Global Sourcing & Supply Manager

Job Summary

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you ll do more than join something - you ll add something.

Role Overview

The Global Sourcing and Supply Manager (GSSM) acts as a key interface among Apple's Worldwide Operations organization, strategic suppliers and contract manufacturers. As a GSSM you will be responsible for driving critical strategic and tactical initiatives of Apple's supply chain. In this role, you will manage a specific commodity and will play an important role in the overall success of Apple's supply chain development and operation.

Responsibilities

• Develop a nuanced understanding of the commodity landscape to forecast industry trends and gauge emerging competitive forces.
• Identify changes in buyer and supplier power within core materials markets and use industry dynamics to Apple's advantage.
• Effectively work with suppliers to negotiate optimal terms for sourcing.
• Understand the trade-offs between cost, volume, and quality in order to strike agreements that meet Apple's performance criteria and secure long term supply continuity.
• Collaborate across the Apple organization to ensure business objectives are met.
• Rapidly synthesize and communicate findings to senior leaders and to actively identify potential supply issues that can affect product strategy.
• Optimize global supply chain performance through cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking.
• Develop an in-depth understanding of value-added manufacturing processes and costs, reverse logistics, and market intelligence, and apply this knowledge to influence Apple's future product roadmap and sourcing decisions.
• Assess and mitigate risks to the business.
• Manage global supply chain disruptions in real time with the support of an international team.

Skills

• forecast industry trends
• negotiate optimal terms for sourcing
• cost and scenario analysis
• benchmarking
• market intelligence
• reverse logistics
• risk assessment
• supply chain disruptions management
• sourcing

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