Retail Business Planning, Strategy, & Operations Senior Analyst

Summary
Imagine what you could do here! The people here at Apple don't just create products - they build 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. At Apple, inclusion is a shared responsibility, and we work together to foster a culture where everyone belongs and is inspired to do their best work.

The Apple Retail Business Planning, Strategy, & Operations team sits at the center of Retail, supporting the Retail Leadership team. This team is responsible for connecting the strategies and plans across the teams, and for driving key initiatives forward.



Description
The role requires managing the organization's priorities, ensuring alignment across teams, driving critical initiatives, and supporting the Retail Business Planning, Strategy, & Operations Director in decision-making processes. The Senior Analyst will work closely with senior leadership, providing operational, project management, and organizational oversight. The ideal candidate is highly organized, strategic, and possesses excellent leadership and communication skills.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
1. Organization-wide Communication - Serve as a primary point of contact across the Retail Leadership Team, ensuring seamless communication. Prepare presentations, reports, and strategic documents.

2. Presentation Development - Support development of key internal communications and presentations including Retail Quarterly Business Reviews, Executive Meetings, Board of Directors, FY Plan, and All Team Meetings.

3. Leadership Meetings - Support recurring strategic and operational meetings such as Retail Leadership Staff(s), Executive Assistant meetings, etc. to ensure shared context, awareness, and alignment. Assemble and make the agenda available before meetings begins. Collect and prepare content - Assemble notes and action items and ensure actions are tracked and completed - Source and curate content for regular activity reports.

4. Management System - Work with Strategy + Operations Director and partners to elevate and improve on the Retail Management System, including cadence of Leadership meetings and updates aligned with Retail Strategic Focus Areas. Ensure measurement against timelines and KPI's. Connect the dots across teams and workstreams that should intersect and collaborate. Elevate risks. Use key performance indicators to measure and improve team performance and make recommendations to support and drive efficiency across the Retail teams. Identifying areas of improvement across the Retail organization and make actionable recommendations. Present the Retail Leadership Team with detailed operations analyses

5. Special Projects - Project manage special strategic initiatives for the Retail Leadership team from inception to completion and develop business insights and recommendations

6. Retail Strategy - Develop and lead key ongoing Retail-wide analyses, including researching and analyzing retail industries, technology segments, and business models, and evaluating the merits and risks of complex alternatives. Work cross-functionally to incubate ideas and develop strategies that influence the future direction of Apple's Retail investments. Craft compelling stories, supported by data, that bring strategies to life. Help transform the Retail Leadership Team's ideas into reality and monitor their progress

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