{"id":3430844,"url":"https://alion.io/job/celestica-director-procurement-operations-ats","title":"Director, Procurement Operations - ATS","company":{"id":58064,"name":"Celestica","domain":"celestica.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/celestica","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"SuccessFactors","truth_index":null},"role":"Operations","role_family":"Operations","seniority":"head","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","remote_scope_basis":"board_field","remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Kulim, Malaysia"],"countries":["MY"],"hiring_countries":["MY"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":24000,"max_usd":53000,"period":"year","method":"global_role_cell_scaled_by_country","sample_n":2174},"experience_years_min":14,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-29T00:25:33Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-28","last_verified_at":"2026-10-30T02:11:23Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":1,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":1},"description":"13 - SCM Director 2\nReq ID: 142053\nRemote Position: No\nHiring Manager: Jeffrey Murphy\nBand: 13\nRegion: Asia\nCountry: Malaysia\nState/Province: Kedah\nCity: Kulim\nGeneral Overview\nFunctional Area: SCM - Supply Chain Management\nCareer Stream: SCM - Supply Chain Management\nRole: Director 2\nJob Title: SCM Director 2\nJob Code: DR2-SCM\nBand: Level 13\nDirect/Indirect Indicator: Indirect\nSummary\nThe Director, Procurement Operations owns and oversees the Global Purchasing activities for all customer accounts and market segments. This is a leadership role responsible for managing and supporting a large team of employees who buy materials for all global sites and commodities within the ATS market segment. This role is responsible for delivering a unique client/customer experience, enabling profitable growth, and driving transformational change within Celestica's Global SCM team. This includes engaging in regular communication both with internal stakeholders and with external customers related to demand, commitments, non-performing inventory and future process changes/improvements. It involves maintaining external contacts to understand best practices for improving costs and logistics offerings, as well as implementing structures to meet future customer needs. The successful candidate will be involved in day-to-day issues related to both direct and indirect procurement. This role has significant cross-functional involvement such as interface with Suppliers and Commodity Management to drive demand/supply alignment, supplier performance, and enablement of supplier flexibility programs. As a Director, the successful candidate will provide direction to managers on objective setting, performance measurements, and company procedures. This includes regular interaction, coaching and feedback with direct reports, as well as their employees in some situations.\nDetailed Description\nPerforms tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:\nResponsible for creating long term procurement plans to stay ahead of market trends & customer expectations\n\nResponsible for collaborating with Commodity management and Planning to drive clear to build outcomes and supplier flexibility programs\n\nResponsible for monitoring on-going analytics to spot trends and opportunities to proactively address customer and client business needs\n\nResponsible for supporting the successful launch of all new business within Celestica\n\nWorks broadly with functional SCM & Operations to drive production status meetings and revenue attainment\n\nDrives the team to support materials strategies per commodity to meet customer needs, while managing Celestica’s ongoing need for profitable growth\n\nDrives long-term continuous improvement plans to enable faster procure to pay outcomes\n\nCollaborate with cross-functional teams to yield the best results for customers and shareholders\n\nResponsible for owning and driving key performance indicators (parts per Buyer, PO placement/confirmation, past due PO management, invoice and receiving referrals, material gating revenue)\n\nResponsible for establishing supplier relationships to execute supplier performance along with demand/supply execution and supplier flexibility programs\n\nLiaison between senior leadership team and senior operations to drive aligned outcomes and objectives\n\nKnowledge/Skills/Competencies\nStrong leadership skills, global manufacturing experience, people skills, SCM expertise, Project Management, Business Savvy\n\nExcellent knowledge of the supply chain and manufacturing processes supporting all Celestica market segments\n\nExcellent knowledge of Celestica’s customer’s business, organizations, products and processes to enable Celestica to support the supply chain needs of its customers\n\nExtensive commercial and business expertise to enable successful compliance to customer & supplier contracts\n\nExcellent communication skills and the ability to negotiate with clients, customer and external suppliers to deliver world class solutions\n\nAbility to effectively lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse global team of directors, managers and employees.\n\nStrong cross-functional project and team leadership skills\n\nUnderstanding of import/export, regulatory and labor requirements across Asia to enable purchasing team to work seamlessly\n\nAble to maintain external contacts with consultants, associations and other companies for benchmarking and networking.\n\nPhysical Demands\nDuties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.\nDuties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.\nRepetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.\nOccasional overnight travel may be required.\nTypical Experience\n14+ years supply chain experience with a proven track record of interacting with diverse manufacturing, SCM and customer focused teams\n\nProcurement leadership in an ODM or EMS environment, with strong supplier relationships in the electronics industry\n\nExperience with various purchasing models, such as Lean and MRP based procurement systems\n\nStrong financial acumen\n\nPrevious Sourcing and/or Commodity Management experience would be an asset\n\nTypical Education\nBachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or a related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience. MBA or Master's degree would be an asset.\n\nEducational requirements may vary by geography.\n\nNotes\nThis job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.\nCelestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).\nAt Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. 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