Director, Supply Chain - Demand and Supply Planning

Western Digital • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

Position Overview The Director of Demand and Supply Planning will lead creation of the operations demand signal and inventory management for our Hard Disk Drive (HDD) product portfolio. This role is responsible for ensuring that customer demand signals are accurately captured and translated into executable manufacturing and component supply plans across a complex, multi-tier global supply chain. The Director will play a critical role in aligning demand signals with wafer starts, component procurement, and factory builds, ensuring optimal service levels while balancing cost, inventory, and capacity utilization. This position requires understanding of HDD manufacturing cycles, component dependencies (e.g., media, heads, actuators, PCBs), and the dynamics of data center, OEM, and channel markets.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a related technical field.
• Experience: 7+ years of experience in supply chain planning within HDD, storage devices, or semiconductor/electronics manufacturing .
• Strong understanding of HDD manufacturing processes and component interdependencies.
• Proven success in leading global demand and supply planning, inventory optimization, and S&OP/IBP frameworks.
• Experience working with advanced planning tools
• Key Competencies End-to-End Supply Chain Leadership Demand Forecasting & Statistical Modeling Capacity & Materials Planning (Heads/Media/PCBs) Data-Driven Decision Making & Analytics Cross-Functional Collaboration (Sales, Operations, Engineering) Risk Mitigation & Business Continuity Planning Lean/Six Sigma or Continuous Improvement mindset

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree in Supply Chain/Industrial Engineering preferred.

Responsibilities

• Demand Planning Lead the end-to-end global HDD demand planning process, integrating sales, marketing, and customer forecasts into a consolidated global view.
• Analyze demand patterns across data center, cloud, OEM, and consumer channels.
• Develop advanced statistical forecasting models that incorporate shipment history, product transitions, and customer order behavior.
• Partner with Sales, Product Management, and Finance to align demand signals with market trends, capacity plans, and corporate targets.
• Supply Planning Partner with BU, Sales and Customer Operations teams for supply allocation during constrained environments
• Manage the execution of constrained supply across customers and lead allocation decisions during demand surges or component shortages.
• Collaborate with Operations, Engineering, and Procurement to mitigate supply risks and ensure delivery continuity.
• Drive the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process, integrating supply, demand, and financial perspectives into a single operating plan.
• Inventory & Capacity Management Define and manage global inventory policies, safety stocks, and buffer strategies to achieve service level targets with minimal working capital.
• Lead initiatives to reduce excess and obsolete (E&O) inventory, especially during product transitions and end-of-life cycles.
• Collaborate with factory operations to optimize production loading, capacity utilization, and lead times.
• Leadership & Strategy Build and lead a high-performing global planning team located across regional sites Partner with IT and data analytics teams to enhance planning tools

Benefits

• 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 Western Digital Savings 401(k) Plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees