Sr. Specialist - Strategic Planning & Buying

Sr. Specialist - Strategic Planning & Buying

Date: May 29, 2026

09 - Buying/Planning Advisor

Req

Hiring Manager:
Jesse Johnson

Band: 09

Region:
Americas

Country: USA

State/Province:
Texas

City:
Richardson

Functional Area: Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Career Stream: Purchasing ()

Role: Advisory

Job Title: Buying/Planning Advisor

Job Code: ADV-SCM-BUYP

Band: Level 09

Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Core Allocation of Time & Responsibilities

65% Core Operations & Root Cause Analysis

35% Strategic Initiatives & SAP Projects

• Develop medium- to long-range collaborative material and capacity forecasts.
• Build and embed enterprise Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) workflows.
• Partner with Commodity Management to align localized purchasing with global corporate contracts.
• Formulate multi-layered risk mitigation plans to secure supply network continuity.

• Act as the key pipeline interface between Supply Chain Planning and the IT department for system enhancements.
• Develop, map, and document refined technical workflows between functional groups.
• Eradicate manual processing steps to unlock systemic SAP usage adoption, automation, and scale.
• Perform methodical data root cause analysis to resolve operational bottlenecks.

• Planning Metrics & Analytics:
  Establish, evaluate, and monitor critical planning data thresholds including Purchase Requisition (PR) Accuracy Rates, First-Time Match Rates, and Requisition Cancellation Rates to ensure exceptional upstream data hygiene.
• Supplier Performance Management:
  Identify and manage supplier compliance criteria according to contracted splits and lead‑time performance criteria. Collaborate directly with supplier operations teams to sustainably compress lead times and eliminate system costs.
• SAP Master Data Architecture:
  Audit and maintain core SAP planning parameters systematically, taking ownership of Vendor Lead Times, Purchasing Info Records (PIR), and Celestica Supplier Portal (CSC).
• Multi‑Tier Visibility:
  Ensure strategic capacity alignment and transparent forecast communications with Tier 2 and Tier 3 suppliers. Meticulously track variations in baseline forecast data and update data matrices to safeguard lines against shortages.
• Engineering Change Integration:
  Partner with local site engineering and operations teams to develop and track cut‑over parameters to new part revisions, actively minimizing obsolete and excess inventory exposure.
• Production Readiness Validation:
  Validate Clear-to-Build (CTB) data accuracy, identifying repeating material gating items and formulating permanent structural resolutions.
• Executive Performance Reviews:
  Conduct formal bi‑annual business reviews with critical strategic suppliers utilizing balanced performance scorecards to optimize logistics, financials, and efficiency metrics.
• Domain Expertise:
  Broad knowledge of advanced electronic manufacturing environments, electronics components, operational materials, and build flows.
• Strategic Agility:
  Fast learner possessing sharp knowledge of global supply chain models, including macro‑level corporate strategies and fulfillment objectives.
• SAP and Rapid Response Expertise:
  Strong knowledge of IT concepts, complex systems infrastructure, and advanced SAP planning modules, configurations, and MRP techniques.
• Professional Capabilities:
  Excellent analytical capabilities, professional negotiation acumen, and structured problem resolution skills.
• Leadership & Communication:
  Strong communication, presentation, interpersonal, and leadership skills; ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal partners and external vendors.

• 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.

• Six to eight years relevant experience.