Supply Chain Risk Management Program Manager

The Supply Chain Risk Management Program Manager is responsible for orchestrating the sensing, triage, communication, and mitigation of supply chain risk events that could impact Western Digital’s operations. This includes developing and implementing strategies, procedures, and policies to improve the resiliency of the supply base while leading cross‑functional teams to execute mitigation actions during disruption events. 

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:  

This job is responsible for delivering the organization outcome as stated:  

• Risk Sensing: Establish systems to monitor potential global events that could impact the supply chain and quickly determine the likelihood of impact. 

• Risk Triage: Utilize internal and external systems and coordinate with supply chain teams and key suppliers to assess potential severity and impact on revenue and operations. 

• Communication and Mitigation: Lead development of impact assessments and regular communications to senior management on status. Coordinate cross‑functional “War Rooms” to determine and execute mitigation strategies. 

• Governance: Implement systems and defined roles to manage end‑to‑end issue‑resolution processes following Best‑in‑Class standards. 

• Analysis and Reporting: Monitor and report risk‑management performance metrics. Conduct in‑depth analysis to provide insights and recommendations. 

• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with procurement, operations, legal, finance, IT, and suppliers. Train stakeholders on risk‑management practices. 

• Training and Development: Develop and maintain documentation for processes, procedures, and policies. Provide education and training. 

• Technology Integration: Evaluate and implement technology solutions supporting risk management and analytics. 

Education Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field. 

• Master’s degree or MBA preferred. 

Experience Requirements: 

• Proven track record in finance, procurement, supply chain, or operations within large, global organizations.

• Experience with procurement and risk‑management processes. 

Other Requirements: 

• Strong proficiency in written and spoken English. 

• Office‑based role with some travel. 

• Ability to work flexible hours to support global teams. 

Key Competencies 

Knowledge: 

• Proficient in data analysis tools. 

• Strong understanding of operational metrics and dashboard design. 

Skills: 

• Strong project‑management and cross‑functional leadership. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

• Executive‑level presentation capability. 

Abilities: 

• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and decision‑making ability. 

• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. 

• Understanding of business priorities. 

Leadership Attributes 

Inspires innovation; Takes global perspective; Thinks strategically; Drives results; Customer‑focused; Takes appropriate risks; Promotes teamwork; Builds talent; Learns continually; Manages uncertainty; Self‑aware; Empathetic. 

Culture Attributes 

Push to go further; Learn continually; Give back; Innovate; Deliver excellence; Customer‑centric; Act with urgency; Belong; Collaborate; Inspire trust. 

Developmental Attributes 

Taking action; Technology awareness; Enhancing processes; Organizing & aligning; Managing conflict; Building networks; Quality decision‑making. 

 

Salary Ranges: 134,800.00-179,700.00

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Based on our experience, we anticipate that the application deadline will be 8/13/2026 (3 months from posting), although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline, we will update this

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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 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 WD’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 WD'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 WD 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.

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