Celestica is a technology leader dedicated to driving customer success and market advancements. They are seeking a Senior Manager, Strategic Supply Chain to drive the development of customer-focused strategies and manage a team to support the execution of supply chain deployment plans.
Responsibilities
- Provides support to the team on management of materials availability to support build plans throughout the product life cycle for a specific business unit or customer set
- Provides leadership in designing the supplier portion of the materials supply chain to provide optimum flexibility with minimum investment
- Supports the effort to identify and develop suppliers to meet current and future business needs
- Supports efforts to reduce material cost and assess/respond to supply risks
- Supports contracts and agreements for supplier chain related sections
- Supports the development of delivery requirements, material plans and short-range capacity plans to meet production schedules and inventory objectives
- Responsible for customer interface from SCM including relationship management and as focal point for all SCM related issues
- Responsible for tracking and driving inventory results by working with SCM Managers, Directors & GMs and customer VP/GMs
- Participates in business process improvements to help achieve inventory targets and maximize return on investment. Works to ensure Celestica is compliant with customs and regulatory laws
- Supports freight & logistics optimization efforts for ensuring favorable rates and cycle times for Celestica and customers
- Directly manages a group of SCM employees including employee training, performance, measurement, development, motivation and recognition
- Establishes department goals/ measurements and manages resources to achieve these goals
- Drives working capital assumptions in the quote process, and later leads SCM optimization efforts to achieve or exceed quoted turns and plan
- Supports new business quotes and ramp for new products as the key corporate stakeholder for the supply chain
- Primary customer interface focal point for SCM requirements and solutions, deployment of systems and processes ensuring customer satisfaction
- Collaborates with Customers on SCM strategies and requirements
- Drives customer engagement on demand planning, demand management & collaboration while improving the process
- Has the ownership of the SCM portion for the customer QBRs, Escalations and driving KPI improvement initiatives
- Leads market teams to optimize working capital performance
- Ensures contractual claims for SCM related costs are recovered (e.g. E&O, premium, NRE)
- Leads & helps prepare responses on all SCM customer enquiries
- Coordinates supplier localization projects for customers within Celestica
- Provides direction and support to site teams on SIOP, GAP inventory reviews and Strategic inventory proposals to customers
- Drives supply chain improvement initiatives with sites to support customer and Celestica requirements
- Provides coaching and support for various cross functional teams and provides direction on material pricing & costing, supplier performance, site localization strategies, demand/supply support for customers, supply chain flexibility initiatives and overall supply chain continuous improvement
- Provides leadership oversight for all SCM related matters for customer(s)
Skills
- 12+ years of related experience, or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Materials Management, Engineering or related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of global supply chain management, distribution methods, and global transportation services and inventory management
- Broad knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes
- Good understanding of IT concepts and integrated business applications
- Strong knowledge in all areas of import / export, regulatory and logistics management
- Excellent analytical, negotiation and problem resolution skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Significant skills required in multi-tasking and time management
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers
- Strong knowledge of the marketplace conditions for a broad range of strategic commodities in industry pricing, technology, supply/demand and emerging trends
- Strong knowledge of Celestica's global supply chain including strategic policies and objectives and how they fit in
- Excellent understanding of the global business environment and Customers business, organization, products and processes
- Ability to lead complex negotiations effectively
- Ability to interface with many international sites to establish strong working relationships and cooperation
- Ability to effectively lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse group of employees
Company Overview
- Celestica is a manufacturing firm that provides design, hardware platform, and supply chain solutions to a multitude of industries. It was founded in 1994, and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, CAN, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is https://www.celestica.com/.
