Job details
- Job Number: 28423525
- Santa Clara Valley, California, United States
- Posted: Sep. 11, 2013
- Weekly Hours: 40.00
Job Summary
Imagine
what you could do here. At Apple, great ideas have a way of becoming
great products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring
passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could
accomplish.
Key Qualifications
- See below
Description
The
New Product Operations Program Manager leads all aspects of new product
development and product launch within Operations and is directly
accountable for the results. Responsibilities include achieving goals
for time to market, cost, quality, product availability and order cycle
time. The NPO Program Manager is the primary leader and interface
between Operations, Product Design, Engineering, Marketing, Finance and
AppleCare.
Specific responsibilities include:
1. Lead the operational side of worldwide new product introductions for
an assigned product
2. Lead Apple team's new product introduction efforts within the
Operations sphere.
Specific goals include team leadership, supply chain design, schedule,
cost, quality, availability and order cycle time goals.
3. Engage with OEM manufacturing partners and Apple regional
manufacturing teams to develop, ramp and introduce products.
4. Matrix manage team members from across all functions within
Operations to develop new product plans.
Typical functions include WW Planning, GSM, Cost, TPM, Quality, SQE, TE,
DFX, DFM, Regional Product Teams, Ops, Finance, etc.
5. Represent operations with the product design teams.
Use production expertise to influence and negotiate for DFX, supply
chain, testability, producibility features.
6. Identify, marshall and organize resources (Apple Staff, OEM Staff,
Contractors, etc) to meet required goals
7. Communicate project status updates to various project stakeholders,
including team members and executives within Apple and OEMs
Synthesize a multitude of issues into a clear, concise and focused
message. Present with confidence and brevity.
8. Always push the leading edge of innovation and excellence in Apple
products and program management practices
Education
The successful candidate must
be able to demonstrate the following attributes:
- A minimum of 5-10 years ops experience, preferably in a high tech or
computer-related industry
- Current knowledge of world class supply chain management practices
- Experience with high volume, consumer electronic manufacturing
technologies (preferred)
in the areas of design, process, commodity cost, factory cost, supply
and quality management
- Strong analytical capabilities coupled with good business savvy
- Exceptional communication skills - verbal, written and executive
presentations
- Exceptional ability to build relationships, build cross-functional
teams and exert effective influence in a matrix organization
- Track record achieving significant results on complex projects in an
often ambiguous and always fast changing environment
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