Quality Assurance Analyst jobs in United States

Date: Mar 12, 2025

Location: Toronto, ON, CA

Provides direct and indirect supervision to subordinate team leaders and professional employees performing diverse roles. This includes establishing three to five year plans/objectives, and developing policies for the function/unit. Accountable for department results and for activities or projects involving multi-functional teams. Work requires application of in-depth knowledge of professional standards and precedents in area of specialty. Receives assignments in the form of objectives and sets goals to achieve objectives. Establishes and recommends changes to policies. Develops or assists in the development of department budgets and goals. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve goals results in additional costs and personnel, and serious delays in overall schedules. Provides direct supervision to others, or indirect through subordinate supervisors, and coordinates the activities of a section or department with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods, and employees. Makes hiring and firing decisions. Reviews employees’ performance and recommends employee compensation; coaches for improved performance and disciplines as necessary. Provides final approval for subordinate managers’/supervisors’ salary and performance recommendations. Builds cross-functional relationships where persuasive skills, negotiation skills, and considerable tact are required to gain support. Interacts directly with subordinates and peer groups; interfaces with senior managers on issues related to the area of expertise. Maintains positive relationships with key customers, suppliers, etc., who have a significant impact on the success of the organization.

• Facilitate and mentor improvement and/or transformation efforts. Provide subject matter expertise on an as needed basis. Coordinate training for CI for Employees, CI for Leadership, Lean Green Belt and Six Sigma Green Belt certifications, Value Stream Mapping.
• Participation in CI community, internally and externally.
• Sets and implements strategic direction in SCM by design, development, implementation and maintenance of SCM applications, processes and training across a site(s) to support business and customer requirements.
• Leads establishment of IT infrastructure to support Celestica’s / Customer’s supply chain.
• Ensures robust and cost effective IT infrastructure for SCM operations.
• Manages, leads, and develops a group of SCM employees.
• Establishes performance metrics and drives continuous improvement of SCM processes.
• Develops and manages budgets for SCM applications including hardware, software, and maintenance in cooperation with local IT and SCM leadership.
• Participates in setting strategic direction and provide support to region for SCM applications through participation in global SCM council. Works with other regions to ensure consistent SCM applications direction.
• Lean, Six Sigma and other continuous improvement methodologies and measurement systems.
• Broad understanding of global business environment and customers’ business.
• Extensive knowledge of supply chain and manufacturing processes and integrated ERP applications.
• Working knowledge of e-Business processes, applications and system integration.
• Strong cross-functional project and team leadership skills.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
• Ability to resolve very complex process and systems issues across sites and with the Customer.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
• Ability to effectively lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse group of employees.

• 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.

• Seven to ten years relevant experience.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, IT or Materials or related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience. Educational requirements may vary by geography.

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). 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.

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.