Director, Planning & Demand Management

Celestica Inc.; New Hampshire; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology solutions provider is seeking a Director of Planning & Demand Management. This role involves overseeing SCM activities, providing leadership to multiple departments, and implementing strategies for process improvements. The ideal candidate will have over 12 years of experience in supply chain management and a Bachelor's degree in a related field. This remote position may require travel to various US locations.

Qualifications

• 12+ years of relevant experience in supply chain management.
• Ability to lead, manage, and motivate a diverse group of managers and employees.
• Excellent understanding of IT concepts and integrated business applications.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for site SCM activities and multi-customer activities.
• Provide leadership on structuring processes and resources.
• Implement structures to meet future customer requirements.

Skills

Leadership and direction

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Negotiation skills

Problem resolution

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field (Business or Engineering)

Job description

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Director, Planning & Demand Management

Date: Sep 10, 2025

Location: Toronto, NH, US

Functional Area: SCM - Supply Chain Management
Career Stream: SCM - Supply Chain Management
Role: Director 2
Job Title: SCM Director 2
Job Code: DR2-SCM
Band: Level 13
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Summary

Detailed Description

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

• Maintains responsibility for a large site SCM activities or multi-customer activities but may have involvement in other site process and application implementations.
• Provides leadership and direction to multiple departments on structuring processes, layouts, and resources.
• Maintains external contacts to understand best of breed processes to improve costs and logistics offerings.
• Implements structure to meet future customer and process requirements.
• Maintains involvement in day-to-day issues related to the warehouse, transportation, internal parts flow, security and controls, inventory management, direction on purchasing contracts and non-production activities, applications and process changes.
• Provides direction on major projects, such as warehouse software upgrade, Advanced Planning System tool or enhancements.
• Provides direction to managers on objective setting, measurements, uman resource activities and company procedures.
• Regular interaction, coaching and feedback with direct reports and also, their employees in some situations.
• Plays leadership role for the broader SCM team including hiring, promotions, and HR practices.
• Has involvement in many cross-functional activities such as formal benchmarking studies; interface with external auditors, and driving actions/ improvement across the organization.
• Reviews ISO compliance and SCM business controls. Identify and implement cost reduction activities.
• Has regular communication with the customers related to, demand, commitments, non-performing inventory and future process changes /improvements.
• Extensive knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes.
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of supply chain management, distribution methods, and global transportation services and inventory management.
• Ability to understand the complete supply chain and resolve issues in any area.
• Good understanding of IT concepts and integrated business applications.
• Strong knowledge in all areas of import / export, regulatory and logistics management
• Excellent analytical, negotiation and problem resolution skills
• Strong communication and presentation skills
• Able to resolve complex issues & problems internally and externally
• Significant skills required in multi-tasking and time management
• Ability to effectively lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse group of managers and employees.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Ability to maintain external contacts with consultants, association and other companies for benchmarking and networking.
• Able to work effectively cross- functionally and with other sites to achieve objectives.

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.
• Occasional overnight travel may be required.

Typical Experience

• Twelve plus years of relevent experience

Typical Education

• Bachelor's degree in related field (Business 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.