Apple

Global Supply Manager (GSM)

Apple$120K — $150K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of experience in supply chain development, sourcing management, and cost negotiation
  • Outstanding analytical and negotiation skills
  • Ability to switch between strategic and detail-oriented thinking
  • Strong problem-solving and issue resolution abilities
  • Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills
  • Proficient in influencing cross-functional teams
  • Mechanical and/or technical knowledge relevant to negotiations
  • Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering (BSME) or Industrial Engineering (BSIE); MBA is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Maximize analytical, financial, and negotiation skills to create long-term strategies with manufacturing partners.
  • Collaborate with Global Supply Managers and Engineering teams to identify cost opportunities and enhance supplier selection.
  • Innovate and develop unique deals to reduce costs across various business lines.
  • Prepare quarterly negotiation proposals leveraging production plans for favorable component pricing.
  • Analyze cost models to identify efficiency improvements and qualification of new processes.
  • Develop and present internal cost roadmaps for executive reviews and discussions.
  • Contribute to creating a long-term supplier roadmap focused on diversification in suppliers and geographies.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with interdisciplinary teams
  • Opportunity to influence key business decisions and strategy
  • Exposure to high-stakes negotiations and supply chain dynamics
  • Possibility of career advancement within a major global tech company
  • Participation in innovative projects shaping the future of product design
Full Job Description
The Commercial and Strategy Management (CSM) team is part of the Manufacturing Design Organization responsible for commercial strategy, negotiations, and cost management for mechanical enclosure components across Apple's products. The CSM team enables new product features at lower costs, while continually driving competition in the existing and future supply chain. \n\nThe CSM team is responsible for commercial work that spans from new product supplier selection to sustaining cost management as well as total cost deals across multiple lines of business. We use our access to Apple's entire enclosure book of business to strike creative and advantageous deals in the supply chain that help develop new supply chain partners and ensure balanced cost competition within the existing supply base. This requires developing and implementing innovative commercial strategies that can include world class auction and game theory techniques.

The CSM team is responsible for helping develop the longer term supply chain strategy of mechanical enclosures as well as collaborating with key partners in our Finance and Operations leadership teams. The CSM team works with our partners in Operations as well as Engineering do develop the best cost strategy and deals to support Apple's product roadmap. Commercial and Strategy Managers sit at the intersection of Apple's business activities and engineering communities and balance the needs of both groups to ensure successful product launches with competitive costs. Key Cost and Strategy Manager job responsibilities:  Maximize strong analytical, financial, and negotiation skills to build out both near and long-term strategies and cost discussions with our manufacturing partners.  Work hand-in-hand with project Global Supply Managers, other Operations teams, and Engineering teams to understand new design cost opportunities as well as how to best intercept new supplier selection to improve Apple's commercial and cost leverage.  Strategize and develop creative and unique deals that enable lower costs for Apple across multiple lines of business.  Develop quarterly negotiation proposals using Apple's volume and forward-looking production plans to strike attractive deals which bring down the costs of components in our shipping products.  Analyze detailed should-cost and bottoms-up cost models to find opportunities to improve on operational efficiency and costs including qualification of new or different processes.  Develop and present internal cost roadmaps and cost updates for executive level discussions and reviews.  Help develop long-term supplier roadmap, including focus areas for further diversification - both in terms of quantity of suppliers and geographic diversity.

7+ years of experience in supply chain development, sourcing management and cost negotiation

Outstanding analytical/negotiation skills Ability to toggle between strategic and detail oriented thinking Tenacious problem solving & issue resolution skills Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills Ability to influence across multiple functional teams Flexibility to adapt to dynamic and rapidly changing environments Excellent communicators, capable of working in multinational environments, driven and motivated by accomplishing extraordinary objectives Mechanical and/or prior technical acumen to effectively negotiate by leveraging manufacturing process and product design fundamentals BSME or BSIE, or equivalent. MBA a plus

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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Net Income
$63.9 billion
Founded
1976
5 Year Trend
+11.5%
Revenue
$294.1 billion
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