07 - Analyst, Material Pricing

Celestica; Bayan Lepas; On-site; MYR 56,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica is seeking an Analyst, Material Pricing in Penang, Malaysia to manage pricing for regional/global customers. The role involves cost analysis, market research, and forming pricing strategies with cross-functional teams to support growth and margins.

You will handle bids, re-pricing, and provide negotiation insights to stakeholders. The ideal candidate has a Bachelor’s in Business or Engineering and 1–3 years of relevant experience, with strong MS Office/Access capability and clear

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering or equivalent.
• 1–3 years of applicable experience.
• Strong systems skills and ability to manipulate large data sets.

Responsibilities

• Manage material pricing for regional/global customers in a specific market segment.
• Deliver competitive material pricing solutions to support growth and margins.
• Typically manage multiple projects across 10+ support employees per project.
• Collaborate with global teams to determine material pricing strategy and negotiate with stakeholders.
• Prepare pricing solutions for new opportunities and manage pricing lifecycle.

Skills

Pricing analysis

Negotiation

Market research

Cost modeling

Data analysis

SCM knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Engineering

Tools

MS Office

Access

Job description

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

Summary

The Analyst, Material Pricing manages material pricing for regional/global customers within a specific market segment, ensuring competitive pricing solutions to support growth and margins. This role involves managing multiple projects and support employees, collaborating with various teams to determine pricing strategies, and preparing pricing solutions for new business opportunities and ongoing product lifecycles. Responsibilities include conducting cost analysis, providing negotiation insights, presenting solutions to stakeholders, performing trend analysis and modeling, conducting market research, and driving continuous improvement in margin expansion and pricing competitiveness. The role requires strong systems skills, SCM expertise, technical inclination, and excellent communication, negotiation, and presentation skills, along with the ability to manage multiple tasks under tight deadlines. A Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering and 1 to 3 years of applicable experience are typically required.

Detailed Description

• 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)
  
• 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 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, 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.

Built on a legacy of trust and performance, Celestica has earned its reputation by delivering results in complex and fast-changing markets. Celestica exceeds customer expectations by identifying trends and staying ahead of the curve. Backed by comprehensive capabilities and a global network across North America, Europe and Asia, Celestica helps customers gain competitive advantage with the quality, flexibility and resiliency they need to respond quickly to shifts in demand. Guided by a bold vision to accelerate market advancements, Celestica delivers innovative solutions and technologies that turn complexity into opportunity. Anchored in teamwork and commitment, Celestica strives to be the most trusted partner to its customers and colleagues worldwide.

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.

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Headquartered in Toronto, Celestica Inc. is a global leader in high-reliability design, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. We enable major brands to launch complex products in markets like Aerospace, Defense, HealthTech, and Industrial, driving a smarter, sustainable future.

In 2023, Celestica expanded its footprint with a new Design Centre in Penang, Malaysia. This strategic hub collaborates with our global engineering teams to develop cutting-edge Hardware Platform Solutions. The Penang team focuses on next-gen Networking, Storage, and Server technologies to power Cloud, AI, Machine Learning, Edge, and 5G deployments worldwide.

Headquartered in Toronto, Celestica Inc. is a global leader in high-reliability design, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. We enable major brands to launch complex products in markets like Aerospace, Defense, HealthTech, and Industrial, driving a smarter, sustainable future.

In 2023, Celestica expanded its footprint with a new Design Centre in Penang, Malaysia. This strategic hub collaborates with our global engineering teams to develop cutting-edge Hardware Platform Solutions. The Penang team focuses on next-gen Networking, Storage, and Server technologies to power Cloud, AI, Machine Learning, Edge, and 5G deployments worldwide.