.Req ID: 117131Remote Position: NoRegion: AmericasCountry: MexicoState/Province: Nuevo LeonCity: Monterrey**General Overview**:**Functional Area**: SCM - Supply Chain Management**Career Stream**: SCM - Supply Chain Management**Role**: Specialist**Job Title**: Materials Program Management**Job Code**: SPE-SCM-PROG**Band**: Level 08**Direct/Indirect Indicator**: Indirect**Summary**:**Detailed Description**:Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:- Interfaces with Business Office, Production, Procurement, Planning and customers to compile, develop, validate, and communicate production/shipments plans that support overall business goals.- Identifies business process enhancements and participates in their design and implementation.- Participates in Master Planning review and procurement actions from MRP process.- Coordinates with planning on customer requirements, changes, in order to assess costs and actual feasibility.- Supports new product introduction.- In coordination with Business Office, negotiates with customer on behalf of SCM on any materials management related activity such as schedules, costs and Engineering Change implementation.- Provides customer with technology information, supplier capabilities, and market trends to compliment SCM activities.- Reviews all terms and conditions agreed to in the Celestica/Customer contract to assess SCM's ability to meet these requirements.- Partners with Business Office in negotiating Terms and Conditions in relation to SCM activities with customer.- Identify Celestica's SCM new product process requirements to the customer, and ensure all information is received and SCM processes initiated effectively.- Coordinates Bill of Material analysis.- Reviews content, lead time constraints, critical parts supply and component reliability issues.- Ensures alternate source capability to maintain supply continuity and verify that customer costs can be supported.- Materials bid management.- Reviews and submits all customer material bid requests.- Resolves any issues with customer, internal team.- Manages customer relationship from Supply Chain perspective.- Obtains and disseminates customer SCM feedback to team.- Champions improvements and communicates action plans.**Knowledge/Skills/Competencies**:- In-depth understanding of all aspects of the global supply chain, Celestica's strategic policies and objectives, and its- suppliers and customers.- Good understanding of specific customers' business, organization, products and processes.- Fundamentals of financial product cost structures and asset management techniques.- Good formal presentation skills.- Ability to effectively communicate all SCM related activities in an appropriate manner to the customer and internal team.- Applies analysis and judgement to assess performance against key measures and determine priorities.- Demonstrated ability to interface cross functionally in order to gather required customer information