Job Details

Strategic Sourcing Specialist

Cupertino, California, United States

Operations and Supply Chain

Summary

Posted: Jun 24, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200606312

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.

Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Support forecasting for all iPad Display supply chains, run financial forecasting model, build out capacity models, negotiate pricing with suppliers and manage products through their EOL. Negotiate, implement and manage supplier contracts and service level agreements with year over year productivity expectations. Lead supply chain transformational initiatives focused on multi-vendor sourcing strategy to mitigate supply risks and improve competitive leverage. Manage the entire sourcing process from supplier identification, qualification, price negotiation to influencing stakeholders on sourcing decisions through total cost of ownership analysis, break even analysis, and price versus performance analysis. Develop should cost model and optimizing supplier variance to benchmark costs. Drive technology roadmap alignment between engineering teams and suppliers. Recommend and influence supplier selection, qualification prioritization, pricing forecast, product offering strategy, New Product Introduction and production ramp materials positioning. Drive cross functional stakeholder engagements among multiple business units and aligning business roadmap with Apple Procurement strategy. Develop key supplier performance metrics, tracking and managing performance through periodic KPI reviews. Track market insights, developing proactive knowledge on supply/demand scenario, inflation impact and executing strategies to mitigate such impact. Communicate with internal stakeholders proactively on supplier lead times, supplying situation and strategies to mitigate material shortage. Develop a nuanced understanding of the commodity landscape in order to forecast industry trends and gauge emerging competitive forces. Identify changes in buyer and supplier power within core materials markets and use industry dynamics to Apple’s advantage. Assess and mitigate risks to the business; and manage global supply chain disruptions in real time with the support of an international team. Rapidly synthesize and communicate findings to senior leaders and to actively identify potential supply issues that can affect product strategy. Apply an in-depth understanding of value-added manufacturing processes and costs, reverse logistics, and market intelligence, and apply this knowledge to influence Apple’s future product roadmap and sourcing decisions. 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 $143,845 - $184,600/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.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Economics, Finance, Business Administration or related field and 1 year of experience in the job offered or related occupation.

• Experience and/or education must include:

• Utilizing Excel for financial and supply chain modeling to determine the relationship and interaction of the data to construct an analysis file and draw meaningful conclusions from the data

• Managing cross-functional partnerships across finance, legal, engineering, technical operations and material planning

• Performing data modeling and data visualization in Excel and BI dashboards to inform long term strategy for capacity planning

• Performing financial forecasting for supply chain decisions, including building excel model to generate financial forecasting and leveraging multiple data sources to accurately project future pricing for major commodities and support financial reporting for the larger business

• Performing pricing analysis in Excel, Tableau and DSCC, including should cost analysis through comprehensive cost modeling and market research

• Interpreting Financial statements for assessing supplier financial health or risk when informing supplier selection

• Building and utilizing Tableau dashboards to inform allocation decisions

• Conducting economic analysis and reviewing financial data, including financial statements and earnings reports to assess supplier financial risk and inform inputs into intern cost models to facilitate negotiations

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

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