Commodity Management Advisor

Req ID:

Region: Asia 

Country: Malaysia 

State/Province: Bayan Lepas 

City:  Penang 

Detailed Description:    

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

• Maintains global and/or regional responsibility for a complex group of commodities specific to the Semiconductor Industry, for price/value determination, product and/or service negotiations, terms and conditions, supplier relationship development, and performance
• Develops and executes a procurement strategy for commodity or services including competitive benchmarking, technology direction, supplier analysis, development, selection, and pricing strategy. Responsible for all product or service sourcing. 
• Participates in the Commodity Council Corporate negotiation teams or individually. Participates in the Customer Materials Commitment process through collection of materials pricing and Customer BOM analysis. 
• Acts as primary contact for site or customer support. 
• Quotes and negotiates quarterly all products or major services either regionally or globally. 
• Conducts customer bids within the response time objectives. 
• Responsible for supplier performance reviews including performance reviews, business development, and supplier awards programs. 
• Has frequent interaction and negotiation with senior executives of industry-leading multi-national companies. 
• Provides support to their internal customers to resolve quality, serviceability, and performance-related issues. Identifies the supply vs. demand for all allocated products and communicates the proportioning of these items by geography and customer. 
• Consolidates and escalates all critical shortages and resolves issues. 
• Provides product cost support for products in assigned geographies. 
• Prepares bids including generation of BOM, cost analysis, negotiate with suppliers, and present bids to management. 
• Updates material prices database, analyze bill of materials for competitiveness and customer compliance, review with management. 
• Provides guidance to less experienced Commodity Management staff. 
• Provides guidance to counterparts at the sites to ensure process compliance.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in related field (Commerce or Engineering), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Three to six years of commodity management experience
• Broad knowledge of the marketplace conditions for the area of specialization including industry pricing, technology, and supply/demand trends.
• Experienced in negotiating contracts, stocking programs, LT reductions activities, supplier development will be useful  
• Strong knowledge of basic computer applications and the ability to learn and use multiple applications specific to this department including ERP and office systems.
• Problem resolution, conflict management
• Effective communication, both verbally and in writing
• High level of integrity
• Challenges status quo, adopts rational, fact-based problem resolution methodology, and implements continuous improvements
• Ability to work independently with a strong sense of responsibility and urgency
• Strong desire to learn; eager to take on dynamic challenges
• Positive attitude

Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).

At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.

COMPANY OVERVIEW:

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.

Celestica would like to thank all applicants, however, only qualified applicants will be contacted.

Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.