Summary
Imagine what you could do here. 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 WW Channel Strategy & Operations (CSO) organization focuses on developing and deploying worldwide sales programs and best practices to deliver an extraordinary customer experience in the channel and drive Apple Channel sales. With deep functional expertise in digital, physical, and people enablement spaces, our WW CSO team closely collaborates with many cross-functional groups at world-wide and regional levels.

Apple is seeking a dynamic, result oriented individual to join the Channel New Product Introduction (NPI) team. The Channel NPI team is responsible for ensuring that Apple customers world-wide enjoy a magical experience and see a high-quality merchandizing presentation in thousands of channel points of sale on the day of launch. This role is the intersection between Apple's business strategy, product strategy, and in-store execution. Attention to detail is critical as we provide a world-leading experience of Apple's new products. You will ensure that the integrity of the NPI moment is preserved and improved by a strong focus on operational excellence.



Description
In this role, you will:

Analyze sales data/trends and drive product merchandising strategy with cross functional teams
Understand new product strategy and work with channel sales teams for product authorization
Generate demo forecast for channel points of sales
Manage vendor capacity planning and budget planning
Develop merchandising plan for the day of launch
Develop merchandising element forecast
Collaborate with product marketing, sales, marcom, sales finance & operations teams to optimize launch readiness results and sales impact
Work with multiple different regional teams for NPI readiness - champion regional feedback on critical operational and store executional differences
Analyze risk and develop risk mitigation plans - Provide readiness updates
Support business decisions with robust business justification
Drive process improvement activities after every major launch

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