Manager, Supply Chain Purchasing 1

General Overview

Functional Area: Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Career Stream: Purchasing (SCM_PUR)
Role: Manager 1
Job Title: Manager, Supply Chain Purchasing 1
Job Code: MG1-SCM-PUR
Job Level: Level 09
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

Detailed Description

Detailed Description

• Supplier Performance & Recovery: Drives performance improvement at critical suppliers by identifying and resolving complex systemic problems. Implements Supplier Recovery / Improvement standard work to develop suppliers to World Class levels.
• Operational Oversight: Validates POs, measures supplier Line of Balances (LOB) and past dues (PD), and verifies raw material and work in process positions. Identifies tooling gaps and ensures stable demand signals.
• Staff Management: Manages staff to ensure timely and accurate purchase, movement, and control of inventory. Reassigns personnel as necessary to optimize work.
• Continuous Supply: Maintains material supply, including pricing, on-time delivery, and tracking excess and obsolete inventory. Addresses and resolves possible material shortages.
• Strategic Projects: Creates and manages the implementation of strategic projects, including overall tracking and progress reporting to leadership. Completes root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Liaison & Collaboration: Acts as a liaison with customers to ensure forecast commitments are met and works between customer project management and internal departments on new product requirements.

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Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

Knowledge, Skills, & Competencies

• Technical Knowledge: Broad knowledge of electronics manufacturing environment, materials, processes, traffic, and customs rules.
• Systems Expertise: Perform supplier performance analysis using SAP, Rapid Response, and other Celestica databases.
• Problem Solving: Ability to identify and resolve high complexity process/system problems using financial, analytical, and/or statistical models.
• Leadership: Ability to effectively lead, manage, train, and motivate a diverse group of employees.
• Communication: Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with various internal and external customers.

Typical Experience & Education

• Experience: Five to seven years of relevant experience.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management or related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience

Physical Demands

Typical Experience

Typical Education

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.