CapEx Operations Program Manager
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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 iPhone 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 iPhone manufacturing by working with multi-functional teams in US and China, including budget planning, engineering design, BOM building, CTB, setup, vendor support, sustaining, transfer, EOL scrap etc.
We expect you to show leadership in driving asset life cycle to support functional and technical scope of individual iPhone projects, and regularly work well with executives and peers in iPhone Operations group and leaders in contract manufacturer management team. Strong partner management and interpersonal capability are encouraged in order to influence CM behavior and setup LEAN procedure.
We invite you to join us on this journey and help us leave the world better than we found it!
- Experience in other sophisticated capital equipment such as military, aerospace, automotive, large agricultural machinery, etc.
- Experience in leading capital equipment repair and scrap processes preferable
- Proficiency using Microsoft Project Or OmniPlan at the enterprise level.
- Proficiency using Excel, Keynote is must.
- Ability to resolve conflict and drive compromise.
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills.
- Solid understanding of economic metrics such as NPV, return on investment, etc, and their application to program management.
- Experience managing projects within a defined stage-gate project development process.
- Additional desired attributes
- PMP certification desirable. Demonstration of equivalent knowledge is required if not certified.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers
- Familiarity with semiconductor capital equipment and their application to semiconductor manufacturing processes.
- Demonstrated experience in lean design methodologies.
- 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
- Detailed knowledge of product development processes as well as a strong understanding of manufacturing processes
- - 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
- - 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 OmniPlan at the enterprise level.
- - Proficiency using Excel, Keynote is must.
- - Experience in massive data analysis, coding and machine learning would be a plus.