Job Description

In this position, the Product Operation Manager will lead the Product Operations Management Team and will make decisions and commitments for Operations as a member of the Product Line Core Team (PLCT).

Fundamental responsibility of this individual is the Program Management of a Product Operations Management (POM) Team. As the Product Owner and Team Leader, this individual will manage and facilitate a cross functional POM Team that is responsible to identify, generate, manage and drive execution of Operational activities of multiple products through their Life Cycle.

Specific responsibilities include representing Operations as a member of the PLCT, ensuring production readiness/Low Volume Manufacturing(LVM), coordinating with Supply Chain Management , Procurement, Sales Operations and Factory Management during manufacturing ramp-up of the product, working with the Product Development Team and Marketing Teams to identify and prepare internal qualification/Customer samples builds and delivery and coordinating with the Product Configuration Team to ensure all the BOM and SKU management requirements are met.  

This position will provide exposure to and interaction with all areas of our vertically integrated Supply Chain. In addition, this individual will assist in high level strategic decision making through detailed analysis and material preparations. Additional analysis and projects will include capacity analysis, business process optimization, and cost reduction efforts.

This individual will need to be able to work on multiple projects simultaneously and interact with a number of different groups and levels of people, both internally and externally.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have a BA or BS degree or applicable experience and a minimum of 8+ years of related experience in Operations Management, Supply Planning, Manufacturing Engineering or other applicable Operational fields.  

The candidate needs to demonstrate solid decision making skills with limited supervision input.

The position also requires excellent written and oral communication skills, strong analytical and organizational skills, strong project management experience and the ability to manage cross functional teams, perform quantitative analyses, and develop processes and procedures related to corporate process improvements and strategic decisions.

Lastly the individual must possess familiarity with functionality in a high volume global operations environment, comprehensive skills using software tools such as PowerPoint, Excel, and MS project to support analysis, clearly communicate ideas, and organize program implementation and experience working in an ISO 9000 quality system.

Specific experience with SAP and Agile are preferred.

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

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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 Colorado or remote jobs that can be performed in Colorado.  This range may be modified in the future.
• You will also be eligible to participate in Western Digital's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan and to receive equity awards under our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program, which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs), pursuant to the terms of these programs.  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 Virgin Pulse Program; 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.