Worldwide Supply Demand Planner

Summary

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined, and now, can't imagine living without. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do.

Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Ensure operational and financial success for the organization. Develop, communicate, and execute end-to-end product demand and supply plans across all channels of distribution in over 80 countries for a current or future product line. Make product line assignments at the time of hire in any of Apple's multi-billion-dollar businesses, including Mac, Watch, iPad, iPhone and Accessories. Serve as a member of the Supply Demand Management team, a highly influential group within Apple, challenged to scale at the pace of the company's overall growth. Forecast demand, inventory, and multi-channel sell through. Generate weekly and quarterly supply plans that meet Apple's financial objectives and evaluate risks. Analyze product sales on a daily basis. Find opportunities and drive partner groups to appropriate action. Coordinate closely with regional product planning teams to ensure supply plans meet sales requirements. Coordinate with Marketing and New Product Operations teams to set launch quantities of new product introductions and to ensure smooth product transitions. Partner with the global procurement teams to allocate constrained components, ensure raw material inventory targets are met, and minimize material obsolescence during product transition. Present product updates and recommended actions to Operations executive management team on a weekly basis. Identify improvement opportunities in the product planning process, marshal resources, and drive projects to completion. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $149,100 - $224,800/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.

PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html.
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Industrial Engineering, Operations Research, Engineering (any), or a related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

3 years of experience with each of the following skills is required:

Performing advanced modeling utilizing Excel for demand forecasting.
Analyzing large data sets for operations, assessing results, and planning for future requirements.
Developing, presenting and implementing plans for strategic resources using Excel and Keynote (or Power Point) to optimize customer satisfaction while also considering financial goals and minimizing operational complexity.
Performing scenario analysis using Excel, analyzing expected outcomes of different business decisions and recommending actions to minimize business losses.
Presenting business risks and opportunities, as well as recommended solutions to managers and executives.
Coordinating with multiple internal groups and teams to manage business operations and collaborate on decision making.
Managing products or devising new processes to improve business planning operations.
Utilizing Excel and Tableau modeling to analyze backorder data, seasonality, year-on-year curve modeling.
New product Introduction (NPI) cross functional engagement with stakeholders.
Engaging in stakeholder collaboration on business plan execution.

Preferred Qualifications

N/A

Application Deadline

Apple accepts applications to this posting on an ongoing basis.