WW Supply Demand Management

Summary

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job, and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don’t just build products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. Apple’s 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. We’re looking for high-energy people to support the procurement, manufacturing, fulfillment, and support of all things Apple.

Description

The Supply Chain Operations team has one foot in Operations and one in Sales. We act as liaison to connect Operations and numerous Sales teams with the ultimate goal of growing sales and improving the customer experience. Areas of expertise and roles include:

Supply Demand Management (role: Supply Demand Planner): In SDM, you will hold a critical role in Apple's multi-billion dollar supply chain decisions by forecasting product demand (both new and existing products), analyzing production needs, allocating global supply across all channels of distribution and influencing quarterly sales projections used in guidance to Wall Street. Your job will require you to collaborate and influence across many key groups (Marketing, Sales, Finance, Procurement, Ops, Materials), all in an effort to both set the strategy and drive the execution of products across Apple’s global supply chain.

Business Process Re-engineering (role: BPR Project Manager, role: Sr Data Analyst): You will lead 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. You will define and build capabilities that provide deep business insight, enable rapid decision-making, and drive automation of evolving business processes.

Retail Fulfillment and Operations (role: RFO Program Manager): In this role, you will plan and run inventory fulfillment worldwide for Apple Retail stores, ensuring optimal inventory stocking levels, daily in-stock availability for all products, and inventory accuracy to support achieving Retail sales goals and extraordinary customer satisfaction.

Reseller Operations (role: Channel Supply Demand Planner - Reseller Operations): You will influence global allocation and new product introduction strategy across the entire Reseller Channel, including Telcos, National Retailers, Distributors, Enterprise, and Education. You will be responsible for the global tools, process, and people development needed to most effectively and expertly enable Apple and our partners to maximize demand. You will closely collaborate with and influence key groups (SDM, Sales, Marketing, Readiness) on strategic decisions and present updates to executive leadership.

Operations Readiness (role: WW Readiness Program Manager): As a member of the Ops Readiness team, you will lead complex, global projects bringing Apple’s newest products to market by partnering closely with Operations, Marketing, Finance, Engineering, Channel Sales, and Retail teams. Influence business partners in the development of a launch strategy and execution plan that optimizes operational capabilities, mitigates risk, and ensures Apple delivers an extraordinary customer experience.

WW Logistics and Supply Chain (role: Logistic Manager; role: Logistics Analyst, Supply Chain Analyst): You will lead multifaceted logistics business activities including but not limited to: new product introduction 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. You'll build and execute through relationships with internal and external regional partners. You will use analytical thinking and business foresight to standardize and implement best practices.

Key Qualifications

• Exert thoughtful influence across multiple functional teams and be a strong teammate
• Possess advanced analytical skills
• Communicate clearly and concisely
• Be enthusiastic about working through ambiguity
• Have the capability to dive deep into complex detail and emerge with clear strategies/plans
• Have a passion for the customer experience

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity, and thus we treat all applicants fairly and equally. Apple is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to applicants with physical and mental disabilities.