Principal Supply Chain Analyst

124,700.00-166,200.00 Business Function: Industrial Engineering Work Location: San Jose Great Oaks Headquarters--LOC_WDT_USCA23 Location (Secondary): Irvine Office--LOC_WDT_USCA01 Company Description WD is building the infrastructure behind the AI-driven data economy. As AI scales, so does data. Every interaction, every model, every system generates data that must be stored, managed, and made accessible over time. That’s where we come in. We combine deep engineering expertise with global-scale manufacturing to deliver the storage systems that make AI possible, powering hyperscale data centers, cloud platforms, and enterprise infrastructure worldwide. This isn’t theoretical work. It’s real systems, at real scale, people solving some of the hardest challenges in technology today. We’re looking for people who want to build, solve, and operate at that level. Join us and let’s shape the future of data.

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical supply chain analyst to support cross-functional initiatives spanning Logistics, Supply Chain planning, Business Units, ERP Systems, Revenue and External Audit. As a part of WD global operations, this role will act as a key link between overall supply chain operations, technology, internal customers, external suppliers and auditors with responsibility for understanding and documenting processes, driving analytics for improving efficiency, leading systems enhancements, identifying controls for operational risks and process improvement opportunities, and supporting revenue audit activities. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: Implementing manufacturing and/or business process improvements that will increase capacity, reduce lead-time & eliminate non-value added. Planning supply and customer order fulfillment by: Analyzing and resolving daily supply plan mismatches to customer demand and orders Producing weekly material and capacity plans for the logistics warehouse. Driving closure of excess and obsolete inventory on a weekly basis. Driving daily closure of inquiries from internal customers. Performing reporting and analytics tasks by consolidating shipments, orders, inventory, forecasts, and related hub transactional data from a variety of business information systems such as Business Objects, Demantra, i2, and Oracle to provide for an account overview for management reporting. Executing Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) quarterly activities and maintain production/inventory system for accurate data. Building reports and models to track actual orders against forecasted quantity. Measuring the performance of each supplier from an engineering, roadmap alignment, cost, quality, and delivery perspective. Measuring and analyzing cycle time for repetitive functions, such as mass production, order fulfillment and transportation. Providing accurate data for monthly business process updates and periodic customer sales forecast updates.  Participate in ERP enhancement by requirements gathering, solution design, user acceptance testing (UAT), implementation, and post-implementation validation. Participating in fiscal period close by providing manufacturing variance analysis and inventory reserve validation. Perform monthly and quarterly inventory reconciliations across global warehouses, co-ordinate in variance investigation between systems. Performing variance analysis on how order fulfillment changes affect the supply chain inventory. Planning for inventory readiness to meet new product development activities to facilitate on time product launch and uninterrupted mass production.  Securing that backlog is booked, scheduled, and shipped to meet the customer expected dock dates.  Leading data collection of inputs from logistics operations/supply chain/engineering teams and coordinating cross