General Manager

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, Health Tech, 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. We act as one global team with one vision, living our values. We strive for innovation and deliver on our promises with integrity, respect and quality, while acting courageously in the pursuit of business excellence.

At Celestica, we emphasize our Leadership Imperatives that define how we lead, make a difference for our customers and partner with each other. Our Leadership Imperatives are value customers, grow talent, drive decisions, build partnerships and develop strategies.

Celestica aligned our end markets into two customer focused areas:
Cloud and Connectivity Solutions (CCS) and Advanced Technology Solutions (ATS). CCS consists of our Communications and Enterprise end markets. Our Enterprise end market is comprised of our servers and storage business, which were combined into one end market as a result of their converging technologies.

The General Manager has overall operations responsibility for the P&L with focus on cost management, manufacturing planning and execution, strategic direction, customer support and quality and delivery of products and services. Provides people and financial leadership to grow revenue profitability while improving productivity. Builds customer business relationships and loyalty. Anticipates and proactively prepares for future change and implements them through rapid sustainable change to achieve and exceed customer expectations.

• Has overall P&L responsibility for site operations.
• Work requires properly implementing the Celestica SIOP process and creating an engaged and energizing team to support business growth
• Requires excellent command of the manufacturing P&L and what is required to achieve and exceed monthly and annual commitments.
• Support existing and develop enhanced manufacturing strategies, policies, practices, methods, programs and techniques.
• Quickly understand and analyze difficult situations and and appropriately resolve or establish new strategic direction.
• LEAN implementation with Kaizens and visual management.
• Participates with other senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives.
• Excels in perfect on time and on budget execution.
• Makes final decisions on administrative and operational matters in area of responsibility to ensure achievement of objectives.
• Directs and controls the activities of several department managers.
• Assigns objectives, reviews performance and approves employee compensation, coaches for improved performance.
• Regularly interacts with internal and external business executives
• Regular customer communications and relentless focus on delivery, quality and cost.
• May represent the organization in public speaking venues and/or community events.
• Manages all functions including manufacturing, engineering, and supply chain with a strong focus on quality and inventory and materials management.
• Is able to work in a highly matrixed organization. Manages dotted line relationships with Finance, Human Resources, IT, and other support functions.
• Manages new product introductions.
• Understands the business opportunities or conditions that drive high utilization for the facility and uses appropriate judgement to make solid decisions.
• Balances the creation of an empowered culture with the need to follow up closely enough to ensure high standards of…