New College Grad Supply Chain Planner Summer 2025 start

Western Digital is seeking a New College Graduate to join our HDD Supply Planning team as a Supply Chain Planner. The ideal candidate will enter the company with a solid foundation in supply chain management and data analytics along with relevant internship/work experience. 

Duties that a New College Graduate joining this team can expect to gain experience in and eventually take ownership of include but are not limited to:

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES 

• Creating weeklymonthlyquarterly demand signals for operations team to source and build HDD
• Collaborating with Sales Business Unit and Account Management teams to align supply with Customer demand
• Creating and optimizing factory build plans and material requisition plans that allow Western Digital to reliably deliver products on time and meet corporate revenue and profit goals.
• Work with the demand planning tool (Demantra) which interacts with I2 Plan Management to monitor build request supply response supply allocation.  Gain understanding of the I2 logic in order to resolve any supply/demand gaps
• Coordination of MRP run and Material Plan analysis to identify gaps and work with Materials team/Procurement to alleviate bottlenecks
• Drive strategic discussions with the BU to align on inventory staging and tradeoff opportunities
• Work closely with Supply Chain optimization team to ensure smooth implementation of Central Planning processes
• Coordination with stakeholders including Demand Planning (CDO team) Asia Planning Materials planning Data Governance IE (Capacity Planning) Product Operations Management Sales Ops and CP project teams
• Driving continuous process area improvements
• Support in UAT efforts while company implements a New Advanced Planning system

Qualifications :

REQUIRED

• Students with a Bachelors or Masters degree in Industrial Engineering Business Supply Chain Statistics or similar field with a graduation date between December 2024June 2025
• Right to work in the US without requiring Western Digital to commence or sponsor an immigration case to employ you at any point in the future required (for example H1B or other employmentbased immigration case)
• I2 or Integrated Planning experience preferred
• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills required other data analytics and data visualization skillsets are a plus

SKILLS

• Excellent written and oral communication interpersonal and relational skills with the ability to quickly develop relationships of trust and confidence with a variety of people and personalities at all levels within an organization
• Selfmotivated with the ability to effectively multitask and work collaboratively in a fastpaced team environment
• Strong active listening skills with the ability to ask thoughtful and probing questions to determine client needs
• Ability to make clear logical decisions based on facts taking into consideration the big picture long and short term effects and exercising sound judgment when handling complaints confidential and sensitive issues
• Demonstrate ability to deliver consistent positive results through influencing coordinating and managing the efforts of others

Additional Information :

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee 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 persons gender identity gender expression and genderrelated appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons 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 nondiscrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

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 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.

Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 7/4/2025 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 posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

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Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employees 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 Digitals ShortTerm 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 LongTerm 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 Digitals 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; taxadvantaged 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 Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.