08 - Commodity Management Specialist (Johor Bahru, 01, MY)

  • Req ID: 133433 
  • Remote Position: Yes
  • Region: Asia 
  • Country: Malaysia 
  • State/Province: Johor 
  • City:  Johor Bahru 
  • General Overview

Functional Area: 

  SCM - Supply Chain Management        

Career Stream:

    CMT - Commodity Management        

Role: 

   Advisory         

Job Title: 

   Commodity Management Advisor        

Job Code:

    ADV-SCM-COMM        

Band:

   Level 08        

Direct/Indirect Indicator:

   Indirect

Summary

First full level of specialization; applies expertise in more than one area of specialization. Work is performed within established professional standards, established policy, and/or established objectives. Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Incumbents are accountable for quality of work delivered by external suppliers as applicable. May influence others outside of team to ensure goals are met and resolves conflicts in an effective manner. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the sites/major function's operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Receives guidance primarily on unique, unusual, or controversial problems or questions. May lead a work group or project team consisting of one or more support staff and/or tech/professional staff with some coaching from own supervisor, or may provide advice and guidance in area of specialty. Seeks out new avenues for building internal and external relationships; maintains contacts with existing relationships.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:

  • Maintains global or regional responsibility for a strategic and/or high dollar commodity or group of commodities, for price/value determination, product and/or service negotiations, terms and conditions.
  • Develops and implements a procurement strategy for the commodities they manage including competitive, technology direction, supplier analysis, development and selection and pricing strategy.
  • Acts as primary interface with Celesticas suppliers for all relationship management, contract negotiation issues, establishing business framework for transactions, performance reviews, business development and supplier awards programs.
  • Sources all products and services, maintaining a continuity of supply, while delivering the lowest cost component or service solution.
  • Leads the Commodity Council Corporate negotiation teams, individually as required or the Customer Material Commitment process through materials pricing and Customer BOM analysis.
  • Provides site direction and performance reporting for cost analysis to senior management.
  • Assists in team development and planning, recruitment/first line candidate selection and screening, developing training plan for new employees, mentoring new employees.
  • Leads negotiations for high impact commodities, providing guidance on negotiations strategy and negotiations planning, developing a commodity strategy, and presentations / communication consistent message to suppliers.
  • Has frequent interaction and negotiation with senior executives of industry leading multi-national companies.
  • Manages the Global Commodity Negotiation process ensuring accurate forecasting and pricing accuracy.
  • Manages data flow for pricing fluctuations in market and analytical tools including development and maintenance of Commodity Management systems applications.
  • Conducts strategic analysis on pricing, the market, suppliers, customers, competitors, contracts and long-term agreements.
  • May act as site liaison to manage critical shortage, develop strategies on constrained commodities and represent site, manage related systems changes that have broad effect on execution of purchasing responsibilities.
  • Drives process improvement, leads development of IT tools for group, defines business processes and implements new tools/ processes.
  • Performs bid activity for sensitive/highly visible complex bids.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

  • Extensive knowledge of the marketplace conditions for a broad range of strategic commodities including industry pricing, technology and supply/demand trends.
  • Working knowledge of Celestica’s global supply chain including strategic policies and objectives.
  • Strong knowledge of basic computer applications and the ability to learn and use multiple applications specific t
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