Summary

Posted: Oct 11, 2024

Weekly Hours: 40

Role Number:200570533

Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new insights have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. The people here at Apple don’t just build products - they craft the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that inspires the innovation that runs through everything we do, from amazing technology to industry-leading environmental efforts. Join Apple and help us leave the world better than we found it. In this position, you will drive day-to-day activities on-site to meet the overall program objectives and guide the overall guardianship of Apple’s capital equipment deployed on-site. You will lead on-site Capital Equipment program management functions in i Phone Operations team, act as on-site leader for resolving all critical issues from contract manufacturers and driving closure and consensus among project team members and raise issues in a timely manner. You will plan, develop and implement the capital equipment deployment at contractor manufacturer sites to support i Phone manufacturing by working with multi-functional teams in US and China, including Cupertino Cap Ex PM team, Cap Ex budget planning, Technical Program Manager, Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, from equipment BOM building, CTB, machine bring up, vendor support, sustaining, transfer, EOL equipment scrap etc.

Description

This position is based in China for leading on-site Capital Equipment program management functions for i Phone Operations team at contract manufacturing sites. Working cross- functionally in a team environment, the successful candidate will lead execution of program plans for both new and sustaining programs which ensure successful completion of projects. The program manager will also act as on-site leader for resolving all blocking issues from contract manufacturers and would drive closure and consensus among project team members and call out issues as vital in timely manner when the project team is off track. - Lead multi-functional communication between internal Apple team and contract manufacturer organization - Facilitate good communication and collaboration across engineering functions, operations, and vendors - Create and maintain project schedules. Provide timely issue resolution and critical path activities - Offer multiple levels of status updates across a wide spectrum of individual projects to executive management. - Drive CM teams for capital equipment readiness including transfers assets across sites, to maintain high traceability and usability of Apple’s assets, - Lead equipment repair process improvement to minimize downtime and spares parts/Calibration planning to fulfill production needs.

• A Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in a technical field with at least 5 years of program management experience that involves tactical coordination (scope, schedule & resource management) of multiple concurrent projects
• Experience in other sophisticated capital equipment such as military, aerospace, automotive, High-Volume Manufacturing Industrial, etc.
• Detailed knowledge technical aspect as well as a strong understanding of manufacturing processes, Experience in leading capital equipment planning, repair and cost reduction area are preferable
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Solid understanding of economic metrics such as NPV, return on investment, etc, and their application to program management.
• Familiarity with high-Volume Manufacturing capital equipment and their application to manufacturing processes.
• Experience managing projects within a defined stage-gate project development process.
• Demonstrated experience in lean design methodologies.
• PMP certification desirable. Demonstration of equivalent knowledge is required if not certified.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skills. Ability to filter and distill relevant information for the right audience
• Ability to deal with rapid development cycles & remains flexible and calm in the face of ambiguity
• Ability to resolve tough situations and drive compromise.
• Proficiency using Microsoft Project Or Omni Plan at the enterprise level.
• Proficiency using Excel, Keynote is must.
• Experience in massive data analysis, coding and machine learning would be a plus.