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Demand Forecasting & Analytics

Coral Gables,Florida,United States

Corporate Functions

The people here at Apple don’t just build products — they create the kind of wonder that’s revolutionized entire industries. It’s the diversity of those people and their ideas that encourages 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. Imagine what you could do here! At Apple, new ideas have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. You will provide support to the Country Managers for our major regions (Latin America) through an understanding of the product trends, country seasonality, marketing strategies, currency and pricing impacts to prepare the quarterly unit volume forecast. As a forecaster, you will be required to work towards an accurate and thoughtful demand projection for different product lines and present findings to leadership on a weekly cadence.

Key Qualifications

• 7-10 years of finance experience or related forecast/planning experience.

• Strong experience building relationships at all levels of the organization and influencing to improve forecast accuracy across multiple business lines in a cross functional environment.

• Excellent attention to detail and capable of providing broad perspective, articulate understanding of sales/commercial/business and offer solutions based advice to problems.

• Outstanding business support and analytical skills as well as planning and organizing skills.

• Expert level Excel skills and deep experience working with large data sets.

• Experience with enterprise software systems (Business Objects, Essbase, Tableau, SAP).

• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and written skills.

• Pro-active, “Can Do” approach to taking initiative towards operational improvements.

• Ability to prioritize workload and diligently respond to urgent requests for information.

• Strong presentation skills both in person and virtually.

Description

Apple Sales Finance serves as the hub of financial information and decision support. We are seeking a professional in their career with a proven track record of accomplishments. You will be a key contributor in a fast-paced, goal-oriented environment with the ability to influence strategic decisions. You will: Prepare weekly country/key account forecasts in close collaboration with sales teams and provide ad hoc analysis, preparation of reporting for quarterly reviews Engage with country/regional sales teams to understand business priorities as well as the short-term and long-term drivers of performance within products, countries and partners Analyze weekly results in order to judge and maintain quarterly forecasts. This includes understanding of consumer offers, seasonalities, and supply constraints. Deep understanding of the economic conditions of major countries in Latin America. Provide insights of current quarter and Q+1 forecast, on drivers of performance across product portfolio. Liaison between sales, Supply, Ops and Worldwide teams. Variance analysis of sales performance and local market insights Risk and opportunity management and representation in regional/country reviews Close monitoring of consumer offers live in the market in the Indirect channel Collaborate with other finance teams to understand and suggest strategic actions that will drive elasticity of demand

Education & Experience

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting or relevant field

Additional Requirements

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