Production Manager

Apple; Savannah (GA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 143,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

Flexibility policy

Job summary

Apple in Savannah, GA is seeking a freelance Production Manager who will take real ownership of IATF 16949 work and drive actionable improvements. The role offers mentorship, benefits, and a flexible policy, with a broad salary range reflecting scope and experience.

You will keep strategy legible for execution, negotiate terms with vendors, and streamline workflows to cut costs and boost efficiency while managing scope changes from Savannah clients. Open door policy underscores the local culture.

Qualifications

• Collaborative mindset and enthusiasm for teamwork.
• Ability to finish the essential 20% work that makes the rest matter.
• History of improving business processes.
• Comfort owning a number that changes with your actions.
• Calm under scope changes from Savannah, GA clients.

Responsibilities

• Keep Apple strategy legible to the people who have to execute it.
• Chase down why margin slipped and come back with a fix, not a theory.
• Negotiate vendor terms that look fast-moving on paper and hold up in practice.
• Argue the people-centered option even when the room already loves the safe one.
• Streamline operational workflows to reduce cost and improve efficiency.
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear strategy briefs.
• Stress-test the forecast against the GA scenario nobody wants.

Skills

Collaborative mindset

Accountability

Process improvement

Financial acumen

Change management

Savannah client adaptability

Job description

8 years from now you'll point to deals you shaped here as a Production Manager; that's the kind of role this is. Join Apple as a freelance Production Manager and take real ownership of IATF 16949 work while earning $90,000 - $143,000 and growing your craft.

Key Responsibilities

• Keep Apple strategy legible to the people who have to execute it
• Chase down why margin slipped and come back with a fix, not a theory
• Negotiate vendor terms that look calmly-fast-moving on paper and hold up in practice
• Argue the people-centered option even when the room already loves the safe one
• Streamline operational workflows to reduce cost and improve efficiency
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear strategy briefs
• Stress-test the forecast against the GA scenario nobody wants

What You'll Bring

• A collaborative mindset and genuine enthusiasm for teamwork
• The discipline to finish the boring 20% that makes the rest matter
• A history of leaving business processes better than you found them
• Comfort owning a number that goes up or down because of you
• Demonstrated knack for making the safety-first feel manageable
• Demonstrated calm when a Savannah, GA client changes scope mid-stream

Few people outside GA realize that Apple powers a surprising slice of the business infrastructure running across Savannah, GA today. Our Savannah, GA culture runs on written context, generous handoffs, and very few status meetings.

We trade fair $90,000 - $143,000 for your talent and throw in mentorship, benefits, and a flexibility policy people actually use.

Right now in Savannah, the Production Manager chair sits open and the door is unlocked.