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 Digitals operations. This includes developing and implementing strategies procedures and policies to improve the resiliency of the supply base while leading crossfunctional 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 crossfunctional War Rooms to determine and execute mitigation strategies. 

• Governance: Implement systems and defined roles to manage endtoend issueresolution processes following BestinClass standards. 

• Analysis and Reporting: Monitor and report riskmanagement performance metrics. Conduct indepth analysis to provide insights and recommendations. 

• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with procurement operations legal finance IT and suppliers. Train stakeholders on riskmanagement 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. 

Qualifications :

Education Requirements: 

• Bachelors degree in Finance Engineering Business Administration or related field. 

• Masters degree or MBA preferred. 

Experience Requirements: 

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

• Experience with procurement and riskmanagement processes. 

Other Requirements: 

• Strong proficiency in written and spoken English. 

• Officebased 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 projectmanagement and crossfunctional leadership. 

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. 

• Executivelevel presentation capability. 

Abilities: 

• Strong analytical critical thinking and decisionmaking ability. 

• Ability to influence stakeholders at all levels. 

• Understanding of business priorities. 

Leadership Attributes 

Inspires innovation; Takes global perspective; Thinks strategically; Drives results; Customerfocused; Takes appropriate risks; Promotes teamwork; Builds talent; Learns continually; Manages uncertainty; Selfaware; Empathetic. 

Culture Attributes 

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

Developmental Attributes 

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

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 gender-related 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 non-discrimination 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 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 06/17/2026 (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 posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time