Buyer

Celestica • Tucson, AZ

47d • $60,000 - $90,000

About The Position

As a Buyer at Celestica, you will be a key player in our supply chain processes, ensuring that the materials and components required for high-tech electronics manufacturing within the Aerospace industry are available, cost-effective, and meet our quality standards.

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes.
• Knowledge of procurement processes, inventory management and supplier management.
• Proficiency in ERP systems (such as SAP or Oracle ) and advanced Excel skills (VLOOKUPs, Pivot Tables).
• Good negotiation and problem resolution skills.
• 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.
• Strong knowledge of SCM policies, and procedures and ISO standards.

Responsibilities

• Direct Supplier Expediting: Acts as the primary driver for on-time delivery by proactively expediting orders, managing ship dates, and resolving "past due" lines to prevent production line-down situations.
• Procurement Execution: Procures goods and services to support business operations, initiating purchases driven by the MRP (Material Requirements Planning) process.
• Order Optimization: Assesses when to execute orders and determines optimal order quantities based on lead times, safety stock, and demand volatility.
• Quoting & Sourcing: Facilitates the quoting process and identifies new sources of supply to improve lead times and reduce total cost of ownership.
• Contract Management: Reviews requisitions, contacts vendors, examines bids, and initiates formal contracts.
• Shortage Mitigation: Addresses and resolves critical supply chain shortages and allocations by identifying alternate sources or escalating with current vendors.
• Discrepancy Management: Resolves issues involving discrepant material (Quality/RMA) and ensures replacement parts are expedited immediately.
• Root Cause Analysis: Analyzes variances and delivery failures to determine root causes and implements corrective actions to prevent recurrence.
• Audit & ISO Compliance: Coordinates internal self-audits and ISO reviews; develops audit procedures to ensure total compliance with corporate policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level