Global Business Office Director - Industrial

Celestica Inc.; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider in Toronto is seeking a strategic executive to oversee global financial performance and customer relationships. This role involves owning the P&L, developing market strategies, and leading cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor's degree and extensive management experience. Competitive compensation and travel opportunities are included.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years’ experience, with 3 years managing others.
• Proven track record of account management.
• Experience working with senior level executives.

Responsibilities

• Own and direct global financial P&L and balance sheet performance.
• Develop market sub-segment strategies and customer relationships.
• Negotiate customer contracts and present customer proposals.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Relationship management

Business development skills

Strategic planning skills

Negotiation skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Job Overview

• Ownership of the global financial P&L and balance sheet performance; provides global account direction to all stakeholders, including operations, supply chain, and finance to ensure account growth and performance
• Develop market sub-segment strategies, including synthesizing market trends and needs to develop go-to-market strategies, target accounts, and value propositions
• Responsible for providing cross-functional and cross-regional leadership to develop and execute global account strategies for profitable growth
• Develops and directly owns the customer relationship at an executive level; monitoring of customer satisfaction across all business elements
• Develops and negotiates customer contracts
• Directly engages with sales and business development to create and present insight-led customer proposals; develops specific customer value propositions including unsolicited approaches
• Works with the Industrial Sales Leaders and team to identify funnel opportunities and growth strategies
• Supports three year strategy and planning for specific market sub-segment and customers
• Develops and deploys multiple service engagement models
• May directly or indirectly manage global GCBU team members
• Strong communication, interpersonal, relationship management and business development skills
• Commercially savvy, with understanding of P&L and balance sheet drivers at Celestica and for our customers
• Strong strategic planning and execution skills
• Thorough knowledge of operations, including manufacturing processes, supply chain, product life cycles, logistics and product delivery methods
• In-depth knowledge of product pricing, contracts and contract negotiations
• Ability to effectively lead and motivate a diverse group of employees to achieve results
• Ability to effectively manage multiple, detailed and complex projects
• Proven track record of account management
• Value based solution selling, business judgment, negotiation and decision-making skills
• Experience working and communicating with senior level executives
• Exceptional ability to work with others as part of a cross-functional team
• Experience working with vast remote cross-functional teams in large matrixed organizations
• Demonstrated ability to have successfully carried a sales, revenue or operational quota gains

Physical Demands

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment or manufacturing floor
• Likely there will be a significant amount of travel between customer and Celestica locations
• 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
• Above demands are carried out within the local existing Health and Safety guidelines

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree with at least 7 years’ experience. Of those 7 years, at least 3 managing others

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 and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law). Celestica is 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.

COMPANY OVERVIEW: Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development – from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud.

Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.

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.