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Apple seeks a Strategy and Business Development Executive to join its Worldwide Business Planning team, based in London. This global role focuses on developing and executing sales strategies across routes to market with a primary emphasis on Circularity—Apple's sustainability and circular economy initiatives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyze market trends and practices; develop dashboards and reporting as part of a Circularity center of excellence
- Continuously scan the market for strategic business opportunities related to Circularity
- Collaborate with direct team, Sales organization (worldwide and geo teams across different routes to market), and cross-functional teams (AppleCare, Circular Economy, Product Marketing, Legal) to structure complex business cases and go-to-market strategies
- Define and track key performance metrics, report progress against business goals, and assess effectiveness to drive continuous improvement
- Develop playbooks and provide project leadership for Circularity execution and roll-out
- Respond to commercial requests from customers and partners around Circularity
- Support Business & Events teams on Circularity-related projects, meetings, and events
- Develop executive-level presentations that simplify and visually represent complex issues, data, and innovative solutions
- Engage and present to customers and partners in 1:1 and group settings
- Surface key insights, develop strategic innovative plays based on complex market trends and data, and engage extensively across multiple functions, routes to market, and geographies
Requirements:
- Proven experience in business development, strategy, sales finance, or a related field
- Background in Circularity, Consumer Electronics, Carrier, and/or Consulting
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
- Ability to intake complex issues, deal with ambiguity, develop creative value-add solutions, and tenaciously drive implementation and execution
- Proven record in data analytics, presentation development, and customer-facing engagement
- Team player with ability to work globally across different time zones and build trust and strong relationships
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proficiency in another European language
- Experience working internationally
- Legal/Regulatory experience
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills
