06 - Commodity Management AssociateDate:Oct 28, 2024
Detailed Description:
Incumbents are fully qualified to execute job/role accountabilities working independently on most aspects of the job. Work is performed within established professional standards and practices. Tasks are moderately complex in nature where judgment is required to complete recurring assignments independently and to determine the best methods to follow to complete assignments. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the division's/department's operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Works under general supervision. Situations not covered by standard processes, procedures and methods are referred to manager or expert resource. May demonstrate work methods to new employees. Builds internal and external relationships, with emphasis on those that facilitate the achievement of job/role accountabilities, such as relationships with key suppliers, customers and internal service.
Responsibilities:
Maintains regional or global responsibility for a specific commodity or group of commodities for price/value determination and supplier relationship development working independently.
Reviews quotes and negotiates all products and services with suppliers.
Supports the team by submitting price increase requests.
Works with the suppliers by providing material pricing and data analysis to the team.
Coordinates with the supplier their submissions of the FAI files and tracks the files until approved while maintaining the requirements up to date with different suppliers.
Reviews and resolves issues on supplier performance feedback.
Consolidates, tabulates, analyzes and reports on various commitment and performance metrics.
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies:
Working knowledge of the marketplace conditions for the area of specialization including industry pricing, technology and supply/demand trends.
Strong systems skills, including common office platforms such as MS Office and Access.
Knowledge of purchasing practices and procedures.
Basic understanding of specific customer needs.
Good communication, negotiation and presentation 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.
Ability to consolidate, manipulate and analyze large quantities of data.
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.
Typical Experience:
Two to four years relevant 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.
Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).
At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them.
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.
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