Build To Print Commodity Engineering Specialist

Celestica; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica is seeking a Procurement Cost Engineering Specialist to manage material costs for aerospace and defense projects. This remote role involves significant interaction with suppliers and various internal teams, requiring strong analytical and negotiation skills. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree and relevant experience, contributing to a dynamic and diverse workplace.

Qualifications

• Three to six years of relevant experience.
• Strong knowledge of purchasing principles and procedures.
• Ability to analyze mechanical drawings and estimate part costs.

Responsibilities

• Leads the coordination and management of material cost activity for BTP parts.
• Prepares material pricing and RFQ packages while negotiating with suppliers.
• Works closely with commodity management and engineering teams.

Skills

Communication

Negotiation

Analytical Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Commerce or Engineering

Job description

Req ID: 127059
Remote Position: Yes
Region: Americas
Country: USA

General Overview

Functional Area: SCM - Supply Chain Management
Career Stream: CMT - Commodity Management
Role: Specialist
Job Title: Procurement Cost Engineering Spec
Job Code: SPE-SCM-CENG
Band: Level 08
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

Leads in the coordination and management of the material cost activity for built to print parts (BTP) for new and existing business in the A&D market segment.

Detailed Description

Incumbents apply in-depth knowledge in a specific area of specialization. Work is performed within established professional standards and practices. Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors and a considerable degree of judgement. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the division’s/department’s operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Builds internal and external relationships, such as relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal service.

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

• Prepares material pricing independently for new business opportunities (bids) including generation of Bill of Material, cost analysis, negotiation with suppliers, collaboration with Commodity Management and presentation to team leaders and managers.

• Prepares RFQ packages for various BTP commodities including sheet metal fabrication, cable assemblies, machining, casting and injection molding and negotiate with suppliers
• Estimating BTP part costs based upon most efficient manufacturing methods
• Identify Supply chain gaps for new commodities discovered during new bid process and work with CM team to fill those gaps
• Works closely with commodity management, management, sourcing teams, engineering teams, and financial cost engineers.
• Participates in kick-off meetings and interacts with global customers units as well as counterparts in other regions.
• Consolidates, tabulates, analyzes and reports on various commitment and performance metrics
• Participate in VAVE activities to reduce cost and mitigate risks in SC
• Work with GCBU on Material Value Propositions (MVP) to reduce cost and enhance security of supply

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Understanding of general aerospace and defense products and industry

• Broad knowledge of the marketplace conditions for the area of specialization including industry pricing, technology and supply/demand trends.
• Knowledge of various manufacturing processes including sheet metal fabrication, machining, casting and injection molding
• Ability to analyze mechanical drawings and estimate part costs
• Ability to answer technical vendor questions during RFQ process
• Working knowledge of Celestica’s global supply chain including strategic policies and objectives.
• Strong knowledge of basic computer applications and the ability to learn and use multiple applications specific to this department including ERP and office systems.
• Knowledge of purchasing principles and procedures.
• Basic understanding of specific customer needs.
• Strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
• Ability to consolidate, manipulate and analyze large quantities of data.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
• Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.

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.
• Frequent overnight travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• Three to six years of relevant experience

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree in related field (Commerce or Engineering), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  Educational requirements may vary by geography.

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.
This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Celestica is an E-Verify employer.

Location: This is a remote position, with travel as necessary. We are open to considering candidates close to any of our US locations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, Oregon or California as well as locations near major airports such as the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Coast.

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.