Program Management & Operations Integration Director

Summary

Integral part of due diligence process with M&A including participating in the decision of whether or not to proceed with the investment. Develop the integration plan for new acquisitions to ensure the realization of the committed value generation. Project manage the overall integration activity plan to meet the business model financial and strategic objectives as established during the investment review and commitment. Work with the management team of the acquired entity to establish the successful business operation as well as aligning processes, culture and expectations consistent with Celestica's values and objectives.

First Director level job. Provides direct and indirect supervision to all subordinate managers and employees at a site performing highly specialized roles in several major functions or departments. 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 regional or line-of-business basis. Has overall responsibility to deliver ROIC benefits expected from the deal or project. Work requires investigating and resolving a wide variety of highly unusual conditions that carry long-term implications. Requires developing project specific 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. Make final decisions on administrative and operational matters in area of responsibility to ensure achievement of objectives. Erroneous decisions will have a serious impact on regional or line-of-business company results. Directs and controls the activities of projects through several department managers or their delegates. 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:

• Implements a set of proven, well-established functional processes while providing direction to the management of the acquired entity to bring about the value expected from the deal or project.
• Participates in due diligence and assessments for potential acquisitions.
• Participates in site visits to assess the general capabilities, value of the operation and the leadership team capabilities.
• Leads work with functional teams to develop thorough integration plans that address the gap between the existing operation and the desired state including the development of a roadmap and the establishment of the team necessary to implement the roadmap.
• Drives the leadership mentoring to the management team of the acquired entity.
• This includes: extensive relationship building; conduit of information and direction on policies and practices; giving direction to the staff on business assumptions relating to the business plan (staffing, capital resources, organizational structure, margin expectations, etc); real time and extensive dialogue to assist the new team's smooth transition to Celestica; point of contact for the new team; offering business and personal support and encouragement to the new management team throughout the acquisition process; and, recommend which members of the management team need further development through training, mentoring, assignments, etc.
• Ensures contractual obligations established during the deal agreements phase are disseminated through site management and provide direction to achieve the established targets.
• This involves selling the validity of these obligations and eventually transitioning the responsibility to the local and regional management.
• Responsible for regular reporting of integration highlights and key initiatives to senior corporate executives and site management as part of the MOR process.
• Develop communication plan with management of new entity that covers all employees, as well as potential occasional involvement in communicating with local government, press and industry organizations.
• Drives project management and decision-making for the integration project.
• Ensures that timetables and priorities for integration are in place and tracking.
• Manages the overall integration budget to ensure spending does not exceed plan.
• Removes roadblocks and any integration issues.
• Defines indicators of success for the project defines end of job criteria and conducts post-integration reviews to ensure the project was successfully integrated.
• Responsible for making significant decisions in an environment of ambiguity where key information is lacking.
• Responsible for creating and defining the value drivers for the acquisition, then identifying gaps between existing and desired operational state to achieve desired value.
• This includes managing the complex political nature of the environment diplomatically.
• Responsible for driving the conditions within the acquired entity to complete the integration.
• Completion means all decision making and results ownership is assumed by local and/or regional management.
• The Site GM, the regional SVP and the VP Integration all agree that the integration activity is completed as part of the hand-off process.
• Areas for assessment include: financials; customers; strategy; capability; operational performance; communications; people / values

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Strong general management background
• 5-8 years of operational management experience in contract manufacturing environment
• Self starter
• Executive leadership skills in building teams, managing change, and communications
• Ability to build consensus and motivate a performance based team
• Ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Ability to develop a strong, positive relationship with people at all levels in the organization
• Proven ability to manage projects and meet the required results
• Ability to establish business goals and coordinate a wide variety of resources to meet quality and quantity metrics.
• Proven negotiation skills in pulling together divergent viewpoints into common goals
• Excellent business, analytical, negotiation and problem resolution skills.

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.
• Frequent overnight travel may be required

Salary

The salary range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including by not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate. Salary Range: $143,000 to $190,000 Annually

Celestica provides eligible employees (those who are scheduled to work 30 hours or more per week) with a range of benefits including medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, short and long term disability, life insurance, voluntary benefits and a 401k plan with company match.

Typical Experience

• Twelve plus years of relevent experience

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering required. MBA with a General Management curriculum would be preferred
• Educational Requirements may vary by Geography

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.