Commercial & Strategy Manager (CSM) Supply Chain - Mechanical Enclosures

Commercial & Strategy Manager (CSM) Supply Chain - Mechanical Enclosures

San Francisco Bay Area, California, United States – Operations and Supply Chain

The CSM team is responsible for helping develop the longer-term supply chain strategy for mechanical enclosures and collaborating with key partners in Finance and Operations. The team works with Operations and Engineering to develop the best cost strategy and deals supporting Apple’s product roadmap. Commercial and Strategy Managers sit at the intersection of Apple’s business activities and engineering communities, balancing the needs of both groups to ensure successful product launches with competitive costs.

• Maximize strong analytical, financial, and negotiation skills to build out both near and long-term strategies and cost discussions with manufacturing partners.
• Work hand-in-hand with project Global Supply Managers, other Operations teams, and Engineering teams to understand new design cost opportunities and intercept new supplier selection to improve commercial and cost leverage.
• Strategize and develop creative and unique deals that enable lower costs across multiple lines of business.
• Develop quarterly negotiation proposals using volume and forward-looking production plans to strike attractive deals that reduce component costs in shipping products.
• Analyze detailed should-cost and bottoms-up cost models to find opportunities to improve operational efficiency and costs, including qualification of new or different processes.
• Develop and present internal cost roadmaps and cost updates for executive-level discussions and reviews.
• Help develop long-term supplier roadmap, focusing on diversification in quantity and geographic diversity.

• 7+ years of experience in supply chain development, sourcing management and cost negotiation.
• BSME or BSIE, or equivalent. MBA a plus.

• Outstanding analytical/negotiation skills.
• Ability to toggle between strategic and detail oriented thinking.
• Tenacious problem solving & issue resolution skills.
• Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to influence across multiple functional teams.
• Flexibility to adapt to dynamic and rapidly changing environments.
• Excellent communicators, capable of working in multinational environments, driven and motivated by accomplishing extraordinary objectives.
• Mechanical and/or prior technical acumen to effectively negotiate by leveraging manufacturing process and product design fundamentals.

Base pay range: $175,500 to $311,700, depending on skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Compensation may include discretionary bonuses, commission payments, and relocation consideration.

Employee ownership:
Opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through discretionary stock plans, restricted stock unit awards, and employee stock purchase plan with discounted price.

Benefits include comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, discounted products and free services, and tuition reimbursement for formal education.

Note:

Benefits, compensation, and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.

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