Sr. Specialist - Strategic Planning & Buying

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Date: May 29, 2026

09 - Buying/Planning Advisor 1

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.
• Eliminate 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 operation 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.

• Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Educational requirements may vary by geography.

This 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.

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