APAC Logistics Planner

Lex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 90,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple’s Pacific Logistics team in Singapore translates business demand into operational capacity across freight, distribution, and fulfilment. It collaborates with internal stakeholders and logistics partners to keep supply moving from origin to end consumer.

You will own forecast and capacity reviews, influence scale decisions, and lead capacity planning for peak events, ensuring timely shipments while optimizing costs. Strong data analytics and cross-functional teamwork are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong data analytics and numeracy skills with attention to detail.
• Organised and able to adapt quickly in a dynamic environment.
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving capability with comfort navigating ambiguity and complexity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to build effective working relationships across cross-functional teams.
• Experience with data analysis tools (Tableau, Python, SQL, Excel); ability to read or write code is an advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to adopt new technologies and champion their use within the team.

Responsibilities

• Represent Logistics on capacity matters across Inbound & Outbound Freight, Distribution Centres, and all route-to-market channels.
• Develop and sustain a forecast and capacity review cadence with cross-functional teams across Supply/Demand, Retail Fulfilment Operations, Procurement and internal Logistics teams.
• Communicate and influence scale decisions with key stakeholders, considering demand/supply assumptions, constraints and cost.
• Lead logistics capacity planning activities ahead of and during peak events, ensuring shipment and delivery lead times are met.
• Own Mid-Term and Long-Term Volume Planning with regional and worldwide stakeholders, including forecast review and capacity modelling.
• Provide returns volume forecasts to plan DC and freight resources during peak periods, ensuring timely goods receipt.
• Support planning and monitoring reporting requirements, troubleshoot planning tool issues, and build dashboards.
• Drive continuous process improvement in capacity planning workflows and systems.

Skills

Data analytics

Attention to detail

Organised

Problem-solving

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Tableau

Python

SQL

Excel

Education

Bachelor/Master's degree preferred

Tools

Tableau

Python

SQL

Excel

Job description

Summary

The Pacific Logistics team sits at the centre of Apple's Operations function, translating business demand into executable logistics capacity across freight, distribution, and fulfilment channels. We work closely with both internal stakeholders and a network of logistics partners across the region to ensure supply moves efficiently from origin to end consumer.

Description

In this role, your responsibilities include:

• Represent Logistics on all capacity-related matters across Inbound & Outbound Freight, Distribution Centres, and all route-to-market channels.
• Develop and sustain a forecast and capacity review cadence with cross-functional teams (Supply/Demand Management, Retail Fulfilment Operations, Procurement) and internal Logistics teams (Freight, DC Operations), covering steady-state operations, quarter-end shipments, new product launches, and promotional events.
• Communicate and influence scale decisions with key stakeholders, incorporating demand/supply assumptions, supportability constraints, and cost considerations to maximise consumer sales while managing spend.
• Lead logistics capacity planning activities ahead of and during peak events, ensuring shipment and delivery lead times are met; surface risks to stakeholders and provide clear execution direction to internal Logistics teams.
• Own Mid-Term and Long-Term Volume Planning with regional and worldwide stakeholders, including forecast review, capacity requirements modelling, and scale action planning to support business growth.
• Provide returns volume forecasts to plan DC and freight resources during peak periods, ensuring timely goods receipt in line with Service Level Agreements.
• Support planning and monitoring reporting requirements, including troubleshooting planning tool issues and building supplementary dashboards where needed.
• Drive continuous process improvement in capacity planning workflows and management systems to improve efficiency and operational effectiveness.

Minimum Qualifications

• Strong data analytics and numeracy skills with high attention to detail.
• Organised and able to adapt quickly in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.
• Demonstrates strong problem-solving capability with comfort navigating ambiguity and complexity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, influencing, and negotiation skills.
• Proven ability to build effective working relationships across cross-functional teams.
• Strong experience with data analysis tools (Tableau, Python, SQL, Excel); ability to read or write code is an advantage.
• Demonstrated ability to adopt new technologies and champion their use within the team.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor/ Masters degree preferred. Candidates with 5 years of relevant experience in supply chain/ logistics are welcome.
• Experience in leveraging GenAI and/or low-code LLM platforms (Claude, Gemini, etc.) to automate processes, build analytical models, and drive efficiency across individual and team workflows.

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Role Number: 200675686-3278