Commodity Engineering Advisor

Celestica is a leading company in design, manufacturing, and supply chain solutions. They are seeking a Senior Commodity Engineer with extensive experience in managing electronic component quality, focusing on supplier quality improvement and technical expertise in electronic components.

Responsibilities:

• Documents, maintains and improves implementation of processes
• Provides advanced technical expertise for production or customer-identified material problems
• Maintains quality of materials to ensure cost and delivery targets are met
• Visits suppliers to evaluate their process controls and reliability programs
• Provides quality and reliability performance data to suppliers and internal management team
• Performs supplier assessments/risk analysis and makes recommendation regarding supplier selection
• Works with suppliers to improve overall yield of assemblies and quality of materials
• Defines process problems that lead to throughput or quality issues
• Determines root cause of problems and implements short- and long-term solutions to stabilize processes
• Gathers, analyzes, sorts and distributes data to understand and solve quality issues
• Utilizes quality tools and team problem solving methods to drive root cause analysis of problems and implement improvements
• Works directly with customers to resolve systemic problems in the process
• Analyzes feasibility in acquiring and implementing new assembly/test technology and prepares technical reports of findings
• Performs supplier audits and qualifications working closely with commodity management to determine supplier strategies and development of the preferred supplier list

Requirements:

• Senior commodity engineer with extensive experience in managing electronic component quality
• Experience working directly with suppliers to drive quality improvement activities through defect monitoring/reporting, corrective action processes, and supplier audits
• Electronic component technical expertise required to interface with customers and suppliers on deep technical quality issues
• Ability to perform component specification reviews to determine viability of alternate parts/components to drive cost reductions and alleviate shortage situations
• Ability to influence others outside of team to ensure goals are met and resolve conflicts in an effective manner
• Ability to lead a work group or project team consisting of one or more support staff and/or tech/professional staff
• Ability to seek out new avenues for building internal and external relationships
• Ability to document, maintain and improve implementation of processes
• Ability to provide advanced technical expertise for production or customer-identified material problems
• Ability to maintain quality of materials to ensure cost and delivery targets are met
• Ability to visit suppliers to evaluate their process controls and reliability programs
• Ability to provide quality and reliability performance data to suppliers and internal management team
• Ability to perform supplier assessments/risk analysis and make recommendations regarding supplier selection
• Ability to work with suppliers to improve overall yield of assemblies and quality of materials
• Ability to define process problems that lead to throughput or quality issues
• Ability to determine root cause of problems and implement short- and long-term solutions to stabilize processes
• Ability to gather, analyze, sort and distribute data to understand and solve quality issues
• Ability to utilize quality tools and team problem solving methods to drive root cause analysis of problems and implement improvements
• Ability to work directly with customers to resolve systemic problems in the process
• Ability to analyze feasibility in acquiring and implementing new assembly/test technology and prepare technical reports of findings
• Ability to perform supplier audits and qualifications working closely with commodity management to determine supplier strategies and development of the preferred supplier list
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of the design process for systems and printed circuit boards, subassemblies, or other related company products
• In-depth knowledge of manufacturing processes and equipment used for systems and printed circuit boards and subassemblies
• In-depth knowledge of industry and quality standards and SPC methodologies
• In-depth knowledge of materials and components used in the construction of systems and printed circuit boards and subassemblies
• In-depth knowledge of product pricing, contracts and contract negotiations
• Knowledge of design engineering (e.g., analog circuit design, digital circuit design, digital integrated circuit design, etc.) for systems and printed circuit boards
• Excellent customer contact, supplier contact, negotiation and problem resolution skills
• Good presentation, database management and computer skills
• Strong knowledge of statistical process control methods and techniques
• Ability to evaluate, diagnose and troubleshoot problems
• Ability to evaluate materials, gather and analyze data and determine root cause of problems
• Ability to manage several projects simultaneously and coordinate multiple, changing deadlines
• Ability to effectively communicate with a variety of internal and external customers
• Strong supplier management skills and audit experience
• Experience and knowledge of ISO 9001, TS16949, ISO 13485 compliance standards
• In depth experience of electronic component specification review and recommendation of alternate sources
• Six to eight years relevant experience
• Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience