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 Celestica's 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