Apple

Director, IS&T Business Process Reengineering - Supply Chain Planning and Optimization Platforms

Apple$175K — $210K *
Enterprise Technology
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • BA/BS Degree plus 15+ years relevant experience
  • 10+ years in senior leadership roles for global supply chain systems
  • Broad expertise in supply chain planning and optimization
  • Deep expertise in leveraging AI/ML for autonomous decision-making
  • Experienced in defining enterprise technology architecture
  • Proven ability to lead and build high-performing engineering teams
  • Expert in managing complex global initiatives in a matrixed environment

Responsibilities

  • Define platform architecture and strategy for supply chain systems
  • Develop product roadmaps for planning and optimization
  • Build and operate global supply chain management systems
  • Integrate systems within Apple's overall technology landscape
  • Lead a global engineering team across multiple countries
  • Manage initiatives that support diverse business stakeholders
  • Ensure the alignment of technology with business priorities

Benefits

  • Global collaborative work environment
  • Opportunities for leadership development
  • Access to advanced technologies and resources
  • Exposure to a wide range of supply chain challenges
  • Opportunity to drive significant impact in a leading tech company
Full Job Description
Sales and Operations Engineering is part of IS&T and drives the technology behind Apple's global operations, sales, and supply chain. The team connects the systems that move products from factory to customer - bridging sales platforms with the operational infrastructure that keeps Apple running at scale and ensuring Apple's technology and business priorities move in lockstep.

The Sales and Operations Engineering team in IS&T is looking for an experienced leader to lead the Product Management and Engineering teams responsible for delivering Apple's Supply Chain Planning and Optimization systems. This leader will define platform strategies and product roadmaps, build and operate the systems that manage these processes, and integrate them within Apple's overall systems landscape.

Description

In this role, you will be responsible for defining the platform architecture and strategy, product roadmaps, and building and operating systems that support the Supply Chain Planning and Optimization space. This role requires a deep understanding of supply chain planning systems and technologies and the ability to manage complex, global, enterprise-level initiatives supporting a wide range of business stakeholders. This role also has leadership responsibility over a global engineering team, located in the US (California and Texas), India (Hyderabad), Ireland (Cork), and Singapore.

The scope of this portfolio includes, but is not limited to, platforms that manage the following areas: Demand Sensing/Forecasting; Materials/Component/Subcomponent Planning; Finished Goods Planning; Service Part Planning; Material and Inventory Positioning; Sales Channel Replenishment; Network and Transportation Capacity Planning; Manufacturing Production Scheduling; Strategic and Tactical S&OP.

Minimum Qualifications

BA/BS Degree plus 15+ years of relevant experience

15+ years of progressive experience with a minimum of 10+ years of senior leadership experience responsible for global supply chain systems transformation, preferably in the high-tech/consumer electronics / retail industries.

Broad expertise in all areas of supply chain planning and optimization systems, including industry trends, vendors, products and services, and experts available in the market.

Deep expertise in researching, piloting, and applying advanced technologies (AI/ML, etc.) to supply chain planning solutions, with a focus on achieving greater autonomous decision-making.

Deep product and portfolio/project management experience - able to define long-term strategic roadmaps combined with the ability to execute at the tactical project level.

Strong background in defining enterprise technology & systems architecture, with a focus on achieving highly performant and scalable solutions.

Strong background in building and leading high-performing engineering teams to deliver complex, large-scale enterprise systems.

Expert at leading multiple, matrixed global teams and fostering a strong culture of collaboration and results.

Proven ability to lead, inspire, and motivate teams; leads through empowerment and influence.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree in a technical field or an MBA is desirable

Excellent leadership and organizational management skills.

Excellent communication, influencing, and presentation skills with the ability to adapt one's style based on the level of the audience.

Ability to synthesize and translate complex technical discussions into business conversations.

A deep and persistent attention to detail.

The ability to exert influence in a highly matrixed organization.

The ability to maintain a focus on simplicity while handling complex challenges.

The ability to recognize, attract, and develop talent.

Excellent analytical and quantitative skills.

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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154,000 employees
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$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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