Analyst, Material Pricing

Celestica Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica Inc. in Toronto, ON is seeking an Analyst, Material Pricing to manage material pricing for regional and global customers. The role focuses on delivering pricing strategies that align with growth and margin objectives.

You will collaborate with finance, engineering and sales, prepare pricing for bids, and support continuous improvement in pricing processes while handling multiple projects.

Qualifications

• Costing/pricing experience in the market segment.
• Strong data manipulation and analysis using MS Office.
• SC M expertise with an understanding of finance and supply chain.
• Good communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to multi-task with accuracy under deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage material pricing for regional/global customers in a market segment.
• Deliver competitive material pricing solutions to support growth and margins.
• Lead multiple projects with 10+ support employees.
• Collaborate with global units to determine pricing strategy.
• Balance proposal cycle-time, solution precision and scope with clients.
• Prepare pricing for bids and manage lifecycle including BOM.
• Provide pricing insights for negotiations.
• Present pricing proposals to stakeholders.
• Analyze take‑down trends and market research for competitiveness.
• Drive continuous margin expansion and process efficiency.
• Support data management and data retrieval.

Skills

Costing & pricing

Data analysis

MS Office

Communication

Negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering

Tools

MS Access

MS Excel

Job description

Location: Toronto, ON, CA

General Overview

Functional Area: Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Career Stream: Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Role: Analyst (ANA)
Job Title: Analyst, Material Pricing
Job Code: ANA-SCM-MPR
Job Level: Level 07
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

The stated range includes Base Salary and target Short-Term Incentive (STI) compensation only. A comprehensive benefits package is offered in addition to this range. The range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including but not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate.

Responsibilities

• Manage material pricing for regional / global customers for a specific market segment.
• Accountable for delivering competitive material pricing solutions to support growth and margins as per company objectives.
• Typically manages multiple projects across 10+ support employees per project.
• Collaborate with global customer unit, customer, program management, business proposal lead, finance and/or sales to determine material pricing strategy. (Awareness)
• Align on trade-offs between proposal cycle-time, solution precision and scope with clients to deliver agreed to pricing strategy. (Awareness)
• Project manage supply chain solution with commodity management, costing teams, engineering teams to deliver desired pricing and margin solutions. (Proficient)
• Prepares material pricing solutions for new business opportunities (bids) and manage ongoing pricing through the lifecycle of the product (re‑pricing) including generation of Bill of Material, cost competitive analysis, margin recommendations. (Proficient)
• Provide insight and recommendations to support external (customers or suppliers) negotiations. (Intermediate)
• Presents proposed solution to key stakeholders. (Awareness)
• Perform take‑down trends analysis and modeling to leverage insight in service requests. (Intermediate)
• Conduct market research and generate product teardowns to enable competitiveness assessments in service request. (Awareness)
• Provide supply chain internal or external consulting / solutioning. (Awareness)
• Develop annual material margin build‑up plan, obtain alignment with key stakeholders and proactively project manage during the year. (Awareness)
• Consolidates, tabulates, analyzes and reports on various commitment and performance metrics as per reporting schedule. (Intermediate)
• Proactively drive continuous improvement in margin expansion, cycle‑time, pricing competitiveness, pricing tactics and process efficiency. (Intermediate)
• Support data management on business by receiving, logging, converting, data sanitizing, storage and retrieval of data. (Intermediate)
• Sees through the closure of EC’s and New Award that need pricing updates based on financial goals. (Intermediate)

Qualifications

• Costing / pricing experience in the market segment including industry pricing, technology and market trends.
• Strong systems skills, including common office platforms such as MS Office and Access. Ability to consolidate, manipulate and analyze large quantities of data.
• SCM expertise with an understanding of finance and supply chain.
• Technically inclined. Able to read BTP drawings and understand different expects of the BTP requirements.
• Good communication, negotiation, presentation, client management and influence skills.
• Demonstrated ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to exceed client / customer expectations.

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

• 1 to 3 years of applicable experience

Typical Education

• Bachelor’s degree in related field (Business or Engineering, I.e. Mechanical engineering for industrial products), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience. Educational requirements may vary.

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.