Director, Strategic Supply Chain Management 1

Celestica • Fort Worth, TX

20d • Remote

About The Position

The Director, Strategic Supply Chain Management serves as a global supply chain focal point and primary interface for Celestica’s global supply chain organization, processes, and procedures. This role is responsible for inventory, supply chain continuity, and productivity for a defined global segment. It requires substantial customer-management experience and the ability to execute strategic and tactical supply chain initiatives. The Director coordinates multiple global support organizations to enable successful new product introductions, current production deliveries, and understanding of future business needs.

The role owns supply chain strategy for customers in its market and interfaces with customers at the supply chain level, including regular interactions with executives and major customers. It works with customers, sites, internal teams, and suppliers to achieve targets for master production schedules, revenue, and inventory; resolve issues; manage proposals, expedites, premiums, risks, and liabilities; and ensure capacity is installed as needed. The Director also supports excess-and-obsolete claims, shortage management, and customer escalations.

The position provides direct and indirect supervision to supporting managers and employees in specialized roles across major functions or departments. It participates with senior managers in establishing strategic plans and may be responsible for planning, budgeting, costs, methods, and employees within a functional area. Duties are performed in a normal office or remote-office environment, with travel of approximately 25%–50% between customer and Celestica locations. The position is remote, with travel as necessary; candidates near specified U.S. locations or major airports are considered.

Requirements

• At least 12 years of experience in supply chain management, including at least 5 years in a leadership role.
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field such as Business or Engineering, or an equivalent combination of education and experience with 12 or more years of relevant experience.
• Extensive knowledge of an electronics manufacturing services (EMS) manufacturing environment, materials, and processes.
• Understanding of global supply chains in the EMS environment.
• Strong knowledge of import/export, regulatory, and logistics management.
• Excellent analytical, negotiation, and problem-resolution skills.
• Thorough understanding of the considerations involved in a robust TCOO model.
• Ability to work with all levels of an organization.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to resolve complex issues and problems internally and externally.
• Significant multitasking and time-management skills.
• Ability to lead, manage, train, and motivate a diverse group of managers and employees.
• Ability to communicate effectively, verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Ability to maintain external contacts with consultants, associations, and other companies for benchmarking and networking.
• Ability to work effectively across functions and with other sites to achieve objectives.
• Ability to travel approximately 25%–50% between customer and Celestica locations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain responsibility for all customers in a defined global segment.
• Work with customers to define and implement supply chain strategies that provide the lowest total cost of ownership (TCOO).
• Interface with cross-functional teams so negotiations meet business requirements and growth plans.
• Advise on customer supply chain processes, from materials pricing and bill-of-material analysis through delivery execution and flexibility performance.
• Ensure critical, high-dollar, or strategic commodities are correctly quoted by commodity managers and have robust supply chain strategies.
• Lead supply chain analysis for customer bids and quarterly bill-of-material costing exercises for global customers.
• Work cross-functionally to optimize the design-for-supply-chain performance of Celestica products.
• Support Commodity Management teams in contract negotiations.
• Support quarterly business reviews with customers and senior management at key or strategic suppliers.
• Provide input on supplier interactions and the development of commodity strategies.
• Communicate regularly with customers regarding demand, commitments, non-performing inventory, and future process changes or improvements.
• Provide direct and indirect supervision to supporting managers and employees in specialized roles across major functions or departments.
• Participate with senior managers in establishing strategic plans and objectives; make final administrative and operational decisions within the area of responsibility.
• Provide strategic supply chain expertise, support, and solutions to internal SCM stakeholders and customers.
• Interface with customers at the supply chain level and regularly interact with executives and major customers.
• Define supply chain strategies to meet master production schedule, revenue, and inventory targets; collaborate with sites and customers to resolve issues.
• Collaborate with customers on proposals, expedites, and premiums; manage risks and liabilities for Celestica and guide capacity installation as needed.
• Support excess-and-obsolete claims and shortage management, and follow up on customer escalations through resolution.
• Plan, budget, and maintain costs, methods, and employees in a functional area when assigned.

What This Job Offers

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