Senior Manager - Strategic Sourcing - Marketing

We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role (company description), Responsibilities (essential duties), Requirements (qualifications), Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule? Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We have: - Company Description: paragraph about WD building infrastructure etc. That's "About the role" maybe. - Job Description: essential duties and responsibilities: list of duties. - Qualifications: required: Bachelor's degree with 10+ years experience etc. - Skills: list of skills. - Benefits: described in Compensation & Benefits Details: comprehensive package of benefits list. - Pay: Salary Range: 151,700.00-202,200.00. Also mention pay position within range based on factors. So we have specific salary range. - Schedule: Not mentioned. No schedule info. So we should not include Schedule section. - Also maybe "Pay" section should include salary range and maybe note about bonuses etc. But we should not include filler like "commensurate with experience". We have actual numbers. - Also "Benefits" section: list of benefits. - Also maybe "Additional Information" includes EEO etc which we should remove (boilerplate). Also remove application instructions, cookie/navigation etc. - Also remove "Note: No amount of pay..." etc? That's still compensation details but maybe considered boilerplate? It's legal disclaimer. Might be considered boilerplate; but instructions: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. The note about pay being earned etc is legal; maybe remove. Also "Notice To Candidates: Please be aware that WD and its subsidiaries will never request payment..." is also legal/scams warning; remove. - Also "Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 12/28/2026..." is application instruction; remove. - Also "I'm interested" etc is UI; remove. Thus we keep: Company Description, Responsibilities, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay. We need headings:

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• for lists. We must preserve all substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Let's extract specifics. Company Description paragraph: "WD is building the infrastructure behind the AI-driven data economy. As AI scales, so does data. Every interaction, every model, every system generates data that must be stored, managed, and made accessible over time. That’s where we come in. We combine deep engineering expertise with global-scale manufacturing to deliver the storage systems that make AI possible, powering hyperscale data centers, cloud platforms, and enterprise infrastructure worldwide. This isn’t theoretical work. It’s real systems, at real scale, people solving some of the hardest challenges in technology today. We’re looking for people who want to build, solve, and operate at that level. Join us and let’s shape the future of data." That's the company description. Responsibilities: list of duties from "ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:" then bullet-like sentences separated by periods. We need to convert each duty into
• . Let's parse: - Hire, train, develop and lead a team of sourcing professionals for the Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) commodity. - Develops and support the overall vision, strategy and execution plan for the MRO Sourcing function. - Achieving deeper alignment with stakeholders to pursue business strategies in innovation, agility and supply reliability. - Conduct RFP and lead cross functional teams through the selection process of preferred suppliers with effective scoring criteria to critically evaluate supplier proposals in accordance with company policies - Collaborate with Operations/Legal stakeholders to assess, understand, and prioritize business needs to optimize value with WD’s supply base - Conduct spend/contract/proposal analysis for MRO Services, and present recommendation’s to Sourcing and MRO leadership team - Lead negotiations on commercial procurement agreements, including, but not limited to, Master Agreements (MSA’s), Statements of Work (SOW’s), Change Orders (CO’s) balancing business deliverables, legal interests and pricing - Analyze total costs, assist business functions with ROI analysis, price and rate benchmarking and negotiate favorable business terms to leverage Western Digital purchasing power - Research market intelligence to understand cost drivers and market trends - Category Management Develop, refine and implement category strategies and tactics that enable the procurement of technology products and services at the highest value benefit to the company - Cultivate, enhance, and deepen cross functional stakeholder relationships at all levels serving as the subject matter expert on behalf of the procurement organization - Actively monitor internal/external trends, synthesize and distill the business intelligence into actionable opportunities and pipeline projects that can and will be delivered Western Digital’s bottom line on an ongoing basis - Supplier Management Manage supplier relationships with a focus on supply/contract and cost management - Lead supplier performance business reviews on a quarterly basis to enhance performance delivery from strategic partners - Mediate supplier issues and resolve supplier contract disputes as needed - Develop supplier rationalization entitlements for each category - Contract Management Evaluate processes and recommend improvements to standardize lifecycle contract and sourcing processes and systems - Ensure pricing & deliverables as negotiated are included in the contract; coordinate comparison of proposals and final contract terms - Act as liaison between Legal and the business We need to ensure each is a separate
• . Some sentences are long but okay. Qualifications: "REQUIRED:" then list: - Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience in indirect strategic sourcing with a multi-national organization with an emphasis in MRO - MBA or JD preferred - Extensive experience leading sourcing initiatives of all kinds (e.g., rapid sourcing, targeted negotiations, complex category strategies, supplier relationship management, outsourcing) - Contract Negotiation / Vendor Mgmt. / Influencing skills required - Experience and expertise with sourcing & contracting ERP tools (SAP and/or Oracle) We'll put each as
• . Skills: list after "Skills". It's a paragraph with multiple sentences separated by periods. We'll split into items? The instruction: use
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  • . Benefits: from "We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including ..." list. Let's extract: - 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 - the WD Savings 401(k) Plan We'll make each a
  • . Pay: Salary Range: 151,700.00-202,200.00. Also mention that pay position within range may be based on factors etc. That's substantive. We'll include a

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    About the role

    WD is building the infrastructure behind the AI-driven data economy. As AI scales, so does data. Every interaction, every model, every system generates data that must be stored, managed, and made accessible over time. That’s where we come in. We combine deep engineering expertise with global-scale manufacturing to deliver the storage systems that make AI possible, powering hyperscale data centers, cloud platforms, and enterprise infrastructure worldwide. This isn’t theoretical work. It’s real systems, at real scale, people solving some of the hardest challenges in technology today. We’re looking for people who want to build, solve, and operate at that level. Join us and let’s shape the future of data.

    Responsibilities

    • Hire, train, develop and lead a team of sourcing professionals for the Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) commodity.
    • Develops and support the overall vision, strategy and execution plan for the MRO Sourcing function.
    • Achieving deeper alignment with stakeholders to pursue business strategies in innovation, agility and supply reliability.
    • Conduct RFP and lead cross functional teams through the selection process of preferred suppliers with effective scoring criteria to critically evaluate supplier proposals in accordance with company policies
    • Collaborate with Operations/Legal stakeholders to assess, understand, and prioritize business needs to optimize value with WD’s supply base
    • Conduct spend/contract/proposal analysis for MRO Services, and present recommendation’s to Sourcing and MRO leadership team
    • Lead negotiations on commercial procurement agreements, including, but not limited to, Master Agreements (MSA’s), Statements of Work (SOW’s), Change Orders (CO’s) balancing business deliverables, legal interests and pricing
    • Analyze total costs, assist business functions with ROI analysis, price and rate benchmarking and negotiate favorable business terms to leverage Western Digital purchasing power
    • Research market intelligence to understand cost drivers and market trends
    • Develop, refine and implement category strategies and tactics that enable the procurement of technology products and services at the highest value benefit to the company
    • Cultivate, enhance, and deepen cross functional stakeholder relationships at all levels serving as the subject matter expert on behalf of the procurement organization
    • Actively monitor internal/external trends, synthesize and distill the business intelligence into actionable opportunities and pipeline projects that can and will be delivered Western Digital’s bottom line on an ongoing basis
    • Manage supplier relationships with a focus on supply/contract and cost management
    • Lead supplier performance business reviews on a quarterly basis to enhance performance delivery from strategic partners
    • Mediate supplier issues and resolve supplier contract disputes as needed
    • Develop supplier rationalization entitlements for each category
    • Evaluate processes and recommend improvements to standardize lifecycle contract and sourcing processes and systems
    • Ensure pricing & deliverables as negotiated are included in the contract; coordinate comparison of proposals and final contract terms
    • Act as liaison between Legal and the business

    Requirements

    • Bachelor’s degree with 10+ years of experience in indirect strategic sourcing with a multi-national organization with an emphasis in MRO
    • MBA or JD preferred
    • Extensive experience leading sourcing initiatives of all kinds (e.g., rapid sourcing, targeted negotiations, complex category strategies, supplier relationship management, outsourcing)
    • Contract Negotiation / Vendor Mgmt. / Influencing skills required
    • Experience and expertise with sourcing & contracting ERP tools (SAP and/or Oracle)

    Skills

    • Self-motivated, flexible, and creative leader, able to prioritize, multi-task, and work in a fast-paced and demanding environment.
    • Skilled negotiator with experience developing and executing complex negotiation strategies.
    • Strong leadership presence with ability to garner respect through sound technical analysis, business judgment and clear decision-making