Supply Demand Planner
About The Position
Apple Inc. is hiring a Supply Demand Planner in Austin, Texas. The role forecasts demand, inventory, and multi-channel sell-through, and generates weekly and quarterly supply plans that meet Apple’s financial objectives. The planner evaluates risks and implements contingency plans to mitigate them; analyzes product sales and identifies opportunities for partner groups to take appropriate action; and works with regional product planning teams to ensure supply plans meet sales requirements. The position coordinates with Marketing and New Product Operations to set launch quantities for new product introductions and support smooth product transitions. It collaborates with global procurement teams to allocate constrained components, achieve raw-material inventory targets, and minimize material obsolescence during transitions. The planner presents product updates and recommended actions to the Operations executive management team weekly, and identifies process improvements, marshals resources, and drives projects to completion. The position is 40 hours per week.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Industrial Engineering or a related field.
- At least 1 year of experience in the job offered or a related occupation.
- Experience and/or education using Excel and Tableau for supply and demand forecast analysis.
- Experience and/or education using Excel and Tableau modeling to analyze backorder data, in-stocks, supply levels, seasonality, year-on-year curve modeling, risk mitigation, and supply/demand shortages.
- Experience and/or education conducting channel supply-demand forecast analysis using Excel and Tableau.
- Experience and/or education analyzing and optimizing existing processes and tools to improve operational efficiency and execution accuracy.
- Experience and/or education designing, creating, and implementing new workflows and tools to increase efficiency.
- Experience and/or education analyzing and optimizing inventory distribution to reduce transit time and increase on-time performance.
- Experience and/or education forecasting demand and implementing processes for smooth new-product-introduction transitions while minimizing excess supply on end-of-life products.
Responsibilities
- Forecast demand, inventory, and multi-channel sell-through.
- Generate weekly and quarterly supply plans that meet financial objectives.
- Evaluate risks and plan and implement contingency measures to mitigate them.
- Analyze product sales and identify opportunities for partner groups to take appropriate action.
- Partner with regional product planning teams to ensure supply plans meet sales requirements.
- Coordinate with Marketing and New Product Operations to set launch quantities for new product introductions and support smooth product transitions.
- Collaborate with global procurement teams to allocate constrained components, achieve raw-material inventory targets, and minimize material obsolescence during product transitions.
- Present product updates and recommended actions to the Operations executive management team weekly.
- Identify product-planning process improvement opportunities, marshal resources, and drive projects to completion.
- Analyze and optimize inventory distribution to reduce transit time and increase on-time performance.
- Forecast demand and implement processes that support smooth new-product-introduction transitions while minimizing excess supply on end-of-life products.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
