Operations Engineering Advisor

Celestica; Town of Texas (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Celestica is seeking a Senior Commodity Engineer to manage the quality of electronic components, ensuring cost and delivery targets are met. Responsibilities include assessing suppliers, resolving quality issues, and defining process problems. The ideal candidate will have 6-8 years of relevant experience and a bachelor's degree in a related field. A strong understanding of industry standards, excellent negotiation skills, and the ability to communicate effectively with internal and external customers are essential for this role.

Qualifications

• Six to eight years relevant experience.
• In-depth knowledge of electronic component quality control.
• Strong ability to analyze and troubleshoot quality issues.

Responsibilities

• Document and improve implementation of processes.
• Provide technical expertise for material problems.
• Evaluate suppliers for process controls and reliability.

Skills

Negotiation skills

Problem resolution skills

Statistical process control

Supplier management

Technical report preparation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Database management software

Job description

Summary

Senior commodity engineer with extensive experience in managing electronic component quality. Applicant must have experience working directly with suppliers to drive quality improvement activities through defect monitoring/reporting, corrective action processes, and supplier audits. Electronic component technical expertise required to interface with customers and suppliers on deep technical quality issues. Must be able to perform component specification reviews to determine viability of alternate parts/components to drive cost reductions and alleviate shortage situations for Celestica and its customers.

May influence others outside of the team to ensure goals are met and resolve conflicts in an effective manner. Receives guidance primarily on unique, unusual, or controversial problems or questions. May lead a work group or project team consisting of one or more support staff and/or tech/professional staff with some coaching from the supervisor, or may provide advice and guidance in the area of specialty. Seeks out new avenues for building internal and external relationships; maintains contacts with existing relationships.

Responsibilities

• Documents, maintains and improves implementation of processes.
• Provides advanced technical expertise for production or customer-identified material problems.
• Maintains quality of materials to ensure cost and delivery targets are met.
• Visits suppliers to evaluate their process controls and reliability programs.
• Provides quality and reliability performance data to suppliers and internal management team.
• Performs supplier assessments/risk analysis and makes recommendation regarding supplier selection.
• Works with suppliers to improve overall yield of assemblies and quality of materials.
• Defines process problems that lead to throughput or quality issues.
• Determines root cause of problems and implements short- and long-term solutions to stabilize processes.
• Gathers, analyzes, sorts and distributes data to understand and solve quality issues.
• Utilizes quality tools and team problem solving methods to drive root cause analysis of problems and implement improvements.
• Works directly with customers to resolve systemic problems in the process.
• Analyzes feasibility in acquiring and implementing new assembly/test technology and prepares technical reports of findings.
• Performs supplier audits and qualifications working closely with commodity management to determine supplier strategies and development of the preferred supplier list.

Knowledge, Skills, and Competencies

• Engineering Foundation Competencies
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the design process for systems and printed circuit boards, subassemblies, or other related company products.
• In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes and equipment used for systems and printed circuit boards and subassemblies.
• In-depth knowledge of industry and quality standards and SPC methodologies.
• In-depth knowledge of materials and components used in the construction of systems and printed circuit boards and subassemblies.
• In-depth knowledge of product pricing, contracts and contract negotiations.
• Knowledge of design engineering (e.g., analog circuit design, digital circuit design, digital integrated circuit design, etc.) for systems and printed circuit boards.
• Excellent customer contact, supplier contact, negotiation and problem resolution skills.
• Good presentation, database management and computer skills.
• Strong knowledge of statistical process control methods and techniques.
• Ability to evaluate, diagnose and troubleshoot problems.
• Ability to evaluate materials, gather and analyze data and determine root cause of problems.
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously and coordinate multiple, changing deadlines.
• Ability to effectively communicate with a variety of internal and external customers.
• Strong supplier management skills and audit experience
• Experience and knowledge of ISO 9001, TS16949, ISO 13485 compliance standards
• In depth experience of electronic component specification review and recommendation of alternate sources

Physical Demands

• Duties of the position are performed in a manufacturing environment with frequent exposure to noise, dust, chemicals, operating machinery, temperature extremes, hazardous substances, etc.
• 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.

Experience

• Six to eight years relevant experience.

Education

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

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

Celestica's policy on equal employment opportunity prohibits discrimination based on race, color, creed, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, veteran or disability status, or other characteristics protected by law. 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.