Strategic Sourcing Manager (Semiconductor procurement) (Sunnyvale)

Experience working with Semiconductor parts supplier is must for this role

Description Effectively work with suppliers in China to negotiate optimal terms for sourcing. Understand the trade-offs between cost, volume, and quality to strike agreements that meet Apple's performance criteria and secure long-term supply continuity. Collaborate across the Apple organization to ensure business objectives are met. Includes the ability to rapidly synthesize and communicate findings to senior leaders and to actively identify potential supply issues that can affect product strategy. Optimize supply chain performance through cost and capacity scenario analysis, and benchmarking, and creative solutions. Develop an in-depth understanding of value-added manufacturing processes and costs and market intelligence and apply this knowledge to influence Apple's sourcing decisions. Provide overall program management support and contribute to ongoing development of processes, templates, escalation procedures, and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications Experience working in Supply Chain, Operations, or a related field Passion and demonstrated skill in negotiations Strong analytical and critical thinking skills Superb communication and interpersonal skills, including executive presentations Can build, grow and develop key cross-functional relationships to be able to influence and drive projects Ability to operate independently Ability to make quick decisions and solve complex problems with 80% information Experience in supplier management and operations Ability to identify and solve complex supply chain issues End to end ownership of contract negotiations for both commercial and legal aspects a plus Capacity planning helpful Background in SQL and data validation will be helpful