Req ID: 132165
Remote Position: Yes
Region: Americas
Country: USA
General OverviewFunctional Area: Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Career Stream: Supply Chain Management (SCM)
Role: Consultant 1 (CO1)
Job Title: Consultant, Material Costing and Awards 1
Job Code: CO1-SCM-MCA
Job Level: Level 10
Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect
SummaryThe Material Costing Engineer leverages expertise, technology, and analytics to determine material and Build-To-Print (BTP) part costs for engineering projects, while being exposed to a wide cross-section of business functions and customer teams. This role also analyzes Bills of Materials for competitiveness, and negotiates with suppliers as needed. The advisor interacts with global customer units and counterparts in other regions. This role provides guidance to cross-functional teams, driving material pricing strategies, customer BOM analysis, and the deployment of sourcing strategies for new business opportunities. Exceptional communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills, combined with a strong understanding of global supply chain dynamics, enable this role to align supplier strategies with organizational goals.
Detailed DescriptionPerforms tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
- Manages supplier RFQ process for specific Commodity group(s) across multiple engineering projects to ensure all costing due dates are achieved.
- Lead component level supplier negotiations to establish competitive cost solutions.
- Commodity expertise - depth knowledge of key commodity price drivers & sensitivities, performs general pricing & supply market trend analytics.
- Supplier expertise - understands key suppliers and develops effective supplier relationships
- Develop & execute commodity strategy including competitive benchmarking, delivering a commodity strategy enabling the overall program strategy, supplier analysis, development & selection.
- Influence and drive the commodity strategy with the commodity management owners to cover segment requirements
- Able to identify and justify alternate component solutions.
- Able to provide competitive cost estimate for complex parts (Bid only).
- Updates material prices database, analyzes components for competitiveness and customer compliance, review with management.
- Generate material cost BOM used for bidding and presentation to management.
- Collaborates with engineering teams to estimate Built-To-Print (BTP) part costs during product development projects and Value Analysis and Value Engineering (VAVE) cost reduction projects.
- Consolidates and escalates all critical shortages and resolve delivery issues for development projects.
- Participates in kick-off meetings, project meetings and interacts with global customer's units as well as counterparts in other regions.
- Provides guidance to counterparts at the sites to ensure process compliance.
Knowledge/Skills/Competencies - Extensive knowledge of BTP manufacturing materials, techniques, cost drivers, cost modeling, cycle times, and logistics.
- Extensive knowledge of the BTP marketplace conditions 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 to this department including ERP (SAP) and office systems (Google G-Suite and Microsoft Office Products).
- Strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
- Strong knowledge of negotiation practices/methodologies.
- 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 read and understand BTP 2D production drawings.
- Ability to review 3D models with viewing software.
- Understanding of GD&T tolerances and the impact on part cost.
- Understanding of secondary operations and the impact on cost.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively across functions and with suppliers/ customers to achieve Celestica's goals
- Exceptional presentation skills, ability to provide concise information as well as to create and execute strategies.
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
- May require up to 25% domestic and or international travel with overnight stays.
SalaryThe stated range includes Base Salary and target Short-Term Incentive (STI) compensation only. A comprehensive benefits package is offered in addition to this range.
The salary range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including by not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate. Target range: $120,000-147,000 USD/year.
Typical Experience - 8-10 years of relevant experience
- Direct experience is required in some or all of these product types: sheet metal parts, plastic and metal machined parts, weldments, and/or raw materials.
- Familiarity with non BTP items, corresponding supply base, and costs is a plus.
- Background in supplier qualification (SQE) is a plus.
- Fabrication experience in sheet metal, welding, or machining is a plus.
- Experience with aPriori is a plus.
- Fabrication experience is a plus.
Typical Education - Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain management, a related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Certification in Supply Chain considered an asset
NotesThis job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.
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.
This policy applies to hiring, promotion, discharge, pay, fringe benefits, job training, classification, referral and other aspects of employment and also states that retaliation against a person who files a charge of discrimination, participates in a discrimination proceeding, or otherwise opposes an unlawful employment practice will not be tolerated. All information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
Celestica is an E-Verify employer.
Location: This is a remote position, with travel as necessary. We are open to considering candidates close to any of our US locations in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Texas, Arizona, Oregon or California as well as locations near major airports such as the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest and Pacific Coast.
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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