Material Costing Engineer

Overview

Advisor, Material Costing and Awards – Celestica

Req  
• Remote Position:
Yes
• Region:
Americas
• Country: USA

Job Title:

Advisor, Material Costing and Award
• Job Code: ADV-SCM-MCA
• Job Level: Level 09
• Direct/Indirect Indicator:
Indirect

Summary:

The Advisor, Materials Costing and Awards applies expertise for specific Commodity Category(s). Incumbents may lead a work group and/or provide advice and guidance in their area of specialty. They manage Supplier Quote Process & work on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of various factors. As an advisor, they are accountable for the quality of work delivered by external suppliers as applicable.

Decision-making authority and autonomy is given to deliver on goals of the team. Advisors interface with senior managers on issues related to the area of expertise. There is a possibility that they may determine new methods and procedures.

• 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

• 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.

• Duties of this position are performed in a normal office environment.
• Duties may require extended periods of sitting and sustained visual concentration on a computer monitor or on numbers and other detailed data.
• Repetitive manual movements (e.g., data entry, using a computer mouse, using a calculator, etc.) are frequently required
• May require up to 25% domestic and or international travel.

• 6-10 years of experience in purchasing, commodity or engineering environment
• Specialisation in Commodity Management (Electronics or Build To Print) required
• Background in supplier qualification (SQE) is a plus.
• Prior negotiation skill is a plus.

Bachelor’s degree in related field (Engineering), or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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