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About the Role

The Specialist, Material Costing and Awards receives, processes, negotiates, and submits material cost solutions for new business opportunities (bids & awards) and manages the validation of customer re-pricing.

Responsibilities

Manages supplier RFQ process for specific Commodity group(s) across multiple projects to ensure all costing due dates are achieved.
Leads component level supplier negotiations to establish competitive cost solutions.
Drives supplier growth scorecard performance improvement.
Develops and executes commodity strategy including competitive benchmarking, delivering a commodity strategy enabling the overall program strategy, supplier analysis, development, and selection.
Identifies and justifies alternate component solutions.
Provides competitive cost estimates for complex parts (Bid only).
Provides insight and recommendations to support proposed solutions to key stakeholders.
Updates material prices database, analyzes components for competitiveness and customer compliance, and reviews with management.
Drives continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Excellent analytical, negotiation, and problem resolution skills.
Ability to proactively resolve issues and problems internally and externally.
Relentless focus on continuous improvement.
Ability to deliver flawless execution with an effective management system.
Significant skills in multi-tasking and time management.
Ability to effectively project manage, influence, and motivate a diverse group of team members.
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
Excellent negotiation skills.
Ability to work assertively cross-functionally and with other sites to achieve objectives.
Commercial aptitude and awareness at component, commodity, or industry level.
Ability to compare products and identify feature and technical differences.
Ability to read and understand technical drawings.
Strong technical experience with associated commodity.
Strong systems skills, including common office platforms such as MS Office and Access.
Ability to consolidate, manipulate, and analyze large quantities of data.
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.

Skills

Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Material Costing
Negotiation
RFQ process management
Commodity expertise
Supplier relationship management
Commodity strategy development
Competitive benchmarking
Cost estimation
Data analysis
Continuous improvement
MS Office
MS Access

Location

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work Type

Onsite

Experience Level

3-6 years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree in Commerce or Engineering
Supply Chain Management designation (asset)

About the Company

Celestica, Inc. is a technology leader dedicated to driving customer success and market advancements.
With deep expertise in design, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, and platform solutions, Celestica enables critical data center infrastructure for AI, cloud, and hybrid cloud and advances technologies in high-growth markets.
With a talented team and a strategic global network, Celestica helps its customers achieve competitive advantages.
Celestica delivers innovative supply chain solutions globally to customers in two operating and reporting segments: Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS) and Connectivity and Cloud Solutions (CCS).
ATS serves customers in complex, regulated and high-reliability markets such as Industrial & Smart Energy, Aerospace & Defense, Semiconductor Capital Equipment, and HealthTech.
CCS focuses on high-performance technology solutions and services for the data center, serving hyperscalers, digital native customers and enterprises.
Celestica's Platform Solutions offering provides innovative and customizable computing, storage and networking solutions enabling AI-driven growth.
Built on a legacy of trust and performance, Celestica has earned its reputation by delivering results in complex and fast-changing markets.
Celestica exceeds customer expectations by identifying trends and staying ahead of the curve.
Backed by comprehensive capabilities and a global network across North America, Europe and Asia, Celestica helps customers gain competitive advantage with the quality, flexibility and resiliency they need to respond quickly to shifts in demand.
Guided by a bold vision to accelerate market advancements, Celestica delivers innovative solutions and technologies that turn complexity into opportunity.
Anchored in teamwork and commitment, Celestica strives to be the most trusted partner to its customers and colleagues worldwide.
Artificial intelligence tools are used to assist in screening and assessing applications for this role, with all hiring decisions involving human review.

Equal Opportunity

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.
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.