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Apple Manager Strategic Sourcing - Fixtures & Technology United States, California, San Jose 893138494
06.05.2025
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LEADERSHIP AND TEAM DEVELOPMENT• Lead a team of highly-skilled sourcing managers, empowering and enabling them to deliver best in class products to help build out and support our retail store fleet.• Define, prioritize, and deliver on an inspiring product strategy and roadmap for the commodities on the team.• Oversee scope and timelines for project deliverables. • Nurture an environment that emphasizes collaboration, accountability, and creativity.• Develop and evolve the team's processes, values, and culture, with a focus on camaraderie, efficiency, and simplicity.• Provide leadership and mentorship through interpersonal skills to sourcing managers, with an emphasis on coaching and career development.STRATEGY• Evaluate unique and complex supply chains to improve existing supplier strategy for the sourcing teams to expand the supply base.• Develop and implement overall supply chain strategy and be expected to handle executive level relationships with supply base.• Travel as necessary to facilitate supplier output and ensure quality specifications are met for worldwide supply base. • Drive internal efficiency opportunities with partners for cost and schedule.• Support new supplier on-boarding processes, with a focus on developing a global network of suppliers in line with Apple’s overall goals. EXECUTION• Ensure precise execution of project delivery and quality for the sourcing team. • Run forecasting to ensure zero airfreight exposure for the sourcing team. • Supply demand balance for complex projects and supply chains. • Identify and drive process improvements and efficiencies.
- 10-15 years of experience in supply chain development, strategic sourcing, or procurement.
- Strong negotiation skills with a background in planning, leading, and executing complex negotiations with executive level partners.
- Excellent communicator, capable of working in multinational environments, driven and motivated by accomplishing extraordinary objectives.
- Hands-on experience in some of the following areas: product development, design, manufacturing practices/techniques, vendor management, or supply chain development.
- Possess strong business acumen and experience managing strategic supply chains, cost models, and complex procurements.
- Background in managing distributed teams across multiple geographies.
- A leader who possesses a strong business acumen and experience leading strategic supply chains, cost models, and complex procurements.
- Flexibility to adapt to dynamic and rapidly changing environments.
- Procurement, engineering or contracting experience within construction field is preferred. Experience with fixtures, millwork, wall systems, lighting and signage scope is a plus.
- Must be a self-starter who is comfortable working independently.
- Strong ability to influence cross functional teams.
- Ability to toggle between strategic and detail orientated thinking.
- Tenacious problem solving & issue resolution skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills (both verbal and written).
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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