Supply Chain Analyst (Functional Systems), Supply Chain Integration

Supply Chain Analyst (Functional Systems), Supply Chain Integration

At Apple, new 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. As a Supply Chain Functional Analyst, you will be part of the team that builds industry leading business applications for the World's leader in Supply Chain, Apple Inc.

Description

We are seeking a self-starter and highly motivated individual who thrives on challenges and finding creative solutions. The ideal candidate excels in collaborative environments, produces high-quality deliverables under tight deadlines, and works independently, while collaborating effectively with multi-functional teams globally (US, Singapore, India and Europe). This role impacts Apple's business, requiring interaction with internal teams to deliver cutting-edge products in a dynamic environment. As a part of IS&T SCI team, you will play a pivotal role in building end-to-end, best-in-class software solutions for Apple Supply Chain needs ranging from Procurement, Product Costing, Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Product distribution and so on.

Responsibilities

• Interface with Business teams, Product owners, developers, QA, Support teams and end users. Lead proof-of-concept and pilot implementations to demonstrate new ideas or illustrate the use of new process and how to apply it into our systems.
• Strive for top quality results and continuously look for ways to improve and enhance system reliability, performance, and security.
• Must be able to perform regular design, functional specs reviews.
• Demonstrate solid understanding of information management, data modeling, system integration, development methodologies (including unit testing) and web technologies.
• Participate in design meetings for domain/data/system integration projects
• Write detailed user stories, based on business requirements and work collaboratively with engineers and QA to ensure end to end delivery of the functionality
• Occasionally, handling Application Production Warranty.
• Work efficiently in highly leveraged outsourcing model, collaborating with contractors to ensure successful project execution
• Deal with ambiguity and thrive in a rapidly changing business environment.
• Manage and collaborate with consultants from vendor companies
• Be able to multi-task,work independently with minimal supervision.
• Communicate clearly and advocate effectively for technical decisions with stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience in building Supply Chain ERP solutions, as Functional analyst in Demand, Manufacturing, Supply planning domain and relevant tools.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Proficiency in presentation skills using Keynote, powerpoint.
• Comfortable working in a multi-discipline, geographically dispersed team and having team lead experience is a must.
• B.S. / M.S. in Computer Science or Supply Chain or relevant degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Agile project management methodologies
• Experience in building business applications for Product distribution / Demand Fulfillment process
• Ability to build KPIs, Dashboard, New Process roadmap for supply chain processes
• Experience in writing advanced Microsoft Excel Solvers and Models and Optimization techniques, Statistics modeling and linear programming solver e.g Gurobi, R, iLog
• Experience with SQLs,developing Data Visualization / Analytics toolsets
• Experience in several full system implementation life-cycles, leading a team of engineers and QA
• MBA in Supply Chain or relevant degree and/or Certifications in Product Management/Operations/Supply Chain/APICS are a plus

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