Job Description

Key Qualifications 8-10 years\' strong experience in delivering excellent results in a complex supply chain environment You love working with data and have razor-sharp analytical skills. Passionate about the intersection of logistics, technology and customer experience: this is your chance to make a difference Thrive working both independently and as part of a team, in a very fast-paced environment Take initiative and thrive in an autonomous work environment Results-orientated, including a willingness to take on additional responsibilities when required to meet the goal Comfortable, confident and articulate when communicating with various levels of the organisation You have proven problem-solving abilities You have strong Supply Chain experience, both B2B and B2C (ideally also in reverse logistics) and understand the complexity of the market Service Operations experience a plus Excellent communication skills - both verbal & written and interaction with people Ability to manage effective relationships in a cross-functional team environment Strong work ethic, perseverance and flexibility Team oriented as well as being self-reliant and self-directed Good vision, analytical, process-oriented Self-starter with innovation, integrity and attention to detail, result driven oriented. Continuous improvement experience is a requirement Ability to work well under pressure and multitask. Good knowledge of air/sea/road transportation and logistics concepts. Description As Regional Supplier Manager, we look forward to your engaging with and managing leading transport providers to deliver a best-in-class experience to Apple\'s customers in EMEIA. - Handling the operational relationship between Apple and our industry-leading transport providers - Work closely with our internal partner teams to deliver best-in-class customer delivery experiences across the EMEIA region - Working without constraints on our delivery experiences to ensure we stay ahead of the curve in terms of delivery offerings and solutions - Engaging cross-functional customers and partners to continually enhance our supply chain and deliver industry-leading delivery experiences - Lead our management system for your providers and business route to markets - Provide our internal customers and partners with the trust factor - Leading cost-saving programs - Always positively challenging norms and the status quo - Work actively with providers on product portfolios, using the latest technology available to deliver industry-leading delivery experiences and on green efficiency programs - Manage data integrity flows between Apple and our provider - Negotiate appropriate strategic mid and long-term capacity with your provider - Identifying best practices across the provider base and empowerment to positively deploy these across the entire team - Ensuring providers have best-in-class security provisions in place to minimise loss impact to Apple and our customers - Collaborating with the Procurement Manager to ensure that the provider contracts are appropriate for Apple\'s business needs - Driving the annual rates negotiations process for your providers - Establish Good Working Relationships with Local OEM (APO) logistics teams in India. - Create relevant management reporting to support the business with high data accuracy on a weekly basis and communicate in a timely manner. - Identify logistics areas for process improvement and cost savings to ensure expectations are met. - Investigate problems, find root causes and develop solutions. - Collaborate with associates to improve efficiency, productivity and processes. - In this role, you will be the primary support for EMEIA Logistics Operations Team. - You\'ll run the daily review of shipment handovers from all OEMs / DCs / RC / Retail stores and monitor in-transit status according to prescribed lead times/Service Level Agreement. - Maintain and monitor KPIs ensuring each LSP operates to the agreed service levels on a daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly basis. - Monitor loss & damage for any trends and work directly with the LSP to ensure adequate root cause analysis takes place and effective corrective actions happen. - Ensure relevant security procedures and lead times have adhered to prior / during launch. - Support the implementation of new operational and systemic requirements from the LSP. Education & Experience Degree and MBA (from a premier school) with a demonstrated ability in a high-performance operational environment

foundit