Incumbents apply in-depth knowledge in a specific area of specialization to work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors and a considerable degree of judgement. Work is performed within established professional standards and practices. 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.
Requirements
- 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.
Benefits