Apple

Worldwide Product Configuration Management (WPCM) Change Analyst

Apple$95K — $115K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of relevant industry experience
  • Prior experience with PLM software
  • Expertise in documentation control and change management practices
  • Excellent attention to detail and problem-solving skills
  • Strong communication and time management capabilities
  • Ability to multi-task and prioritize effectively
  • Experience with ERP tools.

Responsibilities

  • Process and validate engineering change forms in Apple's PLM system
  • Conduct thorough analysis to ensure compliance with company policy
  • Provide timely feedback to form originators
  • Serve as the first line of support for PLM customers
  • Conduct general training on PLM, policies, and procedures
  • Influence teams to meet program documentation release milestones
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure production readiness.

Benefits

  • Work in a dynamic environment supporting various product categories
  • Opportunity to engage in problem-solving activities
  • Collaborative team culture focused on process improvement
  • Support for skill development and training programs
  • Contribute to high-quality standards for Apple products.
Full Job Description
The Worldwide Product Configuration Management (WPCM) Change Analyst partners with a range of multi-functional teams to support production readiness for all Apple and Beats hardware products. WPCM Change Analysts have three primary focus areas: product lifecycle management (PLM) change analysis, configuration management, and general product administrative support. Analysts work in a dynamic environment, supporting multiple product categories at different development stages. We are often engaged to help solve and analyze, providing short- and long-term solutions that consider impact to other teams and tools. We are passionate about the value of an efficient and adaptable change management system, and are committed to working collaboratively with our key team members to implement processes that improve the quality of Apple products!

Description

Analysts are responsible for processing and validating engineering change forms in Apple's PLM system. Each change form requires analysis to ensure it follows company policy, providing timely and concise feedback to the originator when needed. Analysts also serve in a support role to other teams: we are the first line of support for PLM customers, providing general training on PLM, policies and procedures, and influencing teams to meet program documentation release milestones.

Minimum Qualifications

3+ years of directly relevant industry experience

Prior experience with PLM software is required

Preferred Qualifications

Expertise in documentation control and change management best practices.

Excellent attention to detail, problem solving and communication skills.

Outstanding time management: can easily multi-task and prioritize; looks ahead to manage known day-to-day tasks in order to support unforeseeable needs that may arise.

Motivated to proactively seek out answers, independently utilizing resources.

Embraces and promotes change within an organization to adapt with evolving business needs; drives administrative requirements vital to facilitate change.

Experience with ERP tool.

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
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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