08 - Specialist, Material Costing and Awards

Celestica; Toronto; Presencial; CAD 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Celestica in Toronto is seeking a Specialist, Material Costing and Awards within SCM to streamline cost solutions for bids and awards.

You will manage supplier RFQs, negotiate pricing, maintain cost databases and support continuous improvement across commodity groups.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Commerce or Engineering (or equivalent) with 3–6 years in purchasing/commodity.
• Supply Chain Management designation would be an asset.
• Experience in pricing, supplier negotiations and cost modeling.

Responsabilidades

• Manages supplier RFQ process for commodity groups across projects to meet costing due dates.
• Lead component level supplier negotiations to establish competitive cost solutions.
• Drive supplier performance improvements via scorecard metrics.
• Develop and execute commodity strategies including benchmarking and supplier selection.
• Provide competitive cost estimates for complex parts (Bid only).
• Update pricing databases and analyze components for competitiveness and compliance.

Conocimientos

Analytical thinking

Negotiation

Problem solving

Communication skills

Multi-tasking

Project management

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Supply chain knowledge

Cost/price benchmarking

Educación

Bachelor's degree in related field

SCM designation asset

Herramientas

MS Office

Access

Descripción del empleo

Req ID: 141526

Remote Position: No

Region: Americas

Country: Canada

State/Province: Ontario

City: Toronto

General Overview

Functional Area: Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Career Stream: Supply Chain Management (SCM)

Role: Specialist (SPE)

Job Title: Specialist, Material Costing and Awards

Job Code: SPC-SCM-MCA

Summary

The Specialist, Material Costing and Awards receive, process, negotiate & submit material cost solutions for new business opportunities (bids & awards) & manage appropriate validation of customer re-pricing.

Detailed Description

• Manages supplier RFQ process for specific Commodity group(s) across multiple projects to ensure all costing due dates are achieved.
• Lead component level supplier negotiations to establish competitive cost solutions.
• Drive supplier growth scorecard performance improvement.
• Commodity expertise – in depth knowledge of key commodity price drivers & sensitivities, performs general pricing & supply market trend analytics.
• Supplier expertise - understands key suppliers and develops effective supplier relationships
• Develop & execute commodity strategy including competitive benchmarking, delivering a commodity strategy enabling the overall program strategy, supplier analysis, development & selection.
• Able to identify and justify alternate component solutions.
• Able to provide competitive cost estimate for complex parts (Bid only)
• Provides insight and recommendations to support proposed solutions to key stakeholders.
• Updates material prices database, analyzes components for competitiveness and customer compliance, review with management.
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives
• Updates material prices database, analyzes components for competitiveness and customer compliance, review with management
• Drives continuous improvement initiatives

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Excellent analytical, negotiation and problem resolution skills to enable ongoing incremental results
• Ability to proactively resolve issues & problems internally and externally
• Relentless focus on continuous improvement
• Delivers flawless execution with an effective management system
• Significant skills required in multi-tasking and time management
• Ability to effectively project manage, influence and motivate a diverse group of team members, potentially based in multiple countries
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers
• Excellent negotiation skills.
• Able to work assertively cross-functionally and with other sites to achieve objectives
• Supply Chain experience - Commercial aptitude & awareness at component, commodity level or industry level.
• Able to compare products and identify feature and technical differences.
• Read and can understand technical drawings
• Supplier Knowledge - Preferred Supplier Listings / Associated alternatives / Component Part Numbering / Franchised Distribution
• Strong technical experience with associated commodity
• Strong systems skills, including common office platforms such as MS Office and Access.
• Ability to consolidate, manipulate and analyze large quantities of data.

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
• Overnight Travel : Occasional > 5% of the time

Typical Experience

• 3 – 6 years experience (aligned to position seniority) in purchasing, commodity or engineering environment

Typical Education

• Bachelor’s degree in related field (Commerce or Engineering), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Supply Chain Management designation would be an asset
• Business or Engineering related degree, 3 – 6 years experience (aligned to position seniority) in purchasing, commodity or engineering environment

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.

Celestica is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.

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.

We use artificial intelligence tools to assist in screening and assessing applications for this role.

All hiring decisions involve human review.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

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.

Company Overview

Celestica, Inc. (NYSE: CLS; TSX: CLS) is a technology leader dedicated to driving customer success and market advancements. With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets. With a talented team and a strategic global network, Celestica helps its customers achieve competitive advantages.

Today, Celestica delivers innovative supply chain solutions globally to customers in strategic two operating and reporting segments: Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) and Connectivity and Cloud Solutions (CC).

ATS: This segment serves customers in complex, regulated and high-reliability markets such as Industrial & Smart Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, and HealthTech. It is engineering led, with deep expertise in design, manufacturing and lifecycle solutions.

CCS: This segment focuses on high-performance technology solutions and services for the data center, serving hyperscalers, digital native customers and enterprises. Celestica's Platform Solutions offering provides innovative and customizable computing, storage and networking solutions enabling AI-driven growth.