Commodity Management Advisor

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.
* 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.

* 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 to this department including ERP and office systems.
* Strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills.
* Strong knowledge of negotiation practices / methodology for commodities.
* 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 manage large amount of data.