Planner, Production Planning

Western Digital

About The Position

WD is looking for a self-motivated individual to join our fast-paced Platforms Products operations organization. As an OEM Planner, you will be responsible for coordinating and planning detailed material procurement activity for production bill-of-materials items that are critical to meeting customer contract requirements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Industrial Engineering, Supply chain and Operations or related field
Experience with Production Operations and Supply Chain Planning
Knowledge of Product Lifecycle process from inception through end-of-support
Experience with electronics manufacturing bill-of-materials, component detail and approved vendor lists
Experience with cross-functional team communications, interactions, and participation - a team player
Experience working with Procurement teams in development and sustaining product lifecycle phases
Advanced experience working with Microsoft Excel functions and graphing tools
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Self-motivated, critical thinker - ability to work independently with general direction to accomplish tasks

Nice To Haves

Experience working with contract manufacturing
Experience with PowerBI reporting and analytics tools

Responsibilities

Receive weekly Material Resource Planning output from our contract manufacturer's Procurement team.
Complete an analysis against Western Digital Production Forecast on the coverage per the OEM Contract Terms.
Publish weekly reporting on Inventory Flexibility per the OEM contract terms metrics.
Provide analysis on consumption and holdings/ Inventory turns and aging.
Participate in cross-functional meetings for Change Management to understand the impact to change and possible Excess and Obsolescence risk.
Perform Waterfall analysis on supply of Customer Unique or Customer managed parts.
Publish Monthly Excess and Obsolescence reporting against Western Digital Production Forecast.
Support Procurement with Flexibility analysis when incurring Purchase Price Variance charges to Customer (Example: Additional upside demand or Non-Cancellable, Non-Refundable charges due to changes in demand forecast).
Coordinate with procurement and manufacturing operations to ensure the continuity of supply.
OEM Customer Communications: (Example: Receive and respond to queries on Supply chain management and Notify Customer of any significant changes to Unique parts definition or Lead times).
Attend weekly Core Team meetings as supply-chain representative.