.req id: 123494remote position: hybridregion: americascountry: mexicostate/province: nuevo leoncity: monterrey*general overview*:*functional area*: scm - supply chain management*career stream*: cmt - commodity management*role*: specialist*job title*: commodity management specialist*job code*: spe-scm-comm*band*: level 08*direct/indirect indicator*: indirect*summary*:*detailed description*:performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:- maintains global and/or regional responsibility for a complex commodity or group of commodities for price/value determination, product and/or service negotiations, terms and conditions, supplier relationship development and performance.- develops and executes a procurement strategy for commodity or services including competitive benchmarking, technology direction, supplier analysis, development, selection and pricing strategy.- responsible for all product or service sourcing.- participates in the commodity council corporate negotiation teams or individually.- participates in the customer materials commitment process through collection of materials pricing and customer bom analysis.- acts as primary contact for site or customer support.- quotes and negotiates quarterly all products or major services either regionally or globally.- conducts customer bids within the response time objectives.- responsible for supplier performance reviews including performance reviews, business development and supplier awards programs.- has frequent interaction and negotiation with senior executives of industry leading multi-national companies.- provides support to their internal customers to resolve quality, serviceability and performance related issues.- identifies the supply vs.demand for all allocated products and communicate the proportioning of these items by geography and customer.- consolidates and escalates all critical shortages and resolves issues.- provides product cost support for products in assigned geographies.- prepares bids including generation of bom, cost analysis, negotiate with suppliers, and present bids to management.- updates material prices database, analyze bill of materials for competitiveness and customer compliance, review with management.- provides guidance to less experienced commodity management staff.- provides guidance to counterparts at the sites to ensure process compliance.
*knowledge/skills/competencies*:- broad knowledge of the marketplace conditions for the area of specialization including industry pricing, technology and supply/demand trends.- working knowledge of celestica's global supply chain including strategic policies and objectives.- knowledge of purchasing principles and procedures.- basic understanding of specific customer needs.- strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills.- ability to consolidate, manipulate and analyze large quantities of data