Principal Engineer, Industrial Engineering - Supply Chain

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.

We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative candidate to join Sandisk's Global Operations team. In this pivotal role, you will lead efforts to optimize our overall supply chain planning processes, enhance supply chain efficiency, and drive continuous improvement initiatives across our organization. This role will span across various planning functions such as integrated business planning, Silicon Planning, Product Planning, Capacity Planning and Inventory management.

The ideal candidate for this position will be able to successfully navigate through a variety of supply and demand dynamics, as well as work cross-functionally across Business Units, Sales, Finance and other teams to drive decision consensus.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Analyze and resolve supply chain bottlenecks to ensure demand-supply alignment
• Drive supply chain strategies to balance optimal service levels and cost-effectiveness
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to identify and address material and capacity constraints
• Analyze and drive actions to optimize memory consumption to best meet overall revenue targets
• Serve as a key liaison between various stakeholders, including Business Units, Fab Operations, Product Planning, Inventory Planning, Capacity Planning, Integrated business planning and Finance
• Analyze and create the shippable supply based on the fab plan accounting for the buffers needed to run the backend supply chain
• Drive data-driven decision-making processes using advanced analytical tools and techniques
• Spearhead continuous improvement projects to enhance operational efficiency and reduce costs
• Design, build, and improve Sandisk’s supply chain by applying IE principles and using industry standard systems (Enterprise Resource Planning & Advanced Planning and Scheduling)
• Provide project management expertise on various qualification activities for existing products and new products.
• Analyze, create and implement manufacturing and/or business process improvements that increase capacity, reduce lead-time, and eliminate non-value added activities.
• Creating, modelling new or understanding and maintaining existing mathematical models (based on excel, Python etc) to support CAPEX (capital expenditure) decision making
• Proposing different ideas to reduce the overall CAPEX (capital expenditure) spend by optimizing on hand equipment while meeting the company’s demand at the required buffer level
• Drive efficiency on the functional processes through Automation

REQUIRED:

• Master’s degree in Industrial engineering/supply chain management or equivalent with +4 yrs of relevant work experience
• Experience with project management, change management, and innovative business problem solving
• Experience working with Executive management in driving efficient decision making

SKILLS:

• Effective communication skills with the ability to work with multiple organizations in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Strong technical skills in area of study, especially data analytics
• Proficient in advanced Excel (Power Query), Python, Tableau, SQL, Power BI

Sandisk 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.

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.

Sandisk is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at [email protected] to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 09/23/2025 (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.

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.
• You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, 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 Sandisk'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 Sandisk's 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.