Materials Program Management
Celestica International LPReq ID: 138394
Remote Position: No
Region: Americas
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Newmarket
General Overview
Functional Area: SCM - Supply Chain Management
Career Stream: SCM - Supply Chain Management
Role: Specialist
Job Title: Materials Program Management
Job Code: SPE-SCM-PROG
Band: Level 08
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect
Summary
Incumbents apply in-depth knowledg
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e 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.
Detailed Description
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.
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies
• 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 ass