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The position has direct purchasing responsibility for\nCE supporting diverse customers. This role requires extensive domain knowledge of purchasing, SCM,\nand understanding of its associated supply base.\nWithin the Global Supply Chain Organization, this role is responsible to deliver a differentiated\nclient/customer experience, enable profitable growth, drive transformational change along with people ,\npersonal development within Celestica's Global Supply Chain Team and new / enhancement system\ndeployment and automation. The position maintains involvement in day-to-day issues related to buying\nactivities, internal parts flow, security and controls, inventory management, execution and improvement\nrecommendations for purchasing contracts and non-production activities, applications and process. It\nplays leadership role for the broader Global SCM team, including planning, inventory control and\ncustomer focus team. The position has involvement with GCBU and SCM teams, and supports SCM\nPrime initiatives, interfaces with external auditors, and drives actions/ improvement across the\norganization. The job has regular communication both internally with Director and VP levels as well as\nwith customers related to material supply, commitments, and future procurement process changes\n/improvements.\nDetailed Description\nPerforms tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:\nDIFFERENTIATED CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE\nResponsible for creating long term procurement plans to stay ahead of market trends & customer expectations\nResponsible to collaborate with internal clients and customers to confidently demonstrate Celestica’s supply chain leadership and purchasing strategy\nResponsible for monitoring on-going analytics to spot trends and opportunities to proactively address customer & client supply chain & business needs\nPROFITABLE GROWTH\nResponsible to support the successful launch of all new business within Celestica\nWorks broadly with D2D, Functional SCM & Ops along with GCBU leadership on strategies and methods to support existing & potential new business\nTRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE\nDrives the team to support out-of-the box materials strategies to meet customer needs while managing Celestica’s on-going strategy for profitable growth\nDrives long-term continuous improvement plans to enable faster time to outcome including customer book & bill\nInitiate ideas and support system enhancement and automation as part of continuous improvement and team productivity drive and accelerate level of Purchasing services to client and client needs\nDrives cross-functional GBS & functional teams to yield the best results for customers & shareholders\nPEOPLE & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT\nResponsible for mentoring & developing team on emerging strategies & techniques for material procurement\nResponsible to provide market segment guidance across a broad diverse team to deliver creative long term plans enabling Celestica’s profitable growth\nKnowledge/Skills/Competencies\nExcellent knowledge of the supply chain and manufacturing process supporting all Celestica market segments\nExcellent knowledge of Celestica’s customer’s business, organizations, products and process to enable Celestica to support the supply chain needs of its customers\nExtensive commercial and business expertise to enable successful compliance to customer & supplier contracts\nExcellent communication skills and the ability to negotiate with clients, customer and external suppliers to deliver world class solutions\nAbility to effectively lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse global team of managers and employees.\nStrong cross-Functional project and team leadership skills\nUnderstanding of import/export, regulatory and labor requirements across Asia to enable purchasing team to work seamlessly\nAble to maintain external contacts with consultants, associations and other companies for benchmarking and networking.\nExperience with various purchasing models, such as Lean and MRP based procurement systems\nStrong financial acumen\nPrevious Sourcing and/or commodity management experience would be an asset\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.\nTypical Experience\n15+ years supply chain experience with a proven track record of interacting with diverse manufacturing, SCM and customer focused teams\nProcurement leadership in ODM or EMS environment, with strong supplier relationships in the electronics industry\nTypical Education\nBachelor's degree in related field or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.\nEducational requirements may vary by geography.\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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