12 - Scm Director 1

Req ID: 120794
Remote Position: No
Region: Asia
Country: Malaysia
State/Province: Kedah
City: Kulim

**General Overview**:
**Functional Area**: SCM - Supply Chain Management
**Career Stream**: SCM - Supply Chain Management
**Role**: Director 1
**Job Title**: SCM Director 1
**Job Code**: DR1-SCM
**Band**: Level 12
**Direct/Indirect Indicator**: Indirect

**Summary**:
This job is the first Director level. Provides direct and indirect supervision to subordinate managers and employees performing highly specialized roles in a major function or division/department within medium to large sites. This includes long-term planning, objective setting, policy formation, interpretation and management while providing latitude and discretion to subordinates. Accountable for projects or programs on a multi-national or global basis. Work requires investigating and resolving a wide variety of highly unusual conditions that carry long-term implications. Requires developing new strategies, policies, practices, methods, programs or techniques and utilizing them to analyze and interpret difficult problems or situations and/or establishing new strategic direction that is site or multi-site specific. Participates with other senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives. Has overall responsibility for planning, budgeting, implementing and maintaining costs, methods and employees in a functional area. Makes final decisions on administrative and operational matters in area of responsibility to ensure achievement of objectives. Erroneous decisions will have a serious impact on the overall success of functional, division, or company operations. Directs and controls the activities of a broad functional area through several department managers. Assigns objectives, reviews performance and approves employee compensation, coaches for improved performance. Regularly interacts with executives and/or major customers. Interactions normally involve controversial situations, customer negotiations, or influencing and persuading other senior level managers. May represent the organization in public speaking venues and/or community events.

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

- Maintains responsibility for all SCM activities for a small or medium site or a segment of the SCM functions at a large site.
- 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.
- Implements structure to meet future customer and process requirements.
- Provides direction on major projects, such as warehouse software upgrade, Advanced Planning System tool or enhancements.
- Provides direction to managers on objective setting, measurements, human resource activities and company procedures.
- Has regular interaction, coaching and feedback with direct reports and also, their employees in some situations.
- Provides leadership role for broader SCM team including hiring, promotions, and HR practices.
- 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.
- May 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 implement capital financing initiatives related to improving cash cycle.

**Knowledge/Skills/Competencies**:

- Extensive knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes.
- In-depth knowledge and understanding of supply chain management, distribution methods, and global transportation services and inventory management.
- Ability to understand the complete supply chain and resolve issues in any area.
- Strong knowledge in all areas of import / export, regulatory and logistics management.
- Excellent analytical, negotiation and problem resolution skills.
- 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, association and other companies for benchmarking and networking.
- Able to work effectively cross
- functionally and with other