Job description
- Financial modeling, reporting and market analysis, and written and verbal presentations to senior management and executives. - Forecasting weekly sell through, sell in and channel inventory by analyzing performance to date and assessing potential risks and opportunities - Proposing detailed revisions to current quarter forecast on weekly basis and explaining internal and external drivers and financial impact - Quantifying the uplifts associated with promotional offers and sizing the non-promotional baseline demand used for sales negotiations - Building quarterly unit forecast for future quarters and tracking and understanding business performance against it and reasons for performance variances - Understanding the US Channel business and strategy, and how variables such as historical performance, seasonality, promotions, sales initiatives and macro economic environment affect current business trends - Becoming the subject matter authority on understanding the consumer electronics industry staying up to speed with the various competitor launches/promotions and service plan offerings. - Standard reporting and ad-hoc analysis by building and managing scalable excel models (Tableau and Business Objects experienced preferred) - Supporting ongoing development of Apple’s business support systems