Western Digital Program Manager Supply Chain Transformation 

United States, California, Irvine 

294000696

Today’s exceptional challenges require your unique skills. Together, we can build the future of data storage.

Program Leadership & Governance

• Own and drive the full lifecycle of the planning system implementation: from initiation and design through deployment and stabilization.
• Manage program governance structure, including steering committee, cross-functional workstreams, and decision-making forums.
• Develop and maintain the integrated program roadmap, milestones, budget, and resource plan across all program workstreams.

Process Definition & Optimization

• Partner with business process owners to define and document future-state supply chain planning processes, aligned with industry best practices.
• Drive fit-gap analysis, process harmonization, and process reengineering to support a standardized, scalable planning model.
• Ensure alignment between process design, system configuration, data readiness, and reporting needs.

Cross-functional & Vendor Coordination

• Lead coordination across internal teams, software vendor, and implementation partner.
• Ensure alignment and progress across all workstreams including planning, master data, integration, and training.
• Manage dependencies across design, development, testing, and readiness.

Change Management & Adoption

• Support the development and execution of a comprehensive change management plan.
• Define communication, training, and enablement strategies.
• Align roles and responsibilities with new planning processes.

Execution Excellence

• Oversee program operations and manage risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Track KPIs and report to executive leadership.
• Lead go-live, cutover, and hypercare activities.

• Bachelor's degree with 7+ years of program management experience in large-scale tech implementations.
• Experience in high-tech or semiconductor industries with strong focus on supply chain.
• Experience with supply chain planning platforms (e.g., Kinaxis, o9, Blue Yonder).
• Strong leadership and cross-functional coordination skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in productivity and project management tools (e.g. Microsoft Office suite, MS Project, Smartsheets, LucidChart, etc.)
• Familiarity with ERP, APS, and MES integrations.

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.
• If your position is non-exempt, you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws. You may also be eligible for shift differential pay, depending on the shift to which you are assigned.

• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either Western Digital’s Short Term Incentive Plan (“STI Plan”) or the Sales Incentive Plan (“SIP”) 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 Western Digital’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 Western Digital 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.