[Hiring] Director, Materials @Celestica International LP

Role Description

Our business is quickly ramping and has numerous strategic customers globally and requires direct leadership oversight to ensure initiatives, program launches, supply chain improvement-related actions are identified, implemented, and monitored for continuous improvement/best-in-class performance. The supply chain challenges in addressing optimal factory and customer management require a focused, coordinated, close monitoring and deep customer engagement globally and engaging with cross-functional teams internally along with customers and suppliers.

This is a senior-level position, typically at larger sites (>1500 employees). Provides direct & indirect supervision to all reporting managers & employees at a site performing highly specialized roles in several major functions or departments. May be accountable for projects or programs on a multi-national or global basis. Has overall P&L responsibility for site operations or operational accountability for global business units. Work requires resolving a wide variety of conditions that carry long-term implications. Participates with other senior managers to establish strategic plans & objectives.

Corporate Role - SCM Leadership position engaged with all other Functional Areas, Customer GCBU, and Sites. Accountable for developing and driving Global Corporate SCM strategy across all Celestica Sites and/or customers. Scope of projects may include all areas of SCM, working in coordination with all levels of site or regional SCM areas and breadth of influence. The role is strategic on a global level managing or providing direction to multiple SCM dedicated teams across multiple geographies and/or customers. This role acts as a key contributor to setting strategic direction for key global programs.

• Has overall responsibility for planning, budgeting, implementing & maintaining costs, methods & employees in a functional area or customer grouping.
• Makes final decisions on administrative & operational matters in the area of responsibility to ensure achievement of objectives.
• Directs & controls the activities of a broad functional or operational area through several department managers.
• Assigns objectives, reviews performance & approves employee compensation, coaches for improved performance.
• Regularly interacts with executives &/or major customers and suppliers.
• May represent the organization in public speaking venues &/or community events.

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

• Maintains responsibility for SCM strategy development & implementation based on supplier/customer complexity on a global level.
• Develops new SCM strategies, policies, practices, methods, or programs to establish new strategic direction in support of the SCM objectives.
• Provides leadership & direction on Corporate SCM guidance to site GM, GCBU VP & Functional Executive.
• Implements structure to meet future customer & process requirements.
• Maintains responsibility for all SCM activities across several sites supporting Industrial & Smart Energy manufacturing knowledge.
• Provides leadership and direction to multiple departments on structuring processes, layouts, and resources.
• Maintains external contacts to understand best-of-breed processes to improve costs and logistics offerings.
• Maintains operational involvement in day-to-day issues related to the warehouse, transportation, internal parts flow, security and controls, inventory management, direction on purchasing contracts and non-production activities, applications, and process changes.
• Provides direction on major projects, such as Advanced Planning System tools and enhancements.
• Provides direction to managers on objective setting, measurements, human resource activities, and company procedures.
• Has regular interaction, coaching, and feedback with direct reports.
• Participates in many cross-functional activities such as formal benchmarking studies, interface with external auditors, and driving actions/improvement across the organization.
• Reviews ISO compliance and SCM business controls.
• Identifies and implements cost reduction activities.
• Communicates with customers relating to demand, commitments, non-performing inventory, and future process changes/improvements.
• Will have responsibility for working with other Celestica sites, SCM, business development, corporate finance and global account teams to drive inventory management results globally.
• Leads tactical and long-term initiatives including process improvements, action plans, training and education and implements capital financing initiatives related to improving cash cycle.

Ability to travel up to 50%.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of supply chain management, distribution methods, global transportation services, and inventory management including demand and planning optimization.
• Knowledge specific to Industrial products and manufacturing would be preferred.
• Ability to understand the complete supply chain and resolve issues in any area.
• Experience with multiple sites/multi geographies would be preferred.
• Proven results in supply localization and accommodating supply needs of high mix/low volume business.
• Good understanding of IT concepts and integrated business applications.
• Strong knowledge in all areas of import/export, regulatory and logistics management, particularly controlling freight premiums in high mix/low volume business.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation and problem resolution skills.
• Experience negotiating supply and/or warehousing agreements.
• Collaboration with sales, engineering, Ops, IT in RFQ support and flawless customer launches.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Able to resolve complex issues & problems internally and externally.
• Significant skills required in multi-tasking and time management.
• Ability to effectively lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse group of managers and employees.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Extensive external contacts with consultants, associations and other companies for benchmarking and networking.
• Able to work effectively cross-functionally and with other sites to achieve objectives.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferably in Engineering.
• CPIM designation would be considered an asset.
• 10+ years of relevant supply chain experience.

Company Description

Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud.

Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.