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Dynamic, inquisitive people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. Apple products have reinvented entire industries. Our passion for innovation extends to our practices, ensuring we leave the world better than we found it. Join us to deliver groundbreaking Apple products. Do you love working on unsolved challenges? As a member of our multifaceted group, you'll craft upcoming products that delight and encourage millions of Apple customers daily.
Apple's supply chain operations teams ensure that Apple's ground-breaking designs become industry-leading products, delivered on time and to Apple's unmatched quality standards. These high-profile, highly respected organizations are positioned at the junction of Apple's product teams, the industries that supply core component technologies, and our manufacturing partners who help ensure that revolutionary products such as iPad, iPhone, and Mac can be restocked just as fast as they fly off the shelves.
The ideal candidate is self-directed, motivated, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment. Experience with emerging technology is preferred. Flexibility, adaptability, and strong analytical, project management, and leadership skills are key. Candidates must be willing to work at both detailed and strategic levels.
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Description
Manage and influence infrastructure efforts across independent functional and property teams. Build partner trust and persistently remove ambiguity by seeking to reduce complexity to ensure clarity around project goals, expectations and timelines. Develop a broad organizational perspective to facilitate strategic views around new projects and be able to facilitate discussions focusing on prioritization of existing projects. Create and maintain extensive work plans detailing technical projects in a fast moving engineering environment. Work with Supply Chain teams to handle deadlines and meet financial, capacity requirements. Develop and contribute to process improvement and standard operating procedures, in order to achieve required maturity and operational effectiveness, all while successfully leading and strengthening a team of excellent project managers.","responsibilities":"SAMPLE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES - VARIES BY ROTATION ASSIGNMENT:
Support supply chain decisions by forecasting product demand (both new and existing products), analyzing production needs, allocating global supply across all channels of distribution.
Influence global allocation and new product introduction strategy across the entire Reseller Channel, including Telcos, National Retailers, Distributors, Enterprise, and Education.
Support sophisticated, global projects bringing Apple's newest products to market by partnering closely with Operations, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, Channel Sales, and Retail teams.
Support business activities including but not limited to: NPI readiness, procurement, supplier management, freight planning, launch strategy deployment, loss prevention, packaging program control, optimal shipment design, supply chain scalability and optimization, reverse supply chain, cost savings, and continuous improvement at a worldwide level.
Influence across key groups (Marketing, Sales, Finance, Procurement, Product Manufacturing, and IT), all in an effort to both set the strategy and drive the execution of products across Apple's global supply chain.
Manage global initiatives to define, build, and roll out innovative technology and business process solutions that increase efficiencies, improve customer satisfaction, and challenge the status quo.
- Define and build capabilities that provide deep business insight, enable rapid decision-making, and drive automation of evolving business processes.
Preferred Qualifications
MBA Preferred.
Minimum Qualifications
MS (in relevant fields like Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Computer Science, Statistics, Business Analytics).
Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant .
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