Senior Supply Chain Innovation Engineer

The Supply Chain Innovation Manager partners closely with industry ecosystem strategic suppliers and internal crossfunctional teams to enable new technologies reduce total cost of ownership (TCO) and strengthen supplier manufacturing capability capacity quality sustainability and resilience. This role sits at the intersection of supply chain engineering and operations driving innovation across the supplier ecosystem to support long-term business growth and competitiveness.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical acumen with supplier-facing leadership using data structured problem-solving and collaboration to translate emerging technologies into scalable cost-effective and resilient supply chain solutions.

Key Responsibilities

Supplier Technology Enablement & Innovation

Partner with suppliers to evaluate pilot and scale new technologies processes and materials that improve cost performance quality and time-to-market

Serve as a technical interface between suppliers and internal engineering manufacturing quality and procurement teams

Identify and drive supplier-led innovation opportunities aligned with product and supply chain roadmaps

Lead initiatives to reduce total cost of ownership through design-for-manufacturability process optimization automation yield improvement and lifecycle cost analysis

Evaluate trade-offs across cost quality risk sustainability and scalability to inform sourcing and technology decisions

Support should-cost modeling and fact-based negotiations through deep technical and process understanding

Assess and improve supplier capacity scalability and technical readiness to support current and future business demand

Drive initiatives to improve supplier operational maturity including process capability equipment readiness workforce skills and digitalization

Partner with supply chain and operations teams to strengthen supplier resilience including dual sourcing risk mitigation and recovery planning

Collaborate with suppliers and internal quality teams to improve process capability reduce variability and prevent escapes

Lead root cause analysis and corrective action for systemic supplier issues

Promote continuous improvement methodologies (e.g. Lean Six Sigma SPC) across the supplier base

Support supplier sustainability initiatives related to environmental impact energy efficiency waste reduction and responsible sourcing

Work closely with engineering manufacturing quality procurement finance and program management teams to align priorities and execution

Communicate complex technical and supply chain topics clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Influence to drive alignment and results across organizational boundaries

Qualifications :

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Engineering Supply Chain Operations or a related technical field

Extensive experience in supply chain engineering manufacturing engineering supplier development or related roles

Experience working directly with suppliers on technical operational or cost-reduction initiatives

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven mindset

Ability to travel domestically and internationally as needed

Preferred Qualifications

Masters degree in Engineering Supply Chain or Business (MBA)

Experience introducing new manufacturing technologies or processes into production

Background in cost modeling should-cost analysis or value engineering

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 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 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.

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Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 06/19/2026 (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.

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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.
• 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 WDs 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 WDs 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 Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.

Notice To Candidates: Please be aware that WD and its subsidiaries will never request payment as a condition for applying for a position or receiving an offer of employment. Should you encounter any such requests please report it immediately to WD Ethics Helpline or email .

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time