Materials Program Management

Req

Region:
Americas

Country: USA

State/Province:
Texas

City:
Plano

Incumbents apply in-depth knowledge in a specific area of specialization. Work is performed within established professional standards and practices. Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors and a considerable degree of judgement. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the divisions/departments operations, schedules, and/or performance goals.

Works under minimum Supervision. Seeks approval from others on matters outside of job/role scope. Receives instruction on specific assignment objectives and possible solutions. Unusual problems are solved jointly with manager. Work is reviewed for application of sound technical judgment. May lead a work group or project team consisting of technical and support staff. Builds internal and external relationships, with emphasis on those that facilitate the achievement of job/role accountabilities, such as relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal service.

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Interfaces with Business Office, Production, Procurement, Planning and customers to compile, develop, validate, and communicate production/shipments plans that support overall business goals.

• Identifies business process enhancements and participates in their design and implementation.

• Participates in Master Planning review and procurement actions from MRP process.

• Coordinates with planning on customer requirements, changes, in order to assess costs and actual feasibility.

• Supports new product introduction.

• In coordination with Business Office, negotiates with customer on behalf of SCM on any materials management related activity such as schedules, costs and Engineering Change implementation.

• Provides customer with technology information, supplier capabilities, and market trends to compliment SCM activities.

• Reviews all terms and conditions agreed to in the Celestica/Customer contract to assess SCM's ability to meet these requirements.

• Partners with Business Office in negotiating Terms and Conditions in relation to SCM activities with customer.

• Identify Celestica's SCM new product process requirements to the customer, and ensure all information is received and SCM processes initiated effectively.

• Coordinates Bill of Material analysis.

• Reviews content, lead time constraints, critical parts supply and component reliability issues.

• Ensures alternate source capability to maintain supply continuity and verify that customer costs can be supported.

• Materials bid management.

• Reviews and submits all customer material bid requests.

• Resolves any issues with customer, internal team.

• Manages customer relationship from Supply Chain perspective.

• Obtains and disseminates customer SCM feedback to team.

• Champions improvements and communicates action plans.

• In-depth understanding of all aspects of the global supply chain, Celestica's strategic policies and objectives, and its

• suppliers and customers.

• Good understanding of specific customers' business, organization, products and processes.

• Fundamentals of financial product cost structures and asset management techniques.

• Extensive ability to utilize computer systems and applications in order to gather require information, and compile information into a customer presentable format.

• Good formal presentation skills.

• Ability to effectively communicate all SCM related activities in an appropriate manner to the customer and internal team.

• Applies analysis and judgement to assess performance against key measures and determine priorities.

• Demonstrated ability to interface cross functionally in order to gather required customer information.

• Develops wide personal network of contacts, internally, and where appropriate externally.

• Adopts a proactive approach to running their part of the business.

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.

• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.

• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.

• Three to six years of relevant experience

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Educational…