Global Supply Manager (GSM) - Strategic Materials

Apple

Cupertino, CA

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JOB DETAILS

SKILLS

Analysis Skills, Apple, Business Administration, CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) Systems, Communication Skills, Cross-Functional, Customer Experience, Diversity, Finance, GSM (Global System for Mobile Communications), Industrial Design, Injection Molding, Interpersonal Skills, Leadership, Manufacturing, Manufacturing/Industrial Processes, Mass Production, Material Science, Negotiation Skills, Operational Strategy, Operations Processes, Problem Solving Skills, Product Design, Product Development, Product/Service Launch, Sourcing Strategy, Supply Chain, Supply Chain Optimization, Time Management, Vendor/Supplier Management, Vendor/Supplier Planning, Vendor/Supplier Relations, Vendor/Supplier Sourcing, Willing to Travel

LOCATION

Cupertino, CA

POSTED

20 days ago

**Role Number:** 200663365-0836 **Summary** Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, innovative ideas have a way of quickly becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences. This is where individual imaginations and experiences gather together that leads to great work. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don’t just create products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple, and help us leave the world better than we found it. The Strategic Materials GSM manages Apple’s key material supplier relationships, from early-stage development through mass production. GSMs sit at the intersection of engineering, business, and design — balancing the needs of all three to ensure Apple’s products launch on time, on cost, and to the exacting standards our customers expect. **Description** Enclosure components and materials define the look, feel, and expression of Apple’s amazing products. GSMs work in concert with key partners in operations, engineering, design teams to execute and scale new and existing manufacturing processes, materials, technologies, finishes, and form factors. GSMs also identify and scale new manufacturing partners while executing creative and strategic commercial deals to achieve goals across cost, supply, technology and quality. This role is for someone who thrives in complexity. You’ll negotiate with the world’s most advanced material suppliers, architect supply continuity strategies, drive operational and cost efficiencies through process and design change, and deliver the colors our customers adore, the reliability they depend on, and the sustainable materials that define Apple’s future. GSMs are involved in exciting collaboration with Industrial Designers, Product Designers and color MQEs in influencing color and gloss of our colored materials that enable the distinctive look and feel of our products, while striving to achieve optimal supply chain and excellent commercial results with our strategic material suppliers. GSMs proactively drive supply chain resiliency with their strategic suppliers and communicate resiliency progress to leadership. The work is fast, high-stakes, and deeply cross-functional. GSMs who succeed here are equally at home in a supplier negotiation, a senior leadership review, and on a factory floor. This is an incredible opportunity for someone who enjoys technical and commercial challenges, appreciate executive exposure and is open to accomplishing the impossibles. **Minimum Qualifications** + 5+ years of experience in supply chain development, strategic sourcing, supplier management, or a strong engineering background in product development + Hands-on experience in one or more of the following: materials science, surface finishing, manufacturing processes (CNC machined parts, sheet metal, enclosures, injection molding, ceramics, coatings, etc.), or related technical disciplines + BSME, BSIE, or equivalent technical degree; MBA a plus + Ability to travel internationally ~25% **Preferred Qualifications** + Top-notch analytical and negotiation skills — you can build a position and defend it with data + Ability to toggle fluidly between strategic thinking and granular execution + Tenacious problem-solving and issue resolution; you drive toward resolution, not around it + Executive-level presentation and interpersonal skills — crisp, confident, and calibrated to the audience + Proven ability to influence across engineering, operations, finance, and design without direct authority + Flexibility to adapt in dynamic, rapidly changing environments — and to bring others along with you + Excellent communicator capable of operating in multinational environments, motivated by accomplishing extraordinary objectives

About the Company

Apple

We bring amazing people together to make amazing things happen.

We’re a diverse collection of thinkers and doers, continually reimagining what’s possible to help us all do what we love in new ways. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with the Mac, iPhone, iPad, and Apple Watch, as well as with services, including iTunes, the App Store, Apple Music, and Apple Pay. And the same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices — strengthening our commitment to leave the world better than we found it.

About Apple

There’s a place here for every kind of brilliant. Everyone here is an innovator, or an innovator-to-be, no matter what your team or your role. So bring your passion, courage, and original thinking and get ready to share it, because every new product, service, or feature we invent is the result of people working together to make each others’ ideas stronger. Innovation at this level depends on people who represent the variety of the human experience and inspire us with their own fresh perspectives. Together, we’ll do amazing work that can make a difference in people’s lives. Including your own. Learn more about working at Apple.

COMPANY SIZE

10,000 employees or more

INDUSTRY

Computer/IT Services

FOUNDED

1976

WEBSITE

https://www.apple.com/jobs

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