Apple

Central Logistics Capacity/Program Manager - AMR Logistics Operations

Apple$100K — $130K *
Transportation
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business Analytics, Finance, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in supply chain and logistics operations within a high-volume network.
  • Proven ability to structure and tackle ambiguous operational challenges.
  • Strong experience with headcount modeling and capacity planning.
  • Expertise in building forecasting models and interactive dashboards for decision support.
  • Fluency in analytical tools such as Tableau or Power BI.
  • Demonstrated experience managing complex logistics operations with a focus on results.

Responsibilities

  • Ensure seamless product and material movement across the Americas region.
  • Manage capacity decisions for distribution centers and transportation networks.
  • Craft advanced models and dashboards to enhance decision-making efficiency.
  • Influence volume forecasting and optimize transportation alignment.
  • Collaborate with stakeholders to translate demand signals into actionable capacity plans.
  • Build automation to improve team efficiency and simplify planning processes.
  • Proactively identify risks and develop contingency plans to safeguard network performance.

Benefits

  • Mentorship opportunities for logistics professionals.
  • Exposure to advanced analytical tools and BI platforms.
  • Work in a dynamic, fast-paced environment that values adaptability.
  • Collaborative corporate culture emphasizing strategic change and teamwork.
Full Job Description
Description

You will play a critical role in ensuring the seamless and efficient movement of products and materials across the Americas region, owning capacity decisions across AMR distribution centers and transportation networks. Using forecasting, scenario modeling, and operational analysis, you will craft sophisticated models and interactive dashboards that drive informed, proactive decision-making - improving service, cost, and throughput performance, and applying strong program management skills to drive logistics readiness planning from strategy through execution.

This role influences volume forecasting and transportation alignment to balance service, cost, and operational efficiency, while managing program budget, timelines, resources, and deliverables. You will partner with stakeholders across supply chain, operations, and sales to understand requirements, evaluate BAU and NPI demand signals, apply analytics to uncover insights, and translate forecasts into actionable capacity plans that ensure alignment and effective execution.

You will also build automation that improves team efficiency, monitor KPIs to identify improvement opportunities, and simplify processes and standardize cadences to improve planning quality and speed. Proactively identifying risks and issues, you will develop contingency and mitigation plans that protect network performance.

Success in this role requires strong analytical judgment, structured problem-solving, and strategic leadership - the ability to turn complex data into clear operational decisions, facilitate projects, and communicate findings in relatable terms that highlight business impact and guide strategic choices for senior leadership. You will navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced, dynamic environment while mentoring a team of logistics professionals.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, Business Analytics, Finance, or related field

5+ years of experience in supply chain planning, capacity planning, logistics operations, program management, or a related analytical role in a high-volume, complex network

Demonstrated ability to structure ambiguous operational problems, build analytical models, and translate outputs into decisions

Strong experience in headcount modeling, volume forecasting, production/capacity planning, and transportation alignment

Experience building forecasting models, scenario analyses, and dashboards that support proactive decision-making

Fluency with analytical tools and BI platforms (Tableau, Power BI, or equivalent)

Proven track record managing complex logistics operations and programs

Strong executive communication and leadership skills, including presenting assumptions, scenarios, tradeoffs, and recommendations to senior leadership and cross-functional partners

Ability to drive decisions in a fast-paced environment; resilient and adaptable, thriving in ambiguity and high-pressure settings

Preferred Qualifications

Advanced degree (MS or MBA) preferred

Experience planning for both BAU and NPI demand in a dynamic supply chain environment

Collaboration with 3PL partners, carriers, and internal stakeholders to optimize network performance

Automation, process improvement, and continuous improvement experience (Lean, Six Sigma, or equivalent)

Experience with AI-assisted tools (LLMs, GenAI assistants) to accelerate analysis and reporting

Influencing and driving strategic change in a fast-paced, matrix-ed organization

Comfortable diving deep into complex datasets to drive actionable decisions

Leadership presence to inspire teams, foster collaboration, and deliver measurable impact

About Apple

Apple is a corporation that designs, manufactures, and markets mobile communication and media devices, personal computers, portable digital music players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, networking solutions, and third-party digital content and applications. Apple provides many products and services, including iPhone; iPad; iPod; Mac; Apple TV; a portfolio of consumer and professional software applications; the iOS and OS X operating systems; iCloud; and accessories, service, and support offerings. It sells its products worldwide through its retail stores, online stores, direct sales force and third-party cellular network carriers, wholesalers, retailers, and value-added resellers to the consumer and also sells third-party iPhone, iPad, Mac and iPod compatible products, including application software and accessories through its online and retail stores. Introduced in 1984, the Macintosh was the first widely sold personal computer with a graphical user interface (GUI). That feature and others such as an improved floppy drive design and a low-cost hard drive that made data retrieval faster helped Apple cultivate a reputation for innovation. Apple was named as the most admired company in the United States in 2008 and in the world from 2008 to 2012 by the Fortune magazine. The company was founded by Steven Paul Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Gerald Wayne on April 1, 1976, and is headquartered in Cupertino, California.

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Size
154,000 employees
Market Cap
$2,074.3 billion
Industry
Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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