Apple

New Product Operations Program Manager, Mac

Apple$120K — $160K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in manufacturing, process engineering or product development.
  • Bachelor's degree in an Engineering discipline.
  • Experience with off-shore manufacturers and travel to manufacturing sites is preferred.
  • Strong interpersonal skills with capability to present to management.
  • Extraordinary relationship-building skills.
  • Ability to communicate clearly and consistently.
  • Data-driven decision-making with a proactive attitude.
  • High attention to detail while managing multiple work-streams.
  • Technical expertise with prior OEM management experience.
  • Master's or MBA is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Lead operations team within WW Operations as the primary interface to product development teams.
  • Ensure successful product launches meeting cost, quality, schedule, availability, and customer experience goals.
  • Manage ramp availability with internal and external teams for all product modules.
  • Ensure required security, materials, equipment, fixtures, staffing, training, and documentation plans are established at partner sites.
  • Drive supply chain responsiveness that balances cost, flexibility, and quality.
  • Assess, analyze, and communicate project risks and status to management and cross-functional teams.
  • Link Ops & Engineering Teams to Factory teams through the new product introduction process.
Full Job Description
Description

The Mac NPI PM organization role will lead the team within WW Operations and be the primary operations interface to the core product development team and other functional organizations within Apple. As the owner of the product, the NPI PM will ensure the successful launch products towards meeting it's stated cost, quality, schedule, availability and customer experience goals. As an NPI PM you will be responsible for all facets of the project launch which includes:

- Leading ramp availability for all product modules with Materials, Quality, Engineering and other internal and external teams.

- Ensuring security, materials, equipment, fixtures, staffing, training, documentation plans are in place at our partners.

- Drives responsive supply chains that optimize lowest costs, operational flexibility and high quality.

- Assesses, analyzes, consolidates, and communicates risk and status clearly and succinctly to management, calling out key issues and presenting options for resolution to the cross-functional executive team through the new product reviews and other executive forums.

- Provides links from the Ops & Engineering Teams to the Factory teams from various development builds through new product introduction, including product hand-off to Sustaining Operations Management.

- Ability to travel internationally up to 20-25%

Minimum Qualifications

8+ years of experience in manufacturing, process engineering or product development.

Bachelors in Engineering discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience working with off-shore manufacturers and traveling to manufacturing sites

- Strong interpersonal skills and ability to present to management

- Extraordinary ability to build relationships

- Clear, consistent communication

- Use data to drive decisions and be willing to take action

- Enthusiastic and motivated

- High level of detail while running several work-streams

- Technical expertise and prior OEM management experience

- Masters or MBA are considered 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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