CapEx Operations Program Manager

Apple is where individual imaginations gather together, committing to the values that lead to great work. Every new product we build, service we create, or Apple Store experience we deliver is the result of us making each other's ideas stronger. That happens because every one of us shares a belief that we can make something wonderful and share it with the world, changing lives for the better. It's the diversity of our people and their thinking that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. When we bring everybody in, we can do the best work of our lives. Here, you'll do more than join something - you'll add something. Apple CapEx OPM owns the supply chain / commercial relationship between the Contract manufacturing partners and capital equipment OEMs and is responsible for supply operations, continuity of supply, risk management, driving operational and cost efficiencies through process or design change, cost negotiations, as well overall project execution. GSMs work in concert with operations, supply quality, and supply base engineers as well as Apple's Product Design and Industrial Design teams. Together, these teams execute and scale both new and existing manufacturing processes, materials, technologies, finishes and form factor.

Description

In this role, one will drive day-to-day activities on-site to meet the overall program objectives focusing on issues, communication and process alignment during engineering design and validation cycles for new programs. This role will also support and lead the overall guardianship of Apple's capital equipments deployed on-site. - Lead cross-functional communication between internal Apple team and contract manufacturer organization - Facilitate good communication and collaboration across engineering functions, operations, and vendors - Create and maintain project schedules. Provide timely issue resolution and critical path activities. - Offer multiple levels of status updates across a wide spectrum of individual projects to executive management - Review and approve capital equipment consumable spend by CM to maintain high - Drive CM teams - for capital equipment transfers across sites, maintain high traceability and usability of Apple's assets - to execute efficiency in equipment repair process to minimize downtime, spares and repair TAT

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor of Engineering
• 10+ years of functional and program management experience required in a matrix environment, across multiple sites through the entire asset lifecycle .
• Willingness to travel domestically and internationally up to 50%

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience of working in multinational environments, driven and motivated by accomplishing extraordinary objectives
• Analytical/ Negotiation skills
• Ability to toggle between strategic and detail orientated thinking
• Excellent communication, organisational and leadership skills. Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to resolve conflict / drive compromise and influence across multiple functional teams/CMs
• Ability to navigate through ambiguous and highly volatile situations
• Solid understanding of metrics such as RFQ, TAT, ROI, etc.
• Experience managing projects within a defined stage-gate project development process
• Experience in other complex capital equipment involving technologies like laser/gluing/micro molding/pick & place/machining/injection molding
• Experience working with contract manufacturers and OEMs
• Ability to deal with rapid development cycles & remains flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity
  Detailed knowledge of product development processes as well as a strong understanding of manufacturing processes

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