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Job Description
Lead Supply and Demand Management in EMEIA region, analyzing demand and securing supply for Apple's Routes to Market.
At Apple, great new ideas have a way of becoming phenomenal products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. We are seeking a dynamic manager to join our Supply Demand Management (SDM) Leadership team, reporting to the SDM Director.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead all aspects of Supply and Demand Management, analyzing demand and securing supply to support all of Apple's Routes to Market in the EMEIA region.
- Develop and lead weekly and quarterly supply plans, meeting quarterly financial revenue plans while achieving key order cycle time goals and minimizing finished goods liability.
- Evaluate risks to the plan and implement contingency plans to mitigate, analyzing product order bookings, backlog, and billings daily.
- Ensure supply plans support the direct channels (online & retail stores) and channel weekly sell-through while maintaining appropriate inventory levels.
- Coordinate with multiple internal teams to set launch quantities and ensure smooth product transitions to ensure minimal E&O and appropriate inventory balance across countries.
- Improve product planning processes, identifying improvement opportunities, allocating resources, and driving projects to completion to achieve targeted measurable benefits.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on capital projects and business improvement initiatives.
- Foster strong partnerships with internal teams to understand the "Voice of the Customer" and drive customer experience improvements.
Requirements:
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, adept at leveraging data and tools to drive informed decisions.
- Exceptional communication skills, capable of building and nurturing positive relationships with both internal and external stakeholders.
- Self-driven and results-oriented, demonstrating high initiative and a strong sense of accountability.
- Skilled in presenting complex analytics to executive audiences, making data-driven insights accessible and actionable.
- Demonstrated strong leadership including but not limited to experience managing teams and supply chain processes.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Operations, Planning, Finance experience in a fast-moving product industry.
- Meticulous with strong intuition for business and consumer focus.
- Demonstrate initiative, adaptability, and problem-solving skills in a changing and dynamic environment.
- Previous leadership skills including experience managing teams and supply chain processes and systems expertise.
- Previous experience setting direction for process and/or tool improvements to support team objectives.
- Strong analytical capabilities, should have the ability to evaluate, analyze, and present data to the executive level.