Senior Director, Supply Chain Systems

**Overview:**

As Senior Director of IT - Supply Chain Systems, you will act as the strategic technology partner to the Chief Supply Chain Officer, and the Global Supply Chain leadership team. You will own the end-to-end systems architecture, platform selection, implementation, and continuous improvement of all systems that enable capital planning, supply planning, procurement, risk management, order management, logistics, fulfillment, and inventory optimization. This is a high-impact, highly visible role that directly influences COGS and OpEx reduction, supply continuity & agility, customer delivery performance, and inventory turns. **Responsibilities:**

• Partner with the CSCO and Supply Chain leadership team to translate business strategy into a 3-year supply-chain digital roadmap that delivers measurable financial outcomes. * Lead architecture discussions for all supply-chain-related systems (Advanced Planning Systems, S&OP/IBP, Supply Chain Risk, Fulfillment, Logistics, Transportation, Supplier Collaboration, etc.). * Drive selection, configuration, and deployment of modern supply-chain planning and risk platforms (e.g., Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, Resilinc, Riskmethods, Everstream, etc.). * Ruthlessly automate manual "drudgery" across planning, procurement, logistics, and fulfillment and supplier management (RPA, low-code, AI/ML-driven exception management, predictive analytics). * Deliver proven, quantified results in: - Improving service levels, inventory turns, COGS, supplier collaboration, risk-based decisions, planning cycle time, and key customer-facing metrics. * Build and lead a high-performing team of architects, analysts, and engineers focused exclusively on supply chain outcomes. * Manage a multi-million-dollar portfolio of projects and operational budget with clear ROI and payback metrics. * Act as the bridge between Supply Chain and the broader CIO organization. **Qualifications:**
• 12+ years of progressive IT leadership experience, with at least 5 years focused exclusively on vertically integrated supply chain systems in complex, build-to-order or high-mix manufacturing environments. * Proven track record of selecting and implementing modern Advanced Planning, Integrated Business Planning, Supply Chain Risk, Logistics, Transportation, and Supplier Collaboration platforms that delivered material inventory turns, and COGS improvements (must be able to show specific, quantified results). * Deep expertise in supply chain processes: PLM, MRP, S&OP/IBP, demand planning, capital planning, supply planning, sourcing, inventory optimization, multi-echelon inventory planning (MEIO), constraint-based planning. * Demonstrated success eliminating manual spreadsheets and "swivel-chair" processes through automation, workflow, and AI/ML. * Strong enterprise architecture experience (TOGAF or similar); ability to design resilient, scalable, scalable, cloud-first architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP). * Hands-on experience with best-of-breed planning and risk tools. * Experience in vertically-integrated manufacturing of complex, high-value, long-lead-time products (semiconductor, analytical instruments, medical devices, etc.). * Strong financial acumen; comfortable building business cases and presenting to C-level. * Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Computer Science, or related field; Master's/MBA strongly preferred. **Benefits:**
• 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