Job Description

Capacity Planning team is responsible to plan equipment/tools needed at the required target buffer levels at both Captive and Non-Captive sites to support the Flash Business Unit within Western Digital. Capacity Planning team is also responsible for coordinating and finalizing the overall flash backend capex.

This Capacity Planning role requires the candidate to work closely with Factory IE teams, CM (Contract Manufacturer) Operations, Manufacturing Product Engineering/Test Engineering & Memory Product Solutions (MPS) to position the required assy/test capacity across all sites (Captive & CM's) to support the demand outlook.

Valuable experience will be gained by working, organizing, and driving overseas factories to meet planned capacity goals. Candidate must be able to quickly understand the current business processes and demonstrate high analytical and modelling skills to solve the problems. Moreover, the candidate must have a demonstrated capability to assess mutually exclusive demands to formulate an optimized solution which will provide the capacity needed to satisfy current and future product demands. Demand changes occur weekly, forcing the candidate to constantly adjust previous plans to meet changing requirements. Flexibility and creative thinking are critical to success in this role and in the Capacity Planning Group.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and updating the advanced planning system i2 with accurate capacity modelling inputs to ensure high confidence output that will be leveraged to make capacity/capex decisions.
• Creating, modelling new or understanding and maintaining existing mathematical models (based on excel, Python etc) to support CAPEX (capital expenditure) decision making
• Hosting & Coordinating troubleshooting meetings & exercises to resolve capacity constraints
• Proposing different ideas to reduce the overall CAPEX (capital expenditure) spend by optimizing on hand equipment while meeting the company's demand at the required buffer level
• Presenting CAPEX requirement analyses and recommendations to senior management on a monthly cadence
• Contributing to strategic and operations decisions involving process redesigns, equipment modifications and tooling change
• Driving throughput improvements in the factory by performing detailed analyses optimizing production output for various demand scenarios
• Work with other Capacity Planning team members to understand the current business procedure and propose improvements/Automations which will help to improve the quality of the analysis and reduce the time taken to do the analysis.
• Drive meetings with MPS, Manufacturing PE, CM Operations, POM and factory IEs to drive test time reduction initiatives, test program/PN readiness & optimize overall capex spend
• Drive efficiency on the functional processes through Automation

Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field; Master's degree preferred
• 2+ years of experience in industrial engineering or related field
• Solid foundation in industrial engineering principles, Lean concepts, and process improvement techniques.
• Hands-on experience with data analysis using Excel, SQL, Tableau, and basic simulation or statistical tools.
• Ability to support projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and manage tasks in fast-paced environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with exposure to optimization or mathematical modeling concepts.
• Effective communicator and motivated team player with growing experience in Python or advanced planning systems.

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employee's 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.
• You will be eligible to participate in Sandisk's Short-Term Incentive (STI) Plan, 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 Sandisk's 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 Sandisk's 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 Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.