Manager 2, POM Engineering

Company Description

The future. It’s on you. You & Western Digital.

We’ve been storing the world’s data for more than 50 years. Once, it was the most important thing we could do for data. Now we’re helping the world capture, preserve, access and transform data in a way only we can.

The most game-changing companies, consumers, professionals, and governments come to us for the technologies and solutions they need to capture, preserve, access, and transform their data.

But we can’t do it alone. Today’s exceptional data challenges require your exceptional skills. It’s You & Us. Together, we’re the next big thing in data.

Western Digital® data-centric solutions are found under the G-Technology™, HGST, SanDisk®, Tegile™, Upthere™, and WD® brands

Job Description

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelors in Engineering and exposure to practices of Operations Management, Supply Planning, Manufacturing Engineering or other applicable Operational fields are desired.

The position also requires excellent written and oral communication skills, strong analytical and organizational skills

The individual must have comprehensive skills using Microsoft Office tools such as MS-PowerPoint, MS-Excel, and MS-Project to support analyses, clearly communicate ideas, and organize program implementation. Exposure to SAP/ERP systems is preferred. This individual will need to be able to work on multiple projects simultaneously and interact with a number of different groups and levels of people, both internally and externally. Experience – Minimum 3 years not to exceed 8 years

Function of Product operations team:

The scope of the Product Operations team is to drive operations for multiple New Product Introductions (NPI) through their Life Cycle by ensuring production readiness/Low Volume Manufacturing(LVM), coordinating with Supply Chain Management , Procurement, Packaging, Reliability and Factory Management.  improve the user experience with our products. POM would collaborate closely on newly released product and features to help project manage the key aspects of the launch (milestones, testing, dashboards). POM is also responsible for understanding the quality and user experience for our products globally. In this capacity POM team will partner and integrate closely with Product Managers and Engineering to bring an operational mindset to product development.

POM will prepare internal qualification/Customer samples builds and delivery and coordinating with the Product Configuration Team to ensure all the BOM and SKU management requirements are met. These tasks would include data collection, data entry, report generation, product sample build coordination with both local and Asia operations, which would include receipt, status reporting, inventory management and distribution

The role is based out of Bangalore, India

Qualifications

B.E., B.Tech

Additional Information

Because Western Digital thrives on the power of diversity and is committed to an inclusive environment where every individual can thrive through a sense of belonging, respect, and contribution, we are committed to giving every qualified applicant and employee an equal opportunity. Western Digital does not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their protected class status and complies with all federal and state laws against discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, as well as the laws and regulations set forth in the 'Equal Employment Opportunity is the Law' poster.