Job Description

Req ID: 117113
Remote Position: Hybrid
Region: Asia
Country: Malaysia
State/Province: Bayan Lepas
City: Penang

General Overview

Functional Area: SCM - Supply Chain Management
Career Stream: CMT - Commodity Management
Role: Consultant 2
Job Title: Commodity Management Consultant 2
Job Code: CO2-SCM-COMM
Band: Level 11
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect

Short Description

Celestica is a leader in the electronic manufacturing and end-to-end solution industry including design to after-sales services for its customers. The Indirect Procurement team is responsible for sourcing non-production goods and services in categories such as facilities, MRO (Maintenance Repair and Operations including consumables glue and staples, Personal Protective Equipment - goggles, gloves, smocks, etc.), equipment, HR as well as other \\professional services (legal, finance, audit), IT and utilities.

This position is for candidates who have experience in leading procurement and/or supply chain teams whether locally, regionally or globally. The successful candidate will also have experience in leading large and complex projects as well as holding responsibility and accountability in successfully achieving results outlined as part of their objectives.

Long Description

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years working experience, with 5 years of people management experience preferred
• Minimum education Diploma/Degree in Business or equivalent education and/or experience
• Working and collaborating with colleagues, suppliers and/or customers in multiple locations in Asia
• Professionals who have challenged themselves and others such as business partners and suppliers during their previous roles and aspire to continue doing so in this role
• Commitment to objectives including timelines/deadlines/results targeted
• Track record of successful execution of different sourcing activities and negotiations (including experience in drafting and finalizing contracts)
• Some experience in procuring non-production services and/or goods is strongly preferred
• Advocating and upholding policies/procedures
• Thirsty for cost minimization and good with numbers, strong commercial sense
• Must be comfortable working in a dynamic, challenging and changing environment
• Strong project management skills including initiating, executing and completing projects
• Experience in supplier management to ensure business continuity

Long Description

• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external parties
• Accountable, responsible, ethical and pragmatic
• Critical thinker, assertive, focused, self-motivated, has initiative
• Influencer, Analytical, Problem solver
• Knowledge of e-procurement systems/modules (eg. Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, GEP, etc.), SAP, ServiceNow is preferred
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) are a must

• Building and presenting Power Point presentations
• Minimum of Intermediate level Excel skills
• Google suite of products such as Google Mail and Google Drive is used on a daily basis in this role
• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment - hybrid work model is possible
• Some traveling to other Celestica locations, particularly in Asia, may be required
• Team with a global footprint requires some interactions with colleagues across different time zones in the world

Long Description

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Indirect Procurement Managers, Advisors and Specialists by providing support, guidance, insight, feedback, mentorship and leadership as the team performs their tasks to manage requests, launch and bringing to closure sourcing activities (if/as required) such as RFQs, RFPs, RFIs. The team also looks after contracting with suppliers - must coordinate with legal and negotiate as well as draft and finalize the contract with the suppliers
• Report results, challenges and achievements as it relates to the Asia team\'s performance and activities - provide solutions and improvements on a continuous basis
• Effectively communicate with and challenge (when required) different stakeholders including senior leaders at Celestica whether operational leaders such as General Managers of our sites located in Asia, regional and/or segment VPs, executives in functional or operational roles located in or outside of Asia
• Build strong partnerships with key stakeholders at each site to become knowledgeable and in tuned with projects to come to help Celestica identify
• Proactively identify, plan and put in motion opportunities across all categories by analyzing data available; this requires collaboration with colleagues in Europe and North America for best practices and opportunities (eg. global) beyond but involving the Asia region
• Drive team results and performance
• As a senior member of the indirect procurement team, lead by example by being a strong business partner, solid negotiator, exuding confidence and comfortable in being uncomfortable by being able to handle confrontation or conflicts if/when they arise with internal and/or external stakeholders

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.
Celestica does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruitment agencies or fee based recruitment services.

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