Supply Chain Risk Management Program Manager
Western Digital•San Jose, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
The Supply Chain Risk Management Program Manager is responsible for orchestrating the sensing, triage, communication, and mitigation of supply chain risk events that could impact Western Digital’s operations. This includes developing and implementing strategies, procedures, and policies to improve the resiliency of the supply base while leading cross‑functional teams to execute mitigation actions during disruption events.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field.
- Proven track record in finance, procurement, supply chain, or operations within large, global organizations.
- Experience with procurement and risk‑management processes.
- Strong proficiency in written and spoken English.
- Proficient in data analysis tools.
- Strong understanding of operational metrics and dashboard design.
- Strong project‑management and cross‑functional leadership.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Executive‑level presentation capability.
- Strong analytical, critical thinking, and decision‑making ability.
- Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.
- Understanding of business priorities.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
Responsibilities
- Establish systems to monitor potential global events that could impact the supply chain and quickly determine the likelihood of impact.
- Utilize internal and external systems and coordinate with supply chain teams and key suppliers to assess potential severity and impact on revenue and operations.
- Lead development of impact assessments and regular communications to senior management on status. Coordinate cross‑functional “War Rooms” to determine and execute mitigation strategies.
- Implement systems and defined roles to manage end‑to‑end issue‑resolution processes following Best‑in‑Class standards.
- Monitor and report risk‑management performance metrics. Conduct in‑depth analysis to provide insights and recommendations.
- Collaborate with procurement, operations, legal, finance, IT, and suppliers. Train stakeholders on risk‑management practices.
- Develop and maintain documentation for processes, procedures, and policies. Provide education and training.
- Evaluate and implement technology solutions supporting risk management and analytics.
Benefits
- 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
- bonuses under either WD’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”)
- annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents
- RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires
- eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws
- shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
