Senior Principal Supply Chain Engineer - Supplier Innovation

WD; San Jose (CA); Sur place; USD 140 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

WD is seeking a Supply Chain Innovation Manager in California to partner with ecosystem and suppliers, enabling new technologies and reducing total cost of ownership. You’ll bridge engineering, manufacturing, quality, and procurement, translating technical advances into scalable supply chain solutions.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical acumen with supplier-facing leadership, using data-driven problem solving and collaboration to scale innovations while improving resilience and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related technical field.
• Extensive experience in supply chain engineering or manufacturing engineering.
• 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.

Responsabilités

• Partner with suppliers to evaluate, pilot, and scale new technologies.
• 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 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.

Connaissances

Supply chain engineering

Manufacturing engineering

Supplier development

Data-driven mindset

Problem-solving

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Description du poste

WD is seeking a Supply Chain Innovation Manager in California to partner with ecosystem and suppliers, enabling new technologies and reducing total cost of ownership. You’ll bridge engineering, manufacturing, quality, and procurement, translating technical advances into scalable supply chain solutions.

The ideal candidate combines strong technical acumen with supplier-facing leadership, using data-driven problem solving and collaboration to scale innovations while improving resilience and