Western Digital

Director, Manufacturing Planning and Operations

Posted on: 6 Feb 2021

San Jose, CA

Job Description

Western Digital

The next big thing in data is you!

This is a hybrid role with management of Business, Material and Manufacturing planning and execution. Will have direct reports of two groups Manufacturing planning / Industrial Engineering and Operations Program management. Manages and responsible for build planning and Operations execution for the WDC Platforms business. Works closely with multiple manufacturing internal and external Manufacturing sites. Direct management responsibilities for the Manufacturing Planning, and Operations Program Management teams reporting to the Senior Director of Operations Single point of contact for planning, Manufacturing and tracking all aspects of execution:

- Business planning, PO through build, shipment and delivery
- Sets Service Level Agreements to provide commit back to Business Operations and Sales
- Sets SLAs for turnaround of forecasted and un-forecasted orders
- Reports risks to commits or forecast, tracks escalations and path to close
- Responsible for pulling together following inputs to provide supply commit
o Demand forecast (MDR), Sales Forecast (weekly from sales), and un-forecasted upsides (BU Ops)
o Non-drive supply outlook material positioning at CMs and clear to build

- Works closely with Material teams and CMs to publish Clear To Build process and documents
o Device supply positioning / timing
o Factory capacity planning and NRE budgets
o Work with logistics to mitigate constraints, expedite requests
o Primary interface to CM's CM holidays, Customs holidays, exceptions, risks

Works cross functionally with:

Procurement path to close shortages, escalations

Business Ops demand forecast, priorities, pre-builds

Device Planning group - for HDD/SSD supply

Contract Manufacturers capacity planning, supply position and capacity outlook

NPI - New product transitions to volume production

Sustaining team - Volume products management

ABOUT WESTERN DIGITAL

The future. Its on you. You & Western Digital.

Weve been storing the worlds data for more than 50 years. Once, it was the most important thing we could do for data. Now were helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can.

The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and governments come to us for the technologies and solutions they need to capture, preserve, access, and transform their data.

But we cant do it alone. Todays exceptional data challenges require your exceptional skills. Its You & Us. Together, were the next big thing in data.

Western Digital data-centric solutions are found under the G-Technology, HGST, SanDisk, Tegile, Upthere, and WD brands.

Western Digital is an equal opportunity employer.

Western Digital does not discriminate on the basis of 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 persons gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons 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 Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Federal and state laws require employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job or to perform your job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment. If you need any accommodation or assistance with our career site, please contact us at staffingsupport@wdc.com.

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Western Digital

San Jose, CA

Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions worldwide. It offers client devices, including hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices, such as desktop and notebook PCs, security surveillance systems, gaming consoles, and set top boxes; flash-based embedded storage products for mobile phones, tablets, notebook PCs, and other portable and wearable devices, as well as automotive, IoT, industrial, and connected home applications; flash-based memory wafers; and embedded storage solutions and iNAND embedded flash products, such as multi-chip package solutions.

The company also provides data center devices and solutions comprising enterprise helium hard drives; enterprise SSDs consisting of flash-based SSDs and software solutions for use in enterprise servers, online transactions, data analysis, and other enterprise applications; data center solutions, including HDDs and drive configurations for use in data storage systems and tiered storage models; system solutions that offer petabyte scalable capacity; and data storage platforms and systems. In addition, it offers client solution, such as external HDD storage products in mobile and desktop form; client SSDs; removable cards used in consumer devices comprising mobile phones, tablets, imaging systems, still cameras, action video cameras, and security surveillance systems; universal serial bus flash drives used in the computing and consumer markets; and wireless drive products for in-field back up of created content, as well as wireless streaming of high-definition movies, photos, music and documents to tablets, smartphones, and personal computers (PCs).

The company sells its products under the HGST, SanDisk, and WD brands to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, resellers, cloud infrastructure players, and retailers. Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.