Professional Services Consultant

Summary

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.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Business Administration or related field and 6 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. 6 years of experience with each of the following skills: Working with complex supply chain processes developing business process solutions within the high-tech industry Optimizing global supply chain, supply and demand planning, fulfillment operations, channel management, and associated industrial engineering technology to drive continuous improvement initiatives and build technology roadmaps in support of long-term strategies Driving vision-to-implementation of large-scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) or Transportation Management Systems (TMS). Leading business process re-engineering initiatives including creating project plans, defining scope and milestones, managing project budgets, and ensuring timely project delivery. Gathering and synthesizing detailed global business requirements, solution & design specifications and capturing enhancement requests after software releases. Performing validation and user acceptance testing for business process solutions for manufacturing and supply chain operations using Jira, Visio, SQL analyzer, and Tableau. Partnering with stakeholders such as Supply Chain Planning and IT teams to drive optimization through process, data and technology solutions Acting as a liaison between the functional teams and IS&T to ensure that the business requirements are complete and met by the proposed technology solutions Utilizing supply chain planning tools such as Oracle i2, SAP and data visualization tools such as Tableau to plan, analyze and execute weekly and daily plans.

Preferred Qualifications

N/A

Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Drive supply chain planning optimization through process changes, data analysis, and visibility and implementing the new technology solutions if required using knowledge of planning process and technical solutions. Advocate for functional teams to define and deliver solution capabilities, including requirements and user-testing, to support the broader Supply Chain planning strategies. Coordinate functional teams and Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) team to ensure that the business requirements are complete and met by the proposed technology solutions, including communicating with the solution teams and users. Work with functional stakeholders to define and manage business processes and technology roadmaps in support of long-term strategies. Inspire change by implementing new ideas effectively within the Apple culture, including proposing automation of data exchange, collaboration, or plan generation. Influence decisions and change management through collaboration, leadership, and a customer-focused approach by communicating with stakeholders on key design decisions and project time lines and evaluating risks caused by the proposed changes. Manage and delivering complex projects by defining detailed timelines and identifying key milestones throughout the project's progress. Develop project justification proposals, business cases, and return on investment estimates by defining the benefits in numerical terms to obtain executive approval and funding. Gather and synthesizing detailed, global business requirements and design specifications. Facilitate project-related testing, roll-out, training, and post-mortem work to bring new solutions into a production environment. Provide timely updates and elevating critical risks in resource availability, technical bugs, and scope creep to management and executive teams. Address escalations, quickly assessing and developing root cause analysis and problem solutions for operations escalations. Define and implement KPls for operational metrics. Identify key success measures for projects being implemented to improve project efficiency and accuracy. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $198,370 - $272,000/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.