Apple

Materials Program Manager

Apple$100K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Operations, or related analytical field.
  • 3+ years in supply chain operations, materials management, procurement, or manufacturing planning.
  • Advanced analytical skills, proficient in spreadsheet modeling for forecasting and risk assessment.
  • Experience in managing Clear-to-Build (CTB) processes, inventory allocation, or materials flow with CMs or OEMs.
  • Strong communication skills, capable of presenting insights to management, with international experience desirable.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the Clear-to-Build (CTB) process, ensuring visibility on material supply and procurement strategy.
  • Collaborate with Contract Manufacturers (CMs) to develop models projecting supply chain and materials flow.
  • Create allocation strategies for constrained materials, directing Global Supply Managers and Apple Suppliers accordingly.
  • Challenge Demand Planning and Strategic Sourcing teams to enhance allocation and maximize revenue opportunities.
  • Identify material risks and advise leadership on mitigation strategies to protect business interests.
  • Develop a roadmap for phasing out obsolete parts and supporting new product materials.
  • Prepare and deliver critical material updates at executive reviews, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.

Benefits

  • Career advancement opportunities through international exposure and complex projects.
  • Access to cutting-edge supply chain and procurement strategies within a leading tech environment.
  • Collaborative work culture with opportunities to influence high-level decision-making processes.
Full Job Description
Description

Do you enjoy seeing products come to life? The MPM will manage the CTB ("clear to build") process with suppliers and OEMs, ensuring that we have efficient process and clear visibility on our procurement strategy. Your successful ability to partner with OEMs and the sourcing team on material strategy will directly impact our product success.

- Clear-to-Build (CTB) Management: provide visibility to materials supply, highlighting projected coverage and constraints. CTB projections govern what the Supply-Demand Managers (SDM) can commit to customers and are a key input to revenue projections provided to our C-level executives.

- Partner with the CM to develop a model that incorporates the specific supply chain and materials flow details to project availability in support of our supply/demand goals.

- Create allocation strategies for constrained materials by developing models across factories, programs, and lines of business. Provide allocation direction to Global Supply Managers and Apple Suppliers.

- Challenge and influence Demand Planning and Strategic Sourcing teams to improve allocation and maximize revenue.

- Identify E & O and other material risk, recommend critical course of action to leadership, and own the efforts to mitigate liability to the business.

- Develop strategic roadmap for the phase-out of obsolete parts and new product materials.

- Prepare and communicate critical Materials updates at weekly Sustaining Executive Program reviews;

maintain executive reports and summaries, providing accurate and timely data to leadership on a weekly

basis.

- Through a deep understanding of our commodity terms, ensure the logistical flow of materials necessary to meet production schedules, inventory control requirements, and ongoing material line support.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Operations, or a related analytical field.

3+ years of professional experience in supply chain operations, materials management, procurement, or manufacturing planning.

Advanced analytical skills with proficiency in spreadsheet modeling (Excel/Numbers) for supply/demand matching, forecasting, and risk assessment.

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated experience managing Clear-to-Build (CTB), inventory allocation, or complex materials flow with Contract Manufacturers (CMs) or OEMs.

Ability to problem-solve and influence others through relationships and data.

Advanced modeling and predictive analytical skills; "Advanced User" of MS Excel with deep understanding of Excel techniques. VBA, SQL, Tableau, or similar data visualization tools a plus.

Professional experience with complex supply chain, technical expertise, or prior OEM management experience preferred.

Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to present to management required.

International experience and Mandarin, Japanese, Vietnamese language skills a plus.

MBA or Master's Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, or Operations Management preferred.

Willingness to travel internationally as needed.

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.

Apple Careers

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Learn more about Apple
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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