Responsibilities
- Perform Sourcing and contracts related activities for R&D and Engineering teams in WD
- Ensure that their business owners are supported in a fast-paced, tight deadlines environment
- Provide excellent strategic sourcing support to business partners to ensure a competitive advantage for Western Digital
- Drive improvements in key metrics such as cost, quality, deliverables and cycle-time
- Drive process-improvements, assist with projects and provide feedback to management on market conditions, supplier relationships, and quality and customer service issues
- Manage supplier relationships, including supplier selection and qualification process, Quarterly business reviews and scorecards, supplier corrective actions, cost reduction programs
- Perform should cost analysis for major services and spend areas and implement cost reduction initiatives
- Lead and support implementation of best-in-class practices and continuous improvement of systems and processes
Requirements
- MS/MA degree or equivalent with 8 or more years of related experience
- Extensive knowledge and experience in the Software/IP licensing (engineering EDA SW preference for ASIC/FPGA development) and Engineering Development Services
- Superior negotiation skills
- Proven ability to achieve results in a fast moving, dynamic environment
- Self-motivated and self-directed
- Demonstrated ability to work well with people
- Proven desire to work as a team member, both on the same team and outside of the team
- Ability to troubleshoot and analyze complex problems
- Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines
- Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills
