Strategic Design Engineering Global Supply Manager, Mechanicals (Beats)
Apple
Summary
Description
Minimum Qualifications
- Intimate knowledge / understanding of a typical stage/gate product development process
- Strong technical background, with an ability to quickly understand various aspects of product design
- Strong PM-ing skills… ability to balance wide and diverse activities with disparate stakeholders, by focusing on key deliverables and effectively driving next steps
- Excellent presentation and interpersonal skills, capable of working in multi-cultural environments
- Excellent soft skills; flexibility to adapt to dynamic and rapidly changing environments
- Top-notch analytical skills, with ability to toggle between detail-orientated and strategic, large-picture thinking
- Ability to travel ~20% internationally
- BSME, or equivalent
Key Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep experience developing (should cost) and owning a costed BOM from early product architecture through product launch
- Experience with defining and developing supplier strategy, and managing suppliers
- Negotiating experience
- Manufacturing experience, with an understanding of how to actually materialize a multi-part design
- Factory experience, particularly related to forming and finishing processes related to plastics, composites and metal
- Ability to identify and drive Opportunities and Risks
- Experience working across functions (Industrial design, Product design, Manufacturing design, Operations), and with suppliers… ability to influence across multi-functional teams
- MBA a plus
Education & Experience
Additional Requirements
Pay & Benefits
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