Strategic Sourcing Commodity Manager - MRO

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Job Description

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategic Sourcing

This role is for an experienced MRO Commodity Manager to be based at Western Digital US sites (San Jose or Fremont).

1. Develop MRO category strategies for local operations aligned with global category management strategies, including Sustainability related sourcing initiatives.
2. Partner with business stakeholders to identify and qualify capable suppliers; initiate and manage Requests for Proposals and Quotations (RFPs/RFQs); provide guidance on contract terms and conditions
3. Lead cross-functional teams through supplier selection processes, applying rigorous scoring criteria to evaluate proposals in accordance with company policies
4. Negotiate Procurement agreements, including Master Agreements, Statements of Work, and Change Orders, balancing business objectives, legal requirements, and cost considerations
5. Analyze proposals for MRO services and equipment supporting factory, research and development, and other business functions
6. Conduct total cost analysis, support ROI assessments, perform price and rate benchmarking, and negotiate favorable terms to maximize Western Digital's purchasing leverage
7. Provide contract management expertise for the category across business units
8. Evaluate stakeholders requests and validate competitive market conditions

Category Management

1. Develop, refine, and implement category strategies and tactics that optimize procurement value for MRO services
2. Establish subject matter expertise on MRO services procurement, including industry trends, benchmarking data, and best practices
3. Lead cross-functional meetings with business partners and develop communication strategies to keep stakeholders informed on procurement processes, supplier strategies, and policies

Supplier Management

1. Manage supplier relationships with emphasis on supply risk, contract risk, and cost management
2. Resolve supplier issues and mediate customer-supplier contract disputes as needed
3. Conduct supplier performance reviews with vendors to assess performance and drive mutually agreed improvement initiatives
4. Support reporting requirements, including supplier scorecards and performance analytics

Contract Management

1. Evaluate processes and recommend improvements to standardize contract and sourcing lifecycle management and systems
2. Ensure negotiated pricing and deliverables are accurately reflected in contracts; coordinate proposal comparisons and final contract terms
3. Manage contract execution, retention, and renewal through electronic signature processes
4. Provide timely updates, support quarterly management reporting, and address issues promptly

Qualifications

Education

1. Bachelor/Masters degree required with 5+ years of experience in MRO services
2. Degree in Business or Engineering preferred
3. Other professional certifications like PMP, CPSM, CPCM will be desired.

Specific Knowledge

1. Demonstrated skills in negotiating and formulating MRO services contracts, understanding cost models and various price structures, management of contractual, IP and law and risk management.
2. Strong project management, organizational, and analytical skills required
3. Ability to work well in a high-pace dynamic environment, handle multiple projects simultaneously, and ensure task completion and deadlines are met as required
4. Proficient with Microsoft Office applications: Excel, Word, PowerPoint
5. Subject matter expertise in sourcing & contracting tools (Oracle and other supply chain tools) 
6. Supplier Management (supplier report card) and KPI management
7. Solid stakeholder management, especially in multinational company and willingness to support global initiatives as may be required.

Communication Skills:

1. Communicate well in English both in verbal and written form
2. Excellent team facilitation and presentation skills required
3. Ability to present to all level of management / stakeholders and articulate strategies and performance metrics 
   

Additional Information

WD is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the " Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal ” poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here .

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Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 12/28/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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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.
• If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.

• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under  either WD’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) 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 WD'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 Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the WD 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.

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