Worldwide Reseller Operations Planner

- Develop a deep understanding of how Apple manages partner relationships and the nuances that exist across markets and partners. - Independently leverage data, anecdotal feedback, and strategic context to build a comprehensive story of channel health and partner behavior. - Provide timely updates cross-functionally and across levels on Reseller critical metrics, clearly articulating business status, risks, and key actions. - Proactively discern opportunities to optimize the Reseller business and drive partner groups to appropriate action. - Proactively influence decisions through collaboration, leadership and a customer-focused approach. - Build strong partnerships spanning multiple levels across a variety of cross-functional teams including Region RO, Supply Demand Management, Readiness, Business Process Re-engineering, Sales, Finance and Marketing. - Pursue and lead global alignment opportunities across regional and cross functional teams - Identify and develop new processes and tools, including AI/ML technologies, that enable more accurate and efficient ways to assess and influence Reseller channel health, partner behavior, and NPI readiness. - Drive global projects to meet business priorities. Define adoption and engagement strategy, and track success important metrics, critical milestones, and opportunities for scale. - Consistently deliver high quality results under tight and visible timelines, driving through ambiguity. Minimum Qualifications Bachelors degree and 10+ years of work experience in fields that demand complex quantitative analysis such as supply chain, data analytics, or management consulting. Project Management, Inventory Management and/or Merchandising experience. Advanced proficiency in Excel, and demonstrated ability using and presenting data to drive business decisions. Preferred Qualifications MBA with a focus in supply chain or related field Self-starter, willing to experiment with different ideas and approaches independently Excellent analytical capabilities, business savvy and leadership skills Demonstrated ability to seamlessly move from detail to high level insights Ability to exercise tactful influence in a matrix organization, developing strong relationships across global and cross-functional teams, and to be seen as a thought leader Comfort in presenting and driving decisions with executive leadership Experience in breaking down ambiguous and complex problems and stitching through cross-functional teams to drive solutions Experience working with large datasets, and supporting development, deployment and advocacy of AI/ML technologies to support business processes Proficiency in leading and driving global projects and initiatives independently, partnering across teams to define and manage business process and technology roadmaps in support of long-term strategies