Job Description
- Liaise with NPI Procurement, Design Engineers, Commodity Managers and other relevant stakeholders to ensure and drive a robust sourcing strategy at the NPI phase; Ensure continuity of supply and best in class components in BOMs for all WDC flash products
- Provide technology expertise to commodity managers to develop the supply base strategy
- Drive supply base strategy, by BOM screen, at product design stage; propose alternate sources or replacements and drive the technical qualification process
- Provide expert technical support for the supplier/technology selection process
- Ensure qualified suppliers or components are meeting WDC technical requirements, quality requirements, and green policy requirements
- Review suppliers’ technology roadmaps, ensure suppliers are meeting WDC technical requirements
- Work with PDT teams to support NPI program milestones
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree or above in Engineering or Science with equivalent experience
- Min 7 years of professional experience including project management
- Expert knowledge and experience with electronic components
- prior experience as technical commodity management, product development, quality management or field application engineering is a must; Hardware design experience is a plus.
- Communicate well in English both in verbal and written form
- Strong project management, organizational, and analytical skills required
- Excellent team facilitation and presentation skills required
- Ability to present to all levels of management / stakeholders and articulate strategies and performance metrics
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