Manager of WW Product Merchandising, Apple

$146.8-269.4k

+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Excel
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in Cupertino, CA

Apple

Personal technology company

Job no longer available

Apple

Personal technology company

1001+ employees

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Job no longer available

$146.8-269.4k

+ Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Excel
Senior and Expert level
San Francisco Bay Area

More information about location

Office located in Cupertino, CA

1001+ employees

B2CB2BHardwareSaaSTelecommunicationseCommerce

Company mission

Apple's mission is to bring the best user experience to its customers through its innovative hardware, software, and services.

Role

Who you are

  • 7-10 Years experience in buying, merchandising or product development functions
  • Experience managing high performing teams in a dynamic environment
  • Ability to travel domestically and internationally required

Desirable

  • Proven ability to manage and lead at the highest levels in an internationally recognized organization
  • Outstanding decision making skills, with an ability to make informed decisions in highly ambiguous environments
  • Ability to direct work and prioritize effectively in dynamic and resource-constrained environment
  • Experience developing and leading senior level relationships with external vendors and internal partners
  • Experience presenting complex topics to senior leadership internally and with 3rd party partners
  • Excellent collaboration skills, ability to partner with diverse technical and creative teams across the world
  • Strong familiarity with Apple Ecosystems and the iOS App Store
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
  • Strong data analysis skills with Excel/Numbers proficiency
  • Experience delivering against targets and managing a P&L
  • Experience managing businesses across multiple complex regions a plus
  • Project management and process improvement experience a plus
  • Prior purchasing/merchandising experience a plus

What the job involves

  • We are looking for an experienced manager to lead a team of highly skilled merchants, balance multiple priorities, build leadership relationships across broad, diverse teams and represent Apple in conversations with third party vendors
  • The successful candidate will find opportunities to drive the accessories business, set clear objectives for their team and build effective relationships across Apple
  • Lead a team of Product Merchants defining the assortment of multiple third party accessories categories for the Apple Store and Apple Online Store worldwide
  • Take personal ownership of select third party product categories, along with management responsibility for wider Product Merchandising team
  • Partner with vendors to develop products optimized for the Apple ecosystem, meeting the same exacting standards Apple holds its own products to
  • Partner with ID, Product Marketing and Field teams to identify emerging trends and product categories which could drive growth incremental to Apple’s own assortment
  • Partner with Accessories Campaigns and Strategy team, developing special edition, exclusive products for global and local campaigns
  • Partner with technical teams (Engineering, Developer Relations, MFI) to ensure third party products effectively elevate the experience of key Apple technologies and services
  • Drive the commercial performance of the assortment, using detailed analytics and qualitative research
  • Own product lifecycle management from initial forecasting to end of life
  • Understand and share insights which can drive the performance of Apple’s own accessory products and effectively communicate opportunity to internal partners
  • Develop and grow productive internal and external relationships with key business partners including Developer Relations, Product Marketing, Industrial Design, Marcom, Engineering and Operations

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Company benefits

  • Everyone has different needs and schedules, and that’s why we offer medical plans that cover both physical and mental healthcare
  • In addition, employees have the option to access medical professionals from almost anywhere and get free confidential counselling — virtual or in person
  • You could also be eligible for help with fitness-related expenses
  • Our medical coverage plans include family-friendly features such as fertility treatments
  • Because we know there’s more than one way to bring a new child into your family, we support all kinds of new parents with paid leave and our gradual return-to-work programme
  • You also get paid time away if you need to care for an ill family member and free guidance to help you find support for childcare, elderly care, legal referrals and more
  • At Apple, we make sure women earn the same as men performing similar work. As part of that effort, your salary history is history — we won’t ask
  • Every employee here also has the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder, because all are eligible for stock grants and also a discount when purchasing Apple stock
  • To help you prepare for retirement, our pension can help you meet your savings goals. And to help you prepare for the unexpected, you’ll have the security of multiple forms of income protection
  • Plan on developing both professionally and personally. Apple University creates classes, seminars and beyond-the-classroom tools that help employees understand Apple’s culture, organisation, values, and role in the world. You can sharpen general business and software skills through online classes
  • For more formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, we’ll reimburse you for certain educational expenses, including tuition
  • Whether you’re exploring personal pursuits, welcoming a new child or caring for a family member, rest assured that you’ll have paid time away when you need it most
  • When you give money to an eligible organisation, we’ll match your donations one-for-one, so your contribution is doubled. And if you choose to donate your time, we’ll contribute US$25 for every hour you volunteer. Whether you donate time or money, Apple will match your contributions up to US$10,000 a year
  • Get the world’s best prices on the world’s best products — Apple products. You’ll also get deals on great third-party accessories
  • And there are services to help you manage life’s day-to-day tasks: dinner reservations, pet-sitters, shopping, personal travel, financial guidance and more

Our take

With a market capitalisation that reached $3 trillion in 2022, Apple is the world's most valuable company. A vertically integrated approach and obsessive focus on the user experience have helped to make Apple one of the most successful companies in the world.

Since taking over at Apple, Tim Cook has been carefully curating the company's reputation as a champion of consumer privacy, trying to set the company apart from others that monetise their users' data.

The company even went as far as to introduce sweeping privacy changes which made it difficult to tailor ads to Apple’s 1bn+ iPhone users. This rocked the $400bn digital ads market, seriously harming the revenue of its bigger rivals in the lucrative industry and forcing them to rebuild their ad infrastructure.

Despite this, the company has been shaken by supply chain issues and moved a considerable amount of its manufacturing from China to India, and increased its Vietnam presence. This is because of multi-pronged production disruption in China, the second largest customer market for Apple, and triggered an estimated 10% revenue drop in the first quarter of 2023.

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