Solutions Architect, Services & Operations (Remote)

Celestica

Atlanta (GA)

Remote

USD 107,000 - 147,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Celestica is seeking a Solutions Architect, Services Operations to develop integrated service offerings across Fulfillment, Supply Chain, After‑Market Services, and Product Launch. You will coordinate expert teams, engage with major customers, and support solutions from proposal through launch to optimize operations and margins.

The role emphasizes consultative needs analysis, technical excellence, and collaboration with sales, finance, and operations.

Qualifications

Project and Opportunity management experience.
Strong leadership, professionalism, reliability, creativity, detail oriented and follow-through with a can-do attitude.
Consultative skills (ability to understand true customer needs).
Distinctive solution development and systems definition skills.
Expert spreadsheet and presentation skills, with the ability to make models auditable and explain assumptions clearly.
Outstanding communication skills.
Demonstrated team-leadership capabilities, including leadership without direct authority.
Ability to generate leads within targeted customers.
Demonstrated success with unsolicited proposals or customer expansion concepts.
Understand and achieve Financial Plan objectives.
Demonstrated capability to build relationships and participate effectively on cross-functional teams.
Ability to translate incomplete or ambiguous requirements into executable operating models.
Ability to manage multiple time-sensitive opportunities and maintain action ownership through completion.
Substantial knowledge of business (Fulfillment and Supply Chain, After-Market Services or Product Launch) and demonstrated ability to leverage organization

Responsibilities

Leads solution development for assigned Services Business Unit opportunities.
Acts as subject matter expert on solutions for integrated solutions being addressed by Services/Celestica.
Works with other team members to scope the project and create high level work-plans, milestones, decision points, and approval paths.
Works with customers to understand specific and unstated needs in a consultative manner.
Identifies pain points, service gaps, dependencies, risks, and requirements not addressed by solution, and communicates to the team.
Develops complete solutions to customer problems, including service scope, operating model, process flow, capacity, staffing, space, logistics, equipment, technology, quality, and launch approach.
Pulls in subject matter experts and site resources as needed to develop solutions.
Works with business process analysts to ensure processes are developed to integrate solutions to customers.
Works with financial analysts to ensure understanding of financial implications of solutions for Celestica and the customer.
Works with Account Teams/Engagement Leaders to develop compelling communication solutions.
Assists with the negotiation team to understand the implications of alternatives.
Works with salespeople to validate and qualify opportunities.
Prepares approval-ready recommendations for internal leadership and customer review.
Leads proposal-to-NPI or proposal-to-implementation handoffs, including scope boundaries, operating assumptions, acceptance criteria, risks, dependencies, and readiness actions.
Supports launch reviews, early-life stabilization, lessons learned, and post-launch improvement activities.
Identifies opportunities for standardization, automation, data-quality improvement, and margin expansion.
Documents reusable solution patterns, templates, models, and standards.
Develops unsolicited proposals to targeted customers.