Supply Demand Planner **Cupertino, California, United States** **Operations and Supply Chain** **Summary** Posted: **Apr 17, 2025** Weekly Hours: **40** Role Number: **200599446** Imagine what you can do here. Apple is a place where extraordinary people gather to do their lives best work. Together we create products and experiences people once couldn’t have imagined, and now, can’t imagine living without. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do. **Description** APPLE INC has the following available in Cupertino, California and various unanticipated locations throughout the USA. Analyze forecasted demand, manage inventory, and develop weekly supply plans that meet customer demands to meet AppleCare’s target fill rate while minimizing total inventory cost. Execute weekly plans optimally to minimize future gaps and maximize inventory turns. Analyze and set system parameters to optimize inventory, meet service level goals, and minimize costs. Maintain and update ERP master data for planning parts at various plants. Initiate Engineering Change requests based on the material life cycle. Analyze and resolve product backlogs and fill rates on a daily basis. Identify problem areas and drive appropriate functional groups to correct them. Work closely with cross-functional teams, such as finished goods planning and factory operations teams, to ensure sufficient capacities and materials meet supply requirements. Attend weekly conference calls with Europe and Asia-Pacific teams to sync on supply-demand matching regionally and globally. Publish weekly factory forecast and ensure deltas and gaps are clearly communicated and bridged. Identify opportunities for system enhancement and work with key business stakeholders and IT to implement continuous system improvements. International and Domestic Travel Required 10%. 40 hours/week. At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $139,200 - $209,900/yr and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. PAY & BENEFITS: Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple’s discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple’s Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You’ll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses — including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits: https://www.apple.com/careers/us/benefits.html. Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program. **Minimum Qualifications** + Master’s degree or foreign equivalent in Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field and 2 years of experience in the job offered or related occupation. + 2 years of experience in each of the following skills is required: + Analysis of supply chain to continuously monitor and root cause unique demand patterns, abnormalities, or spikes to improve future forecasts. + Statistical forecasting methods such as time series analysis, moving averages, or exponential smoothing are employed to generate demand forecasts, identify seasonality patterns, and + ensure they are included in future forecasts. + Managing inventory to determine appropriate levels required to meet customer demand by balancing inventory carrying costs, stockout risks, and maintaining customer service levels. + Generating weekly supply plans that ensure alignment with organization targets for inventory turns and customer service levels by monitoring KPIs (such as Fill Rate, Inventory Turns, + Weeks of Supply, and Customer backlog). + Utilizing ERP tools such as Oracle Demantra, SAP, JDA for purchase requirements, releasing Purchase Orders (PO’s), amending PO’s, setting master data, reviewing costs, reviewing + inventory, creating stock transfer orders, reviewing purchase history, reviewing stock consumption history, creating pack orders, managing open customer orders. + Analyzing large datasets of more than 1000s of SKU’s weekly using statistical analysis tools such as Excel, R, Python, or SQL. + Experience using Simulations and Optimizers in Planning Tools to leverage data analytics and optimization and address when resources are untimely constrained. + Generating short and long term vendor forecasting to guide original equipment manufacturers **Preferred Qualifications** + N/A Apple is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. 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