Director Supply Chain Management

Summary

This job is the first Director level. Provides direct and indirect supervision to subordinate managers and employees performing highly specialized roles in a major function or division / department within medium to large sites. This includes long-term planning, objective setting, policy formation, interpretation and management while providing latitude and discretion to subordinates. Accountable for projects or programs on a multi-national or global basis. Work requires investigating and resolving a wide variety of highly unusual conditions that carry long-term implications. Requires developing new strategies, policies, practices, methods, programs or techniques and utilizing them to analyze and interpret difficult problems or situations and / or establishing new strategic direction that is site or multi-site specific. Participates with other senior managers to establish strategic plans and objectives. Has overall responsibility for planning, budgeting, implementing and maintaining costs, methods and employees in a functional area. Makes final decisions on administrative and operational matters in area of responsibility to ensure achievement of objectives. Erroneous decisions will have a serious impact on the overall success of functional, division, or company operations. Directs and controls the activities of a broad functional area through several department managers. Assigns objectives, reviews performance and approves employee compensation, coaches for improved performance. Regularly interacts with executives and / or major customers. Interactions normally involve controversial situations, customer negotiations, or influencing and persuading other senior level managers. May represent the organization in public speaking venues and / or community events.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following :

• Maintains responsibility for all SCM activities for a small or medium site or a segment of the SCM functions at a large site.
• Provides leadership and direction to multiple departments on structuring processes, layouts, and resources.
• Maintains external contacts to understand best of breed processes to improve costs and logistics offerings.
• Implements structure to meet future customer and process requirements.
• Maintains operational involvement in day-to-day issues related to the warehouse, transportation, internal parts flow, security and controls, inventory management, direction on purchasing contracts and non-production activities, applications and process changes.
• Provides direction on major projects, such as warehouse software upgrade, Advanced Planning System tool or enhancements.
• Provides direction to managers on objective setting, measurements, human resource activities and company procedures.
• Has regular interaction, coaching and feedback with direct reports and also, their employees in some situations.
• Provides leadership role for broader SCM team including hiring, promotions, and HR practices.
• Participates in many cross-functional activities such as formal benchmarking studies; interface with external auditors, and driving actions / improvement across the organization.
• Reviews ISO compliance and SCM business controls. Identifies and implements cost reduction activities.
• Communicates with customers relating to, demand, commitments, non-performing inventory and future process changes / improvements.
• May have responsibility for working with other Celestica sites, SCM, business development, corporate finance and global account teams to drive inventory management results globally.
• Leads tactical and long-term initiatives including process improvements, action plans, training and education and implement capital financing initiatives related to improving cash cycle.

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Notes

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of the position. Employees are held accountable for all duties of the job. Job duties and the % of time identified for any function are subject to change at any time.