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Get Access To All JobsApple is seeking an experienced, strategic, and people-first leader to join our Softgoods Materials Global Supply Management (GSM) team. This specialized business group manages the end-to-end lifecycle of Apple's highly differentiated and unique materials—from initial sourcing and development through mass production and ongoing supply continuity. Our portfolio spans many different textiles, polyurethane films, and adhesives. Our world-class material supply chains must be unique, innovative, and specialized to enable Apple's rigorous performance and quality standards.
As the GSM Manager, you will lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing team of Global Supply Managers. You will bridge engineering innovation with business execution, drive the long-term material supply chain and vendor strategy, negotiate cost, execute supply, and manage executive-level partnerships with a network of global suppliers. You will ensure that Apple's material supply chains are resilient, responsive, and structured to support both current programs and future product roadmaps.
Description
As the GSM Manager, you will lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing team of Global Supply Managers. You will bridge engineering innovation with business execution, drive the long-term material supply chain and vendor strategy, negotiate cost, execute supply, and manage executive-level partnerships with a network of global suppliers. You will ensure that Apple's material supply chains are resilient, responsive, and structured to support both current programs and future product roadmaps.
Responsibilities
Lead, Mentor, and Inspire
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People Development: Lead, mentor, and advocate for a team of GSM individual contributors to help them achieve their individual program milestones and long-term career goals. Create structured development plans and support continuous learning and technical depth in the group.
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Local Mentoring & Office Culture: Maintain an active onsite presence at Apple offices to foster a strong, engaged, and collaborative team environment. Provide immediate feedback, real-time coaching, and face-to-face support during critical program gates (such as Build/Ramp approvals, Executive presentations, and Cost Forums).
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Tools & Processes: Support identification and drive implementation of AI-enabled tools and process improvements across the operations and cross-functional teams.
Formulate Strategy and Cost Governance
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Strategic & Cross-Functional Alignment: Drive the team to develop, refine, and implement sourcing strategies for Softgoods Materials that align with Apple's overarching product roadmap and operations goals. Socialize and develop cross-functional support of targeted initiatives or strategic decisions. Ensure that supply chain structures are designed for responsiveness and maximum flexibility to support changing product needs and volume demands.
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Portfolio & Project Allocation: Oversee the allocation of team resources and program assignments. Actively monitor team bandwidth, creatively restructure workloads when resource-constrained, and prioritize or develop solutions to complex program challenges.
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Cost Governance: Provide strategic oversight for the team's cost strategies. Drive the team's cost-negotiation framework, identify cost risks and opportunities, review and approve cost targets with cross-functional teams and leadership, and lead high-value negotiations.
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CapEx Management: Oversee capital expenditure planning and execution across the material supply base. Partner with suppliers and internal teams to scope, approve, and track CapEx investments required for new material development, capacity expansion, and plant qualification activities. Ensure CapEx commitments are aligned with program timelines and Apple's financial governance requirements.
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Contracts & Agreements: Support the team in executing commercial agreements with new suppliers or material development activities, and develop unique solutions as required.
Cultivate Strategic Supplier Alliances
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Strategic Relationships: Establish, grow, and manage strategic relationships with Supplier Leadership (C-suite and company leaders) to ensure supply continuity, premium quality, strategic alignment, and prioritized support for Apple.
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Supplier Allocation Strategy: Develop and maintain supplier allocation recommendations across the material supply base. Align allocation decisions with broader supplier management strategy—balancing risk, cost, quality, and strategic supplier development to ensure Apple maintains competitive leverage and supply resilience.
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Supplier Feedback & Reviews: Lead feedback and business reviews for suppliers, driving continuous improvement in cost, quality, capacity, innovation, and sustainability.
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New Supplier Searches: Guide the team's new supplier search efforts, helping them identify, evaluate, and qualify new supplier candidates across technical and operational aspects. Support the effective onboarding of new suppliers into Apple's culture, operational standards, and requirements.
Drive Execution and Minimize Operational Risk
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Program Leadership & Operations Schedules: Provide executive oversight for program readiness, development builds, and material ramp approvals. Own and manage material operations schedules, including key material kick-off milestones, capacity build plans, plant qualification activities, and color readiness at suppliers. "See around corners" to proactively identify risks, and develop robust mitigation activities and recommendations.
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Material Manufacturing and Quality Readiness: Ensure that supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems are fully ready to support development builds and production ramps. Drive cross-functional alignment on material readiness gates, and hold suppliers accountable to Apple's quality and process standards before ramp approval.
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Technical Support: Guide the team during material ramps through complex yield, capacity, and operational trade-offs driving to recommendations and solutions.
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Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Apple's Industrial Design (ID), Product Design (PD), and Operations executives to ensure that materials are successfully scaled to support product roadmaps. Support and lead cross-functional teams to solve complex design and business trade-offs.
Ability to work in Apple's hybrid office model (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in office) with the flexibility to travel globally up to 20%.
Preferred Qualifications
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Material Expertise: Experience in advanced materials manufacturing, specifically with softgoods, textiles, adhesives, polyurethane, or related cosmetic and functional materials.
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Advanced Degree: MBA or Master's degree is highly preferred.
Minimum Qualifications
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Experience: 10+ years of professional experience in global operations, supply chain management, or high-volume manufacturing environments.
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People Leadership: Demonstrated experience directly managing, mentoring, and developing professional teams (including individual career growth plans, performance management, and setting team culture).
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Executive Supplier Relations: Proven track record of establishing and managing senior executive relationships with international suppliers.
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Strategy & Resource Allocation: Experience defining long-term supply chain strategies and managing team workload, project allocations, and supply initiatives.
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Process Knowledge: Strong understanding of value-added manufacturing processes, cost engineering (should-cost modeling), and manufacturing operations.
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Negotiation & Governance: Experience leading commercial agreements, contract and cost negotiations, supplier financial assessments, and driving risk mitigation tactics.
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Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Materials Science, or similar) or Business/Operations.
Pay & Benefits
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $196,200 and $295,000, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses—including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
Apple is seeking an experienced, strategic, and people-first leader to join our Softgoods Materials Global Supply Management (GSM) team. This specialized business group manages the end-to-end lifecycle of Apple's highly differentiated and unique materials—from initial sourcing and development through mass production and ongoing supply continuity. Our portfolio spans many different textiles, polyurethane films, and adhesives. Our world-class material supply chains must be unique, innovative, and specialized to enable Apple's rigorous performance and quality standards.
As the GSM Manager, you will lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing team of Global Supply Managers. You will bridge engineering innovation with business execution, drive the long-term material supply chain and vendor strategy, negotiate cost, execute supply, and manage executive-level partnerships with a network of global suppliers. You will ensure that Apple's material supply chains are resilient, responsive, and structured to support both current programs and future product roadmaps.
Description
As the GSM Manager, you will lead, develop, and mentor a high-performing team of Global Supply Managers. You will bridge engineering innovation with business execution, drive the long-term material supply chain and vendor strategy, negotiate cost, execute supply, and manage executive-level partnerships with a network of global suppliers. You will ensure that Apple's material supply chains are resilient, responsive, and structured to support both current programs and future product roadmaps.
Responsibilities
Lead, Mentor, and Inspire
-
People Development: Lead, mentor, and advocate for a team of GSM individual contributors to help them achieve their individual program milestones and long-term career goals. Create structured development plans and support continuous learning and technical depth in the group.
-
Local Mentoring & Office Culture: Maintain an active onsite presence at Apple offices to foster a strong, engaged, and collaborative team environment. Provide immediate feedback, real-time coaching, and face-to-face support during critical program gates (such as Build/Ramp approvals, Executive presentations, and Cost Forums).
-
Tools & Processes: Support identification and drive implementation of AI-enabled tools and process improvements across the operations and cross-functional teams.
Formulate Strategy and Cost Governance
-
Strategic & Cross-Functional Alignment: Drive the team to develop, refine, and implement sourcing strategies for Softgoods Materials that align with Apple's overarching product roadmap and operations goals. Socialize and develop cross-functional support of targeted initiatives or strategic decisions. Ensure that supply chain structures are designed for responsiveness and maximum flexibility to support changing product needs and volume demands.
-
Portfolio & Project Allocation: Oversee the allocation of team resources and program assignments. Actively monitor team bandwidth, creatively restructure workloads when resource-constrained, and prioritize or develop solutions to complex program challenges.
-
Cost Governance: Provide strategic oversight for the team's cost strategies. Drive the team's cost-negotiation framework, identify cost risks and opportunities, review and approve cost targets with cross-functional teams and leadership, and lead high-value negotiations.
-
CapEx Management: Oversee capital expenditure planning and execution across the material supply base. Partner with suppliers and internal teams to scope, approve, and track CapEx investments required for new material development, capacity expansion, and plant qualification activities. Ensure CapEx commitments are aligned with program timelines and Apple's financial governance requirements.
-
Contracts & Agreements: Support the team in executing commercial agreements with new suppliers or material development activities, and develop unique solutions as required.
Cultivate Strategic Supplier Alliances
-
Strategic Relationships: Establish, grow, and manage strategic relationships with Supplier Leadership (C-suite and company leaders) to ensure supply continuity, premium quality, strategic alignment, and prioritized support for Apple.
-
Supplier Allocation Strategy: Develop and maintain supplier allocation recommendations across the material supply base. Align allocation decisions with broader supplier management strategy—balancing risk, cost, quality, and strategic supplier development to ensure Apple maintains competitive leverage and supply resilience.
-
Supplier Feedback & Reviews: Lead feedback and business reviews for suppliers, driving continuous improvement in cost, quality, capacity, innovation, and sustainability.
-
New Supplier Searches: Guide the team's new supplier search efforts, helping them identify, evaluate, and qualify new supplier candidates across technical and operational aspects. Support the effective onboarding of new suppliers into Apple's culture, operational standards, and requirements.
Drive Execution and Minimize Operational Risk
-
Program Leadership & Operations Schedules: Provide executive oversight for program readiness, development builds, and material ramp approvals. Own and manage material operations schedules, including key material kick-off milestones, capacity build plans, plant qualification activities, and color readiness at suppliers. "See around corners" to proactively identify risks, and develop robust mitigation activities and recommendations.
-
Material Manufacturing and Quality Readiness: Ensure that supplier manufacturing processes and quality systems are fully ready to support development builds and production ramps. Drive cross-functional alignment on material readiness gates, and hold suppliers accountable to Apple's quality and process standards before ramp approval.
-
Technical Support: Guide the team during material ramps through complex yield, capacity, and operational trade-offs driving to recommendations and solutions.
-
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Apple's Industrial Design (ID), Product Design (PD), and Operations executives to ensure that materials are successfully scaled to support product roadmaps. Support and lead cross-functional teams to solve complex design and business trade-offs.
Ability to work in Apple's hybrid office model (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in office) with the flexibility to travel globally up to 20%.
Preferred Qualifications
-
Material Expertise: Experience in advanced materials manufacturing, specifically with softgoods, textiles, adhesives, polyurethane, or related cosmetic and functional materials.
-
Advanced Degree: MBA or Master's degree is highly preferred.
Minimum Qualifications
-
Experience: 10+ years of professional experience in global operations, supply chain management, or high-volume manufacturing environments.
-
People Leadership: Demonstrated experience directly managing, mentoring, and developing professional teams (including individual career growth plans, performance management, and setting team culture).
-
Executive Supplier Relations: Proven track record of establishing and managing senior executive relationships with international suppliers.
-
Strategy & Resource Allocation: Experience defining long-term supply chain strategies and managing team workload, project allocations, and supply initiatives.
-
Process Knowledge: Strong understanding of value-added manufacturing processes, cost engineering (should-cost modeling), and manufacturing operations.
-
Negotiation & Governance: Experience leading commercial agreements, contract and cost negotiations, supplier financial assessments, and driving risk mitigation tactics.
-
Education: Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Materials Science, or similar) or Business/Operations.
Pay & Benefits
At Apple, base pay is one part of our total compensation package and is determined within a range. This provides the opportunity to progress as you grow and develop within a role. The base pay range for this role is between $196,200 and $295,000, and your base pay will depend on your skills, qualifications, experience, and location.
Apple employees also have the opportunity to become an Apple shareholder through participation in Apple's discretionary employee stock programs. Apple employees are eligible for discretionary restricted stock unit awards, and can purchase Apple stock at a discount if voluntarily participating in Apple's Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You'll also receive benefits including: Comprehensive medical and dental coverage, retirement benefits, a range of discounted products and free services, and for formal education related to advancing your career at Apple, reimbursement for certain educational expenses—including tuition. Additionally, this role might be eligible for discretionary bonuses or commission payments as well as relocation. Learn more about Apple Benefits
Note: Apple benefit, compensation and employee stock programs are subject to eligibility requirements and other terms of the applicable plan or program.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Customer Service Management Jobs at Apple
Tailor your resume to Apple's service model
Apple Customer Service Management roles emphasize coaching frontline teams, driving NPS outcomes, and managing omnichannel support operations. Frame your experience around metrics like team performance, customer satisfaction scores, and cross-functional escalation handling rather than generic management responsibilities.
Target AppleCare and retail operations specifically
Apple's Customer Service Management hiring concentrates in AppleCare, Apple Retail, and enterprise support divisions. Search for openings in those business units directly on Apple's careers site, as these teams have the most active sponsorship activity for this role category.
Understand which visa categories Apple files for this role
Apple sponsors H-1B, E-3, H-1B1 visa, TN, and F-1 OPT for Customer Service Management roles, depending on your nationality and status. If you're on OPT, confirm your employer of record structure early, since large companies like Apple often hire through direct payroll, which affects your EAD authorization.
Prepare for Apple's structured interview process early
Apple's hiring process for management roles typically includes behavioral interviews focused on situational leadership, cross-functional collaboration, and how you've handled service failures at scale. Document specific examples from your past roles before your first screen so you're not reconstructing them under pressure.
Clarify sponsorship intent before your final interview round
Apple's recruiting team handles visa coordination through their immigration department, but your recruiter needs to flag your sponsorship requirement early. Raise it after you've cleared the phone screen, not in the first contact, so it's framed within an established conversation about your fit.
Use Migrate Mate to find Apple's open roles efficiently
Apple posts Customer Service Management roles across multiple divisions at different times of year. Use Migrate Mate to filter Apple's open positions by visa sponsorship eligibility so you're only applying to roles where sponsorship is actively available for your specific visa category.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Apple sponsor H-1B visas for Customer Service Managements?
Yes, Apple sponsors H-1B visas for Customer Service Management roles where the position qualifies as a specialty occupation requiring a relevant bachelor's degree or higher. Management roles tied to technical operations, workforce analytics, or enterprise support are most commonly approved. You'll need to confirm the role's specialty occupation eligibility with Apple's internal immigration team during the offer stage.
How do I apply for Customer Service Management jobs at Apple?
Apply directly through Apple's careers portal at jobs.apple.com, filtering by function and location. Roles are posted across AppleCare, Retail, and enterprise support teams. You can also use Migrate Mate to browse Apple's open Customer Service Management positions filtered by visa sponsorship eligibility, which helps you prioritize applications to roles where sponsorship is available for your visa type.
Which visa types does Apple commonly sponsor for Customer Service Management roles?
Apple sponsors H-1B, H-1B1 visa, E-3 visa, TN visa, EB-2, EB-3, and F-1 OPT across its Customer Service Management function. Australian citizens are eligible for the E-3 visa, which has no lottery and is faster to process than the H-1B. Canadian and Mexican nationals may qualify for TN visa status. F-1 students on OPT can work at Apple while an H-1B is filed during a cap-subject period.
What qualifications does Apple expect for Customer Service Management roles?
Apple typically looks for a bachelor's degree in business, communications, operations, or a related field, combined with direct experience managing customer service teams in a high-volume environment. For visa sponsorship purposes, the degree field matters because it must align with the role for specialty occupation classification. Experience managing remote or hybrid teams, handling escalations, and driving operational KPIs strengthens both your candidacy and your visa petition.
How long does the visa sponsorship process take after an Apple offer?
Timeline depends on your visa type. E-3 and TN petitions can be processed in days to weeks. H-1B sponsorship is subject to the annual lottery, which runs in March for an October 1 start date, meaning you may wait up to seven months after the lottery. Apple can request USCIS premium processing for H-1B petitions, which expedites adjudication to around 15 business days once filed.