Director, IS&T Business Process Reengineering - Supply Chain Planning and Optimization Platforms

Director, IS&T Business Process Reengineering - Supply Chain Planning and Optimization Platforms

Sunnyvale, California, United States Operations and Supply Chain

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Sales and Operations Engineering is part of IS&T and drives the technology behind Apple's global operations, sales, and supply chain. The team connects the systems that move products from factory to customer — bridging sales platforms with the operational infrastructure that keeps Apple running at scale and ensuring Apple's technology and business priorities move in lockstep.

The Sales and Operations Engineering team in IS&T is looking for an experienced leader to lead the Product Management and Engineering teams responsible for delivering Apple's Supply Chain Planning and Optimization systems. This leader will define platform strategies and product roadmaps, build and operate the systems that manage these processes, and integrate them within Apple's overall systems landscape.

In this role, you will be responsible for defining the platform architecture and strategy, product roadmaps, and building and operating systems that support the Supply Chain Planning and Optimization space. This role requires a deep understanding of supply chain planning systems and technologies and the ability to manage complex, global, enterprise-level initiatives supporting a wide range of business stakeholders. This role also has leadership responsibility over a global engineering team, located in the US (California and Texas), India (Hyderabad), Ireland (Cork), and Singapore.

The scope of this portfolio includes, but is not limited to, platforms that manage the following areas:
Demand Sensing/Forecasting;
Materials/Component/Subcomponent Planning;
Finished Goods Planning;
Service Part Planning;
Material and Inventory Positioning;
Sales Channel Replenishment;
Network and Transportation Capacity Planning;
Manufacturing Production Scheduling;
Strategic and Tactical S&OP.

• Partnering with the various business stakeholders across Operations and Apple Care to define the supply chain planning strategy and capability roadmap, and translate that into relevant product roadmaps.
• Defining the overall platform architecture and strategy that support the supply chain planning and optimization space.
• Researching and engaging with external vendors and service providers to assess feasibility and fit within our product ecosystem.
• Managing and delivering on complex, multi-year, global capability roadmaps that align with business strategies.
• Providing functional and technical subject matter expertise and thought leadership to inspire innovation and influence business strategy.
• Managing a large portfolio of engineering programs from a funding, resourcing, and timeline perspective.
• Providing organizational leadership to this function, including org design, leadership and technical skills development, hiring strategy, and managing total cost of ownership.
• Building and leading a high-performing team of managers and individual contributors to deliver innovative, scalable solutions.
• Acting as a liaison between the supply chain planning IS&T team and other internal partners across the business…