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Operations Program Manager, Environment & Supply Chain Innovation

Austin, Texas, United States

Operations and Supply Chain

Summary

Posted: Jul 17, 2025

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number: 200613135

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. 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.

Apple is committed to being 100 percent carbon neutral for its supply chain and products by 2030 and the Environment & Supply Chain Innovation organization supports this effort by applying and developing industry-leading technology to recover and reuse more materials from end-of-use devices. We are seeking an extraordinary Operations Program Manager (OPM) to support Apple’s Global Operations team. In this role, you will be responsible for sustaining operations support of corporate and supplier sites to enable best in class efficiency and materials recovery. This role requires a strong blend of operations knowledge and an eye for business.

Description

The Operations Program Manager will partner with a highly cross functional stakeholder group to create and manage a best-in-class operation. You’ll join a team of sustainability enthusiasts driving innovative end-of-use processes that will set the bar for recovery in the industry, all while reducing our environmental impact and improving cost efficiency.

As a successful Operations Program Manager, you:

• Are a highly collaborative leader and facilitator
• Communicate with ease across all levels
• Combine subject matter expertise with hands on application
• Achieve results through relationships and influence
• Excel at program/project and supplier management

This role is uniquely suited for someone who possess operations, EHS, and Lean expertise. Your enthusiasm for working in and on the business make you qualified to drive both strategic and tactical execution. Above all, your ability to create clarity out of ambiguity—leading ultimately to value added solutions—is what makes you the perfect fit for this role and team.

Minimum Qualifications

• BS or MS degree in an industrial, business, or environmental related discipline

• 7+ years of operations experience in a manufacturing environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Excellent record of delivering results on time in a manufacturing/industrial setting, with the ability to work cross functionally with engineering, maintenance, EHS, and suppliers to solve problems and create value.

• Experienced and skilled in prioritizing environmental, safety and quality standards, with the ability to meet production goals without compromising any of the former.

• Exceptional ability using Lean methodologies and tools to drive continuous improvement across an operation. Data-driven and willing to take action. Skilled in optimizing factory layouts, footprint optimization, and time motion studies.

• Ability to develop and review metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and generate reports/dashboards on performance & efficiency, regulatory compliance, budget, time delivery, order accuracy, fulfillment rates, fixed asset tracking, and targets on key turnarounds/audits/improvements).

• Experience managing shipping and receiving operations as well as stock room materials. Minimize process inventory and achieve the highest level of inventory accuracy.

• Possesses deep experience participating in Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS) initiatives, including ISO 45001, 9001, 14001 and R2 / E-stewards certification.

• Amazing collaboration skills, with the ability to pair subject matter expertise with a desire to support/champion the contributions of others. Enthusiastic and detailed while managing several work-streams.

• Possess excellent presentation skills (Keynote).

• Ability to provide clear, accurate, and effective communication, orally and in written form.

• Independence and autonomy spanning all aspects of planning, organizing, and prioritizing one’s work, to ensure work product meets the quality and time standards.

• Ability to travel <20%.

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. We seek to promote equal opportunity for all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics.Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf) .

Apple will not discriminate or retaliate against applicants who inquire about, disclose, or discuss their compensation.

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