Job Description

Job Summary

Western Digital is in search of a Materials Manager for our Great Oaks wafer manufacturing site in San Jose, CA.

This Monday through Friday leadership position manages the planners and stockroom personnel supporting Thin-Film Wafer Manufacturing, which operates 24/7. The Materials & Spares Team collaborates with Maintenance, Equipment Engineering, Process Engineering, Facilities, Operations, Procurement, IT and other internal personnel to maintain adequate supply of manufacturing materials and maintenance spares. In addition, the Materials Manager will work closely with the Wafer Finance Team to create spending forecasts, drive spending reduction projects, and ensure that KPI's are met.

Duties and Responsibilities:

As a Wafer Materials Manager, you will provide leadership, direction, coaching and development to a department of 12-15 direct reports.

Your team will be responsible for:

• Utilizing Oracle Cloud to plan, order, stock and distribute various materials and maintenance spares.
• Planning and ordering all parts, chemicals and materials required in the production of thin-film wafers.
• Stocking & receiving all service and repair supplies necessary for maintaining the tools on the production line.
• Distributing and tracking supplies to maintain adequate inventory, min/max quantities, and accurate cycle counts.
• Reporting on metrics such as Out of Stock, Min/Max Quantities, Zero Inventory and annual Physical Inventory. ****
• Communicating with Maintenance, Manufacturing, and Engineering to stay current on priorities and planning ahead for scheduled preventive maintenance to minimize downtime.
• Seeking information from Facilities, Equipment and Process Engineering to understand changes in the pipeline that require new items or more/less of current supply.
• Working closely with Engineering Teams to provide non-stock items to support development.
• Forecasting the Materials and Spare Parts spending for the Great Oaks Wafer Fab and working closely with the Finance and Support Team to ensure all spending commitments are met.
• Coordinating cost savings activities with Procurement such as 2nd source or quantity discounts.
• Developing good working relationships with suppliers who must deliver on time with occasionally urgent requests.
• Collaborating with Fremont Wafer Fab counterpart to develop consistent best practices between sites and contribute to continuous improvement efforts within a company that believes in Lean Manufacturing.

Qualifications

This position requires a Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Engineering or Finance. Industrial Engineering background is preferred. Special consideration may be given to candidates with advanced technical training and/or an Associate’s Degree in a related field with a significant level of personnel management.

Prior leadership experience while working in a high-volume, fast-paced computer component manufacturing organization is beneficial. Candidate must have proven ability to perform in an environment where meeting production builds and maximizing equipment uptime is critical.

Required:

• 5+ years of experience leading/managing people in a technical role.
• Experience managing personnel in a stockroom or warehouse.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with a diverse workforce population from different cultural backgrounds.
• Ability to decisively set priorities and assign tasks, attend daily ops meetings, and report statuses as needed.
• Self-direction and motivation with a high responsiveness to the needs of the Fab.
• Knowledge of and experience with inventory tracking, supply chain management, and Enterprise Resource Planning software.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office applications such as Outlook, PowerPoint & Excel.

Preferred:

• Familiarity with Oracle Cloud, MES, or similar operating systems.
• Knowledge of thin-film wafer manufacturing and associated tooling.
• Experience with semiconductor equipment in a repair and maintenance capacity.
• Skilled in productivity and troubleshooting tools such as SPC, 8D, 5-Why, DMAIC, etc.

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth), age, national origin, sexual orientation, medical condition, marital status (including domestic partnership status), physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, protected medical and family care leave, Civil Air Patrol status, military and veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law poster.

Western Digital thrives on the power and potential of diversity. As a global company, we believe the most effective way to embrace the diversity of our customers and communities is to mirror it from within. We believe the fusion of various perspectives results in the best outcomes for our employees, our company, our customers, and the world around us. We are committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect and contribution.

Western Digital is committed to offering opportunities to applicants with disabilities and ensuring all candidates can successfully navigate our careers website and our hiring process. Please contact us at jobs.accommodations@wdc.com to advise us of your accommodation request. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.

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.
• You will be eligible to participate in Western Digital’s Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, 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.