Global Sourcing & Supply Manager

Apple Inc.; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple Bengaluru is seeking a Global Sourcing and Supply Manager to drive strategic and tactical initiatives across commodities. You will manage a commodity and influence Apple’s supply chain development and operations with suppliers and contract manufacturers.

This role requires strong supplier relationships, negotiation skills, cross-functional coordination, risk assessment, and a focus on cost and performance to ensure supply continuity for Apple products.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field with 7–11 years in procurement/operations.
• Experience managing suppliers and solving complex supply chain issues.
• Hands-on experience building localized supply chains in India for key technologies.

Responsibilities

• Develop a nuanced understanding of commodity landscape to forecast trends.
• Negotiate optimal sourcing terms balancing cost, volume and quality.
• Collaborate across Apple to meet business objectives and communicate findings to senior leaders.
• Optimize global supply chain performance through cost analyses and benchmarking.
• Assess and mitigate risks, managing disruptions with an international team.

Skills

Supplier management

Operations

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

MBA/MS in Supply chain

Job description

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Operations and Supply Chain

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Description

The Global Sourcing and Supply Manager (GSSM) acts as a key interface among Apple’s Worldwide Operations organization, strategic suppliers and contract manufacturers. As a GSSM you will be responsible for driving critical strategic and tactical initiatives of Apple’s supply chain. In this role, you will manage a specific commodity and will play an important role in the overall success of Apple’s supply chain development and operation.

Responsibilities

• Develop a nuanced understanding of the commodity landscape 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 Appleʼs advantage.


• Effectively work with suppliers to negotiate optimal terms for sourcing. Understand the trade-offs between cost, volume, and quality in order to strike agreements that meet Appleʼs performance criteria and secure long term supply continuity.


• Collaborate across the Apple organization to ensure business objectives are met. Rapidly synthesize and communicate findings to senior leaders and to actively identify potential supply issues that can affect product strategy.


• Optimize global supply chain performance through cost and scenario analysis, and benchmarking. Develop an in-depth understanding of value-added manufacturing processes and costs, reverse logistics, and market intelligence, and apply this knowledge to influence Appleʼs future product roadmap and sourcing decisions.


• Assess and mitigate risks to the business. Manage global supply chain disruptions in real time with the support of an international team.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors degree with 7-11 years of overall experience and relevant procurement / operations background


• Experience in supplier management and operations with some history of having solved complex supply chain issues


• Hands on experience in developing robust localized supply chain in India for key technologies (eg. automation, capital equipment)


• Willingness and ability to travel internationally / domestically up to 50%

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA/MS preferably in Supply chain


• A tenacity, passion and demonstrated skill in negotiations


• Excellent communication, capable of working with global teams


• Can build, grow and develop key cross-functional relationships to be able to influence and drive projects


• Experience working with OEMs and Contract Manufacturers in the consumer electronics industry a plus


• Ability to operate independently and flexibility to adapt to dynamic environments


• Ability to make decisions and solve complex problems with with partial/limited information


• Direct experience in long term capacity planning a plus


• Interest in technology

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