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About this position

At Western Digital, the Staff Engineer in Test Engineering will play a crucial role in managing and optimizing spending, inventory, and spare parts within the Test Process Engineering department, ensuring alignment with budget forecasts and operational efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Support on-going in TPE Function Cost and Spending management and control, MSP (Maintenance Spare Part), Spare parts and Inventory management.
• Monitor and adjust spending to keep timely accuracy with budget forecasts.
• Guide/instruct user of spending planning in each area.
• Maintain Test Process Engineering Department actual spending against quarterly budget planning with high level of accuracy.
• Collaborate with Test Process Engineering colleagues to manage and optimize spending promptly.
• Conduct periodically reviews of spare part consumption against target usage in each area.
• Coordinate with area owners when action is needed to align spares consumption to target usage rate.
• Manage and control on time delivery of spare parts.
• Manage Purchase Requisition issuance process to align with requester requirements.
• Manage in-house spare part inventory to avoid Zero on-hand.
• Lead team tasked with periodically monitoring spare part consumption against the planned allocation.
• Drive activities to meet budget and spending targets.
• Support TPE team members as required to meet long term goals.
• Encourage and Support Team in identifying and making Improvements throughout the project.
• Supervises/Develops subordinate's performance with proper training and supervision in responsibility to accomplish job in most effective way.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Engineering (Electronic, Mechanical, Computer, Robotics Engineering and Artificial Intelligence) and financial or related field.
• At least 5 years of experience or related field.
• Knowledge of Electrical and Mechanical components hardware, Spare parts, and Inventory management.
• Coordination, Negotiation and Communication skills.

Benefits