motivated, reliable, accountable, passionate, and can keep to deadlines
- Multiple category and sub-category experience is a plus.
- Procurement Certification a plus.
- Must possess a BA/BS in Business or Finance
- Travel estimated 10%

Additional Information 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.

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