Night Shift Buying Team Leader id-6463

Detailed Description

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

Detailed Description 2

  • Ensures quality and integrity of information used to generate materials requirements plan.
  • Revises plans as required based on analysis of actuals versus plan.
  • PO clean up and confirmations as required for US supplier
  • Resolve critical clear to build shortages of US supplier
  • Directly contact suppliers as needed.
  • Weekly clear to build review with day shift prime
  • Bill of Material Issues highlighted back to EC team for scrub and corrections.
  • Work with site and global logistics to reduce freight costs where possible.
  • Engineering change order feedback to ECO Coordinator for cut-ins or revision changes
  • Cash in Advance payment requests.
  • Receiving referrals and invoice referrals timely resolution.
  • Update CFT on Commodity Supply market conditions that potentially affect the material supply.
  • Special customer audits, projects, and issues related to purchasing as needed.
  • Work closely and update the day shift prime in a timely manner with US supplier status and schedule
  • To coordinate with day shift prime, MP, and PM on task assign

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

  • Candidate must possess at least Diploma, Advanced/Higher/Graduate Diploma, Bachelor's Degree in Business Studies / Administration / Management, Economics, Commerce, or equivalent related field.
  • Min 5-10 years’ experience in the related department.
  • Candidates able to work in the night time (2300-0830), night shift
  • Knowledge of the manufacturing environment, the types of materials being purchased by departments, and the engineering change process is preferred.
  • Basic knowledge of production planning fundamentals, scheduling, materials requirements planning techniques, and manufacturing control systems
  • Knowledge of procurement processes, inventory management, and supplier management
  • Knowledge of basic computer applications such as WORD, Excel, PowerPoint, and multiple business applications.
  • Ability to plan strategically for the coordinated build and delivery of one or several products.
  • Ability to handle multiple tasks while maintaining attention to detail and accuracy and working under tight time deadlines.
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
  • Relevant experience with ERP / MRP especially in SAP will be an added advantage

Notes

This 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 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.

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