Customer Focused Team Manager

Provides direct & indirect supervision to subordinate managers and employees performing diverse roles within large sites. Work is guided by broad site objectives and corporate policy. Work requires developing solutions, precedents, and/or policies. Receives assignments in the form of objectives and sets goals to achieve objectives. Establishes long-term plans/objectives and recommends changes to policies. Develops department budgets and goals. This includes establishing three- to five-year plans/objectives, and developing policies for the function/unit. Accountable for projects or programs on a multi-functional, national, or regional basis. Erroneous decisions or failure to achieve goals results in critical delay in schedules and/or unit operation and may also have a company-wide affect. Provides direct supervision to others, or indirect through subordinate supervisors, and coordinates the activities of a section or department with responsibility for results in terms of costs, methods, and employees. Reviews employees’ performance and recommends employee compensation; coaches for improved performance and disciplines as necessary. Provides final approval for subordinate managers’/supervisors’ salary and performance recommendations. Builds cross-functional relationships where persuasive skills, negotiation skills, and considerable tact are required to gain support. Interacts regularly with senior management or executive levels on matters concerning several functional areas, divisions and/or customers. Maintains positive relationships with key customers, suppliers, etc., who have a significant impact on the success of the organization.Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following:- Leads a significant Customer Focused team within a site. Has overall business responsibility for the execution of the business of a customer or group of customers. The CFT direct reports will include program management and some if not all of SCM (planning and purchasing), engineering, quality and manufacturing operations. Any functions not reporting directly will be managed in a matrix management structure.- Ensures the CFT generates value for the customer from their business with CLS, and seeks to develop customer loyalty. Leads the creation and implementation of action plans comprehensively to resolve customer issues. Drives continuous improvement in CFT activities using lean and 6-sigma methodologies.- Plans, manages and controls CFT performance by establishing overall direction and priorities. Leads identification of new services to customer. Establishes policies and guidelines and evaluates results. Allocates appropriate resources, tools, equipment and support to meet customer requirements within the CFT.- Monitors performance of business execution using MOR and other appropriate metrics. Reports on performance to the customer, site management and (where required) GCU Leadership. Leads the creation and implementation of action plans to correct out of target conditions.- Accountable for financial performance of the business. Ensures that all financial metrics (Pricing, service billing, ROIC A/R etc.) are managed within contract and quotation requirements. Recommends and manages the CFT budget and financial forecast. Works with the sales/BD on establishing customer prices, either for new business opportunities or periodic (quarterly) pricing reviews.- Selects employees, assigns objectives, reviews performance and approves employee compensation. Coaches for improved performance, approves disciplinary actions and reassigns personnel as necessary to optimize CFT performance. Accountable for employee satisfaction improvement within CFT.- Participates in and often leads cross-functional process improvement groups. Supports Corporate or Site-wide initiatives.Celestica is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on any protected status (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status or other characteristics protected by law).COMPANY OVERVIEW:Celestica (NYSE, TSX: CLS) enables the world’s best brands. Through our recognized customer-centric approach, we partner with leading companies in Aerospace and Defense, Communications, Enterprise, HealthTech, Industrial, Capital Equipment and Energy to deliver solutions for their most complex challenges. As a leader in design, manufacturing, hardware platform and supply chain solutions, Celestica brings global expertise and insight at every stage of product development - from drawing board to full-scale production and after-market services for products from advanced medical devices, to highly engineered aviation systems, to next-generation hardware platform solutions for the Cloud.Headquartered in Toronto, with talented teams spanning 40+ locations in 13 countries across the Americas, Europe and