Celestica · 3 months ago
Material Costing Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
6+ years expCelestica is a leading provider of design, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions, partnering with major brands across various industries. The Advisor, Material Costing and Awards is responsible for managing the supplier quote process, leading negotiations, and developing commodity strategies to ensure competitive pricing and supplier performance. This role involves providing insights and recommendations to stakeholders while driving continuous improvement initiatives.
ElectronicsManufacturingProduct DesignSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Manages supplier RFQ process for specific Commodity group(s) across multiple projects to ensure all costing due dates are achieved
Lead component level supplier negotiations to establish competitive cost solutions
Drive supplier growth scorecard performance improvement
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
Able to identify and justify alternate component solutions
Able to provide competitive cost estimate for complex parts (Bid only)
Provides insight and recommendations to support proposed solutions to key stakeholders
Updates material prices database, analyzes components for competitiveness and customer compliance, review with management
Drives continuous improvement initiatives
Provides supervision to semi-skilled and entry level professional employees
Coaches for improved performance and disciplines as necessary
Act as primary contact for site or customer support
Ability to build drawing packages required for quoting
Generate material cost BOM used for bidding and presentation to management
Lead projects related to cost down opportunities and track cost savings
Provide supplier training on internal and customer specifications
Communicate overall status according to an agreed schedule to all stakeholders
Qualification
Required
6-10 years of experience in purchasing, commodity or engineering environment
Specialisation in Commodity Management (Electronics or Build To Print) required
Bachelor's degree in related field (Engineering), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience
Strong background and knowledge in interpreting engineering drawings, customer specs, internal specs
Ability to interpret customer specs and drawings for critical features
Background in part manufacturability processes (machined, sheet metal, frames, electrical assemblies, plastics)
Advanced skills in MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint)
Must demonstrate advanced knowledge of excel (Vlookup, pivot table, graphs, formulas)
Strong interpersonal skills
Ability to work independently and/or as part of a team
Knowledge of manufacturing processes of all parts and assemblies, procedures and production equipment
Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment
Due to global responsibilities late or early meeting attendances will be required
Preferred
Background in supplier qualification (SQE) is a plus
Prior negotiation skill is a plus
Company
Celestica
Celestica is a manufacturing firm that provides design, hardware platform, and supply chain solutions to a multitude of industries.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.47B2024-06-20Post Ipo Debt· $657.67M
2023-06-05Post Ipo Secondary· $148.8M
2021-09-30Post Ipo Debt· $660.4M
Leadership Team
Robert Mionis
President and CEO
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