Worldwide Supply Demand Planner

Apple•Cupertino, CA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn't have imagined, and now, can't imagine living without. It's the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA.

Requirements

Performing Advanced Quantitative Modeling utilizing Excel for calculating business decisions.
Analyzing large data sets to actualize past operations, assess results, and plan for future supply chain requirements.
Developing plans for strategic resources to optimize customer satisfaction while also considering financial goals and minimizing operational complexity.
Performing Scenario Analysis and Risk Management, analyzing expected outcomes of different business decisions and recommending actions to minimize business losses.
Presenting business status, risks, and recommended solutions to managers and executives.
Quantifying financial and P&L Implications of business decisions, such as those involving pricing decisions or capital expenditures.
Coordinating with multiple internal groups/teams to manage business operations and collaborate on decision making.
Managing projects or devising new models to improve business planning operations.

Responsibilities

Forecast demand, inventory, and multi-channel sell through.
Generate weekly and quarterly supply plans that meet Apple's financial objectives.
Evaluate risks.
Plan and implement contingency plans to mitigate.
Analyze product sales on a daily basis.
Find opportunities and drive partner groups to appropriate action.
Coordinate closely with regional product planning teams to ensure supply plans meet sales requirements.
Coordinate with Marketing and New Product Operations teams to set launch quantities of new product introductions and to ensure smooth product transitions.
Partner with the global procurement teams to allocate constrained components, ensure raw material inventory targets are met, and minimize material obsolescence during product transition.
Present product updates and recommended actions to Operations executive management team on a weekly basis.
Identify improvement opportunities in the product planning process, marshal resources, and drive projects to completion; and manage inventory strategy to efficiently locate the supply and meet the Customer’s needs and Apple’s financial objectives.