Planner, Production Planning

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Job Description

WD is looking for a self-motivated individual to join our fast-paced Platforms Products operations organization. As an OEM Planner, you will be responsible for coordinating and planning detailed material procurement activity for production bill-of-materials items that are critical to meeting customer contract requirements.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Receive weekly Material Resource Planning output from our contract manufacturer's Procurement team. Complete an analysis against Western Digital Production Forecast on the coverage per the OEM Contract Terms.
• Publish weekly reporting on Inventory Flexibility per the OEM contract terms metrics. Provide analysis on consumption and holdings/ Inventory turns and aging.
• Participate in cross-functional meetings for Change Management to understand the impact to change and possible Excess and Obsolescence risk.
• Perform Waterfall analysis on supply of Customer Unique or Customer managed parts.
• Publish Monthly Excess and Obsolescence reporting against Western Digital Production Forecast.
• Support Procurement with Flexibility analysis when incurring Purchase Price Variance charges to Customer (Example: Additional upside demand or Non-Cancellable, Non-Refundable charges due to changes in demand forecast).
• Coordinate with procurement and manufacturing operations to ensure the continuity of supply.
• OEM Customer Communications: (Example: Receive and respond to queries on Supply chain management and Notify Customer of any significant changes to Unique parts definition or Lead times).
• Attend weekly Core Team meetings as supply-chain representative.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Industrial Engineering, Supply chain and Operations or related field
• At least 8 or more years of experience with Production Operations and Supply Chain Planning
• Knowledge of Product Lifecycle process from inception through end-of-support
• Experience with electronics manufacturing bill-of-materials, component detail and approved vendor lists
• Experience with cross-functional team communications, interactions, and participation - a team player
• Experience working with Procurement teams in development and sustaining product lifecycle phases

PREFERRED:

• Experience working with contract manufacturing
• Experience with PowerBI reporting and analytics tools

SKILLS:

• Advanced experience working with Microsoft Excel functions and graphing tools
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Self-motivated, critical thinker - ability to work independently with general direction to accomplish tasks

Additional Information

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