Apple Watch and AirPods Business Planning Manager, WW Channel Sales Team

Summary
The people here at Apple don't just create products - they create 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!

Apple's Sales organization generates the revenue needed to fuel our ongoing development of products and services. This in turn, enriches the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world. Our sales team, is in many ways, the face of Apple to our largest customers.

Apple is looking for a dynamic, highly-motivated Business Planning Manager to join the Worldwide channel sales team. The channel sales organization is responsible for managing Apple's commercial relationships with resellers around the world. You will support the business planning team in all facets of its work to drive and develop sales actions to support a multi-billion dollar business, including strategic planning, market and sales analytics, identifying standard methodologies, as well as special projects.

If you are a strong and practical problem-solver with experience managing a sales operations/programs driven organization, this is a great opportunity for you. Success in the role requires an ability to work effectively and efficiently across a global sales organization. You will work directly with worldwide and regional sales leaders, finance, operations as well as other key partners.

The successful candidate may not have sales experience on their resume, but must have spent time directly interacting with and supporting the success of a large sales organization.



Description
The duties and responsibilities are very diverse, but include the following:

- Provide perspective on key factors impacting important market segments (industry structure, competitive behavior, consumer behavior, ecosystem economics, etc.)

- Define implications of current and potential trends/events, and develop long-term, annual, and quarterly sales priorities and action plans.

- Craft executive presentations that deliver key insights about the business and recommended sales actions

- Work closely with finance and regional sales teams to support demand generation activities.

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