Strategic Sourcing Manager

Apple • Cupertino, CA

3d • $163,500 - $246,200 • Onsite

About The Position

Apple Inc. is hiring a Strategic Sourcing Manager in Cupertino, California, and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. The role develops a nuanced understanding of commodity landscapes to forecast industry trends, assess competitive forces, and identify shifts in buyer and supplier power. It uses supplier financial research, spend analysis, and ad hoc financial analysis to support strategic procurement deals and negotiations.

The position works with suppliers to negotiate sourcing terms and balance cost, volume, and quality to meet Apple's performance criteria and secure long-term supply continuity. It collaborates across Apple to meet business objectives, communicates findings to senior leaders, identifies potential supply issues affecting product strategy, and optimizes supply chain performance through cost and capacity scenario analysis and benchmarking. The role also applies knowledge of value-added manufacturing processes, costs, and market intelligence to inform product roadmaps and sourcing decisions; provides program management support; contributes to procurement processes, templates, escalation procedures, and reporting; and uses advanced data analytics to guide decision-making.

The position is 40 hours per week. The stated base pay range is $163,500–$246,200 per year. Apple describes benefits including medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, discounted products and free services, and reimbursement for certain career-related educational expenses, including tuition. Employees may be eligible for discretionary stock awards, participation in an employee stock purchase plan, discretionary bonuses or commission payments, and relocation, subject to eligibility and applicable program terms.

Requirements

• Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Industrial Engineering or a related field.
• At least 2 years of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
• Experience and/or education using Python ML to build a digital twin model.
• At least 2 years of experience preparing, developing, and executing RFPs/RFQs to drive savings and improve company efficiency through strategic sourcing decisions.
• At least 2 years of experience using market research and price analysis to identify savings opportunities and support strategic sourcing decisions.
• At least 2 years of experience conducting stakeholder interviews to assess technology and process gaps and define requirements for an integrated procurement platform.
• At least 2 years of experience using should-cost modeling to identify cost optimization opportunities, including supply chain value drivers, pricing dynamics, and supplier landscape.
• At least 2 years of experience building and maintaining Power BI dashboards driven by SQL.
• At least 2 years of experience using R to develop optimization models to improve multi-tier supply chain networks.

Responsibilities

• Develop an understanding of commodity landscapes to forecast industry trends and assess emerging competitive forces.
• Identify changes in buyer and supplier power and use industry dynamics to Apple's advantage.
• Conduct supplier financial research, spend analysis, and ad hoc financial analysis for strategic procurement deals.
• Negotiate sourcing terms with suppliers.
• Balance cost, volume, and quality to meet performance criteria and secure long-term supply continuity.
• Collaborate across Apple to meet business objectives.
• Synthesize and communicate findings to senior leaders and identify potential supply issues that may affect product strategy.
• Optimize supply chain performance through cost and capacity scenario analysis and benchmarking.
• Apply knowledge of value-added manufacturing processes, costs, and market intelligence to influence product roadmap and sourcing decisions.
• Provide program management support and contribute to the development of processes, templates, escalation procedures, and reporting.
• Use advanced data analytics to analyze data and guide decision-making.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical and dental coverage
• Retirement benefits
• Discounted products and free services
• Reimbursement for certain educational expenses, including tuition, for formal education related to career advancement at Apple
• Opportunity to participate in discretionary restricted stock unit awards
• Opportunity to purchase Apple stock at a discount through the Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Potential eligibility for discretionary bonuses or commission payments
• Potential relocation assistance

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level