Supply Demand Planner

Apple Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

Apple Inc. in Austin, Texas, is seeking a supply chain professional to forecast product demand, analyze production needs, and allocate global supply across channels.

The role involves influencing quarterly guidance, leading supply initiatives, and improving processes to boost efficiency and customer satisfaction. Responsibilities include coordinating with marketing and product teams to set launch quantities, interacting with procurement to allocate components, and driving automation and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business/related field and 3 years of experience in demand forecasting, supply planning, or related occupations.
• Experience translating demand into supply plans for multi-product portfolios.
• Experience with Excel modeling and data analysis to support decision-making.
• Experience using ERP/supply planning systems (SAP/Oracle/Kinaxis) to manage inventory and fulfillment.
• Ability to negotiate with suppliers and balance lead times, capacity, and costs.
• Ability to collaborate across marketing, product, and operations teams to align launch quantities.

Responsibilities

• Forecast product demand and translate signals into supply plans for multiple products.
• Coordinate production planning, capacity planning, and materials requirements planning.
• Analyze large operational datasets to support supply chain decisions.

Skills

Demand forecasting

ERP planning

Supply planning

Data analysis

Negotiation

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Supply Chain

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Kinaxis

Tableau

Job description

Austin, Texas, United States Operations and Supply Chain

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Description

APPLE INC has the following available in Austin, Texas. Forecast product demand, analyzing production needs, allocating global supply across all channels of distribution and influencing quarterly sales projections used in guidance to Wall Street. Collaborate and influence across many key groups within Apple in an effort to both set the strategy and drive the execution of products across Apple's global supply chain. Lead sophisticated, global initiatives to define, build, and roll out innovative technology and business process solutions that increase efficiencies, improve customer satisfaction, and challenge the status quo. Define and build capabilities that provide deep business insight, enable rapid decision-making, and drive automation of evolving business processes. Act as an interface between Apple and the industries that supply core component technologies. Develop and execute sourcing strategies as well as recommending product innovations based on improving technology. Understand and apply concepts of market dynamics and competitive behavior, negotiation and pricing, as well as knowledge of manufacturing processes, and risk mitigation to influence and run supply chain activities by working directly with operational partners to optimize supply constraints in light of demand priorities, factory capacity, logistics requirements, quality challenges, and materials flow throughout Apple's multi-tier global supply chain. Coordinate with Marketing and New Product Operations teams to set launch quantities of new product introductions and to ensure smooth product transitions. Collaborate with the global procurement teams to allocate constrained components, ensure raw material inventory targets are achieved, and minimize material obsolescence during product transition. 40 hours/week.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Business Administration, Finance, Business Management, or a related field and 3 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation.
• Experience and/or education must include:
• Performing demand forecasting and translating demand signals into supply plans for multi-product portfolios using historical data, demand variability analysis, and planning models in a manufacturing or consumer products environment.
• Conducting production planning, capacity planning, and materials requirement planning (MRP) to support operations involving multiple SKUs, production lines, and supply constraints.
• Analyzing large operational datasets (e.g., demand, supply, inventory, and fulfillment data) using Excel modeling, Tableau, or similar analytical tools to support supply chain decision‑making.
• Using ERP or supply planning systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Kinaxis, or equivalent) to manage supply planning, inventory tracking, and fulfillment coordination across multiple products or regions.
• Managing inventory levels, service targets, and fulfillment priorities across multiple products, distribution channels, or geographic markets.
• Negotiating with suppliers/OEMs and support sourcing decisions by evaluating pricing structures, supplier capacity, lead times, and supply risks.
• Supporting new product introductions and product transitions by aligning supply plans with launch timelines and demand assumptions to ensure product availability while minimizing excess inventory and stock shortages across product lifecycles.
• Identifying supply chain process inefficiencies, assessing supply constraints, and implementing process improvements or automation initiatives to enhance planning accuracy, operational efficiency, and responsiveness to demand changes.

Preferred Qualifications

• N/A

This position is not subject to the application limits.

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