Executive Assistant

Company Description

At Western Digital, we are on a mission to unlock the potential of data so people, companies and organizations everywhere can create what’s next. To fulfill our vision, we are always on the lookout for potential team members who share our passion for solving problems to empower others.

When you join Western Digital, you join a legacy more than 50 years in the making. Across our Western Digital®, SanDisk®, SanDisk® Professional, WD® and WD_BLACK™ brands, we have brought some of the most storied advancements in memory and data storage technology to market—and our best, most innovative work is yet to come.

From energizing gaming platforms, to enabling systems to make cities safer and cars smarter and more connected, to powering the data centers behind many of the world’s biggest companies and public cloud, Western Digital is fueling a brighter, smarter future.

Here’s how you can help.

Job Description

The Executive Assistant will serve as an essential partner to the Flash leadership team. You’ll support Flash BU VPs, for Logistics and Procurement Sourcing.  Additionally, you will manage  everything from email, calendar, spreadsheets, onboarding and travel arrangements to running special projects over time. This highly organized, endlessly resourceful person will ensure the team operates at its best, ensuring nothing falls through the cracks.

The ideal candidate is proactive and takes initiative, is focused, organized, and innovative. We’re seeking someone who’s eager to be flexible and available and thrives in a fast-paced environment. Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong critical thinking and attention to detail are equally meaningful in this role. This dynamic role will have the ability to work independently on projects and must be able to work under pressure at times to handle a wide variety of activities and confidential matters with discretion.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Extensive calendar management, including prioritizing and arranging meetings, workshops, appointments, and conferences.
• Coordinate complex logistics for travel by developing itineraries, booking domestic and international flights, arranging transportation and accommodation. Process Passports and Visas
• Provide vacation coverage for other EA’s as needed.
• Coordination of staff activities such as regular one-on-ones, staff, and all hands meetings, including capture and tracking of action items and follow-ups. Planning and coordination of offsite events
• Manage a wide range of administrative and executive related tasks, including drafting routine correspondence and organizing/maintaining electronic files, updating distribution lists, onboarding new hires, creating/updating organizational charts, expense approvals, creating PR/PO and coordinate AV and IT requirements for video conference.
• Reconcile expenses in a timely manner adhering to WD’s global expense policies.
• Anticipate needs and identify problems proactively, looking around corners for solutions and using existing resources in problem-solving.
• Assist with formatting, editing and consolidation of presentations and other office documents.
• Interact regularly and build relationships with executives and colleagues across various teams.
• Ability to take initiative and work independently but take direction with positive attitude.

Qualifications

REQUIRED:

• Bachelor’s Degree (or equivalent work experience required) and 10+years of experience as an assistant supporting VP-level executives.
• Proficient with PC/Mac and Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook and Teams).
• Proactive and energetic handling multi-priority complex issues with poise and grace

SKILLS:

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Highly organized and detail-oriented
• Ability to multi-task, work independently and as part of a team.
• Excellent time management skills
• Outstanding track record of performance
• Passionate, kind, inclusive, and ethically minded

Additional information:

• Primary work location: WD Milpitas office (Hybrid schedule - 3 days in office 2 remote- may be more on an as needed basis)

Additional Information

Western Digital is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race, color, ancestry, religion (including religious dress and grooming standards), sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, breastfeeding or related medical conditions), gender (including a person’s gender identity, gender expression, and gender-related appearance and behavior, whether or not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at birth