Specialist, Material Pricing

Summary

Celestica's Global Supply Chain operates with our customers and suppliers by acting as seamless extensions of their operations. We offer customized, flexible and integrated supply chain solutions, supported by a global technology platform and a dedicated, market-focused team. We are currently seeking a Material Pricing Specialist based out of our Corporate Office.

Detailed Description

Responsibilities: 

• Understand Celestica and Customer requirements and lead projects to ensure to meet Celestica / Customer goals
• Collaborate and project manage Strategic Sourcing/Commodity Management, Purchasing, Material Costing Teams, Engineering teams, and Financial / Customer Focus Team
• Manages customer pricing proposals and maintains historical Database of quotes
• Supports precise price estimating using historical data, as well as ability to estimate pricing of components
• Coordinates and manages the material cost activity for select customers and/or sites
• Prepares material pricing independently for new business opportunities (bids) including generation of Bill of Material, cost analysis, negotiation with suppliers, collaboration with Commodity Management and presentation to team leaders and managers.
• Updates material prices database and analyzes Bill of Material for competitiveness.
• Ability to negotiate with suppliers on RFI tenders.
• Participates in kick-off meetings and interacts with global customer’s units as well as counterparts in other regions.
• Audits and analyzes quarterly cost variances. Consolidates, tabulates, analyzes and reports on various commitment and performance metricsSupport data management on opportunities where appropriate

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Working knowledge of the marketplace conditions for the Automotive and Industrial space including industry pricing, technology and supply/demand trends.
• Strong mechanical and electrical component knowledge and ability to read engineering drawings and electrical specifications.
• Understanding of the Bill of Material (BOM) structure and hierarchy, and ability to analyze the BOM structure to the supporting engineering data.
• Knowledge of computer applications (Excel, MS Office) and the ability to learn and use multiple applications specific to this department including ERP (SAP) and office systems.
• Knowledge of pricing practices and procedures.
• Has good command in understanding of specific customer needs as it relates to the Industrial space.
• Strong communication, organization, negotiation and presentation skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Ability to consolidate, manipulate and analyze large quantities of data.
• Initiate continuous improvement activities and drive for streamline approach to completing repetitive activities
• Presentation of insights and solutions to opportunity stakeholders.
• Leadership in the sense of mentorship and teaching.

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required.
• Travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• 3 to 5 years relevant experience.

Typical Education

• Bachelor’s degree in related field (Business or Engineering), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience

Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.