Celestica

Planning Advisor

Celestica • $105K — $155K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6-8 years of relevant experience in supply chain management or related fields.
  • Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Broad knowledge of electronic manufacturing environments, materials, and processes.
  • Strong understanding of advanced planning systems and techniques.
  • Excellent analytical, negotiation, and problem resolution skills.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage diverse stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Act as the primary contact for customers regarding demand forecasts.
  • Collaborate with Global Customer Units to finalize demand plans for each site.
  • Analyze customer forecasts to validate or challenge data using available tools.
  • Provide analysis to support site material and capacity planning.
  • Interlock with global management to finalize demand plans, including site re-balancing.
  • Participate in developing advanced planning and scheduling systems.
  • Guide site SCM Operations teams on forecast loads for the Master Production Schedule.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package offered in addition to salary.
  • Opportunity for hybrid work arrangement.
  • Potential for overnight travel, enhancing professional exposure.
  • Engagement in a dynamic and collaborative work environment.
Full Job Description
Req ID: 140735
Remote Position: Hybrid
Region: Americas
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Toronto

Summary

First full level of specialization; applies expertise in more than one area of specialization. Work is performed within established professional standards, established policy, and/or established objectives. Works on problems of diverse scope where analysis of data requires evaluation of identifiable factors. Incumbents are accountable for quality of work delivered by external suppliers as applicable. May influence others outside of team to ensure goals are met and resolves conflicts in an effective manner. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve results may have a negative impact on the sites/major function's operations, schedules, and/or performance goals. Receives guidance primarily on unique, unusual, or controversial problems or questions. May lead a work group or project team consisting of one or more support staff and/or tech/professional staff with some coaching from own supervisor, or may provide advice and guidance in area of specialty. Seeks out new avenues for building internal and external relationships; maintains contacts with existing relationships.

Detailed Description

Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:
  • Acts as the primary contact for the customer and for sites that service customers as it relates to the demand forecast.
  • Works with Global Customer Units and/or SCM Management to finalize demand plan used by each site.
  • Analyzes customer forecasts using available tools and models utilizing analysis to challenge or confirm.
  • Provides analysis to sites as input to site material and capacity planning.
  • Interlocks with Global unit management to close demand plan to be used by each site including site re-balancing and offloads.
  • Participates in the development of the global planning toolset, specifically, advanced planning and scheduling systems.
  • Utilizes advanced planning toolsets and knowledge of the customer contract to support forecasting activities ie churn analysis or contract compliance.
  • Provides direction/ guidance to site SCM Operations teams on forecast loads for the Master Production Schedule.


Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

  • Broad knowledge of an electronic manufacturing environment, materials and processes.
  • Knowledge of Celestica's global supply chain including strategies and objectives.
  • Strong knowledge of IT concepts and systems
  • Excellent knowledge of advanced planning systems and techniques
  • Excellent analytical, negotiation and problem resolution skills
  • Strong communication and presentation skills
  • Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
  • Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.


Physical Demands

  • 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.
  • Occasional overnight travel is required.


Salary

The stated range includes Base Salary and target Short-Term Incentive (STI) compensation only. A comprehensive benefits package is offered in addition to this range.

The range described in this posting is an estimate by the Company, and may change based on several factors, including but not limited to a change in the duties covered by the job posting, or the credentials, experience or geographic jurisdiction of the successful candidate.

Salary Range: $105,000-$155,000

Typical Experience

  • Six to eight years relevant experience.


Typical Education

  • Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experiency.
  • Educational requirements may vary by geography.


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.

About Celestica

Celestica is a Canadian multinational electronics manufacturing services company headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The company provides a range of services to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the aerospace and defense, communications, enterprise computing, healthcare, industrial, semiconductor, and smart energy industries. Celestica's services include design and engineering, supply chain management, assembly and testing, and after-market services. The company operates in North America, Europe, and Asia and has manufacturing facilities in over 10 countries. Celestica was founded in 1994 as a subsidiary of IBM Canada and became an independent company in 1997.
Learn more about Celestica
Size
23,915 employees
Market Cap
$1.3 billion
Industry
Founded
1994
5 Year Trend
-1.3%
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