Americas Logistics- Regional Supplier Manager

Imagine what you could do here! The people here at Apple dont just build products they build the kind of wonder thats revolutionized entire industries. Its the community 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 Americas Logistics team is seeking a Regional Supplier Manager to elevate supply chain performance and manage third-party providers across our logistics operations. You will pair business acumen with strong communication and analytical skills to turn complex network designs into valuable scalable insights.

You will partner with third-party providers to drive tactical and strategic initiatives that enables key insights and allows for informed decision-making. You will transform datasets into business insights with creativity collaboration and strategic focus. nnYou will partner with cross-functional stakeholders to understand their requirements apply analytics to uncover insights and provide recommendations to solve network challenges on behalf of our customers. You will communicate findings in relatable terms to leadership highlighting business impact and guiding strategic decisions and navigate ambiguity in a fast-paced dynamic environment.

Become an authority on logistics KPIs and complexity to optimize management and influence decision making of third-party AI-assisted tools such as LLMs and GenAI assistants to speed up routine analysis summarize findings and surface adherence to strict Standard Operating Procedures within the logistics key inputs to alignment discussions and planning such as weekly and quarterly operations reviews with Logistics Planning and external logistics insights across the Americas to influence decisions that optimize cost speed and process and system improvements backed by data measurement frameworks that drive corrective action and improve the customer and operational Stakeholder management updates on performance projects and weekly statuses of transportation network healthnLead or participate in cross-functional projects from concept to implementation and to resolve business or systems -functional partnerships with internal and external stakeholders on peak events such as New Product with global teams in different time-zones to support tactical and strategic initiatives.

Bachelors degree in Supply Chain Engineering Business Finance Economics or a related field.n5 or more years of experience in Transportation Supply Chain or in analyzing large complex datasets from multiple ability to tell compelling stories using data visualization tools such as ThoughtSpot Tableau or Power curiosity for understanding business needs and translating them into tangible outputs with a foundational understanding of AI/ML concepts to help guide the development of innovative technology-driven solutions.

MBA or advanced in managing Vendors and/or Operations in consumer electronics or technology forward functional skills in Operations Supply Chain Logistics and Supply/Demand data-driven decision-making skills with the ability to influence peers and gain acceptance of others in sensitive collaboration leadership and influencing skills with comfort operating in a fast-paced highly matrixed environment; process improvement experience such as Six Sigma or LEAN is a with SAP and/or Warehouse/Transportation management track record of handling competing priorities and remaining flexible to changing operational to synthesize quantitative and qualitative signals rapidly understand complex business processes and think strategically to execute operational strategies that produce measurable results.