Sourcing Specialist

Apple; Surprise (AZ); On-site; USD 85,000 - 118,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is hiring an Sourcing Specialist intern for the Surprise, AZ team. The role emphasizes leading project slices end to end, ensuring a top-tier customer experience, and professionally engaging with vendors and partners.

Expect a growth-focused environment with mentorship, real responsibilities, and the chance to develop critical decision-making and communication skills within an internship structure.

Qualifications

• 6+ years operating in a similar Sourcing Specialist position.
• Proven Team Leadership judgement when the textbook answer doesn't fit.
• Equal parts Written Communication depth and Decision Making curiosity.
• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action.
• A track record of self-directed delivery in an internship structure.

Responsibilities

• Own one slice of Apple's general mission end to end.
• Guard the Apple customer experience through every Project Management change.
• Notice the fiercely-supportive gap between the spec and the shipped thing.
• Represent Apple professionally with vendors, partners, and customers.
• Pressure-test assumptions before they harden into expensive mistakes.
• Refuse to let Accountability debt quietly accumulate on your watch.
• Carry general knowledge that doesn't live in any wiki yet.

Skills

Team leadership

Written communication

Decision making

Time management

Self-directed delivery

Job description

This internship Sourcing Specialist role puts you at the center of projects that matter to our customers and our business. What Apple is really offering: $85,000 - $118,000 for 5 years of Team Leadership, plus growth that does not stall at the door.

Key Responsibilities

• Own one slice of Apple's general mission end to end
• Guard the Apple customer experience through every Project Management change
• Notice the fiercely-supportive gap between the spec and the shipped thing
• Represent Apple professionally with vendors, partners, and customers
• Pressure-test assumptions before they harden into expensive mistakes
• Refuse to let Accountability debt quietly accumulate on your watch
• Carry general knowledge that doesn't live in any wiki yet

What You'll Bring

• Roughly 6+ years operating in a similar Sourcing Specialist position
• Proven Team Leadership judgement when the textbook answer doesn't fit
• Equal parts Written Communication depth and Decision Making curiosity
• Strong time-management skills and a bias toward action
• A track record of self-directed delivery in an internship structure

Apple is the maker-minded Surprise, AZ company that general insiders recommend but rarely the one that advertises. Transparency is a habit, so roadmaps, tradeoffs, and even mistakes get shared openly.

We offer $85,000 - $118,000 and the things money cannot fake, real mentorship, lasting benefits, and flexibility you will actually use.

Live and hiring this very moment for the Surprise, AZ team.