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Western Digital

Makes hard drives for cloud and AI data centers

Supply Chain Program Manager - Strategic Sourcing & Procurement

Procurement & Sourcing +1Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeFujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan¥10M - ¥16M /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
  • At least 5 years of program or project management experience in supply chain, sourcing, or manufacturing operations.
  • Proficiency in Excel, PowerPoint, ERP systems, and AI productivity tools such as Copilot or equivalent LLMs or agents.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, and clear stakeholder communication skills.

Responsibilities

  • Lead cross-functional teams to ensure material and component readiness for new product introduction (NPI) and sustaining programs.
  • Own end-to-end program management of scope, schedule, resources, and budget across sourcing and procurement workstreams.
  • Ensure compliance with internal governance frameworks and milestone review processes.
  • Define and execute sourcing strategies to close gaps in technology, supply, cost, quality, and resiliency.
  • Develop material ramp plans for NPI programs and manage transitions to mass production.
  • Optimize inventory positioning using demand forecasts and supplier lead-time analysis.
  • Lead product cost management initiatives in partnership with Global Commodity Managers and Strategic Cost Management teams.
  • Drive supplier performance across cost, quality, resiliency, innovation, and sustainability objectives.
  • Facilitate qualification of new and alternate suppliers to support business continuity.
  • Lead value analysis/value engineering (VA/VE) and continuous improvement initiatives with key supply partners.
  • Build and maintain supplier relationships to support long-term sourcing strategies.
  • Drive continuous improvement using Lean and Six Sigma methodologies.
  • Develop, track, and communicate program metrics and key performance indicators to senior stakeholders.
  • Conduct after-action reviews to capture learnings and implement process improvements.
  • Collaborate with Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Planning, Procurement, and NPI/Sustaining Program Management teams.
  • Communicate supply chain strategies and program status to business units and leadership.
  • Support steering committees and executive review forums.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree, such as an MBA or a degree in a technical or quantitative discipline.
  • Experience with global supply chain operations and NPI/product lifecycle management.
  • Background in materials program management using best-in-class procurement practices.
  • Familiarity with Lean, Six Sigma, or other structured process improvement frameworks.

About the Company

Western Digital

Makes hard drives for cloud and AI data centers

Western Digital, which goes by WD, designs and makes hard disk drives, mostly the high-capacity models that cloud and AI data centers use to store huge amounts of data cheaply. In 2013, its HGST unit shipped the first helium-filled hard drives, which fit more disks into each drive and use less power. Its drives store data on stacks of spinning magnetic disks, and the lineup runs from Ultrastar data center drives to WD Red and WD Purple drives for home servers and security cameras. WD makes its money selling these drives to cloud companies, PC makers, and retail shoppers. Western Digital was founded in 1970 and is based in San Jose, California, and in 2025 it spun off its flash memory business as Sandisk.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
San Jose, CA
Founded
1970

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