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[Apply on Celestica’s careers site →](https://careers.celestica.com/job/Johor-Bahru-Purchasing-Director-01/1449640233/) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Celestica](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/celestica/) / Purchasing Director ## Job description ​12 - SCM Director Req ID: 141725 Remote Position: No Hiring Manager: Olivier Paris Band: 12 Region: Asia Country: Malaysia State/Province: Johor City: Johor Bahru General Overview Functional Area: SCM - Supply Chain Management Career Stream: SCM - Supply Chain Management Role: Director 1 Job Title: SCM Director 1 Job Code: DR1-SCM Band: Level 12 Direct/Indirect Indicator: Indirect Summary The position is the Purchasing / Procurement Hub service to Celestica’s Capital Equipment (CE) market segment globally - covering all sites supporting CE. The position has direct purchasing responsibility for CE supporting diverse customers. This role requires extensive domain knowledge of purchasing, SCM, and understanding of its associated supply base. Within the Global Supply Chain Organization, this role is responsible to deliver a differentiated client/customer experience, enable profitable growth, drive transformational change along with people, personal development within Celestica's Global Supply Chain Team and new / enhancement system deployment and automation. The position maintains involvement in day-to-day issues related to buying activities, internal parts flow, security and controls, inventory management, execution and improvement recommendations for purchasing contracts and non-production activities, applications and process. It plays leadership role for the broader Global SCM team, including planning, inventory control and customer focus team. The position has involvement with GCBU and SCM teams, and supports SCM Prime initiatives, interfaces with external auditors, and drives actions/ improvement across the organization. The job has regular communication both internally with Director and VP levels as well as with customers related to material supply, commitments, and future procurement process changes /improvements. Detailed Description Performs tasks such as, but not limited to, the following: DIFFERENTIATED CUSTOMER ### EXPERIENCE - Responsible for creating long term procurement plans to stay ahead of market trends & customer expectations - Responsible to collaborate with internal clients and customers to confidently demonstrate Celestica’s supply chain leadership and purchasing strategy - Responsible for monitoring on-going analytics to spot trends and opportunities to proactively address customer & client supply chain & business needs ### PROFITABLE GROWTH - Responsible to support the successful launch of all new business within Celestica - Works broadly with D2D, Functional SCM & Ops along with GCBU leadership on strategies and methods to support existing & potential new business ### TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE - Drives the team to support out-of-the box materials strategies to meet customer needs while managing Celestica’s on-going strategy for profitable growth - Drives long-term continuous improvement plans to enable faster time to outcome including customer book & bill - Initiate ideas and support system enhancement and automation as part of continuous improvement and team productivity drive and accelerate level of Purchasing services to client and client needs - Drives cross-functional GBS & functional teams to yield the best results for customers & shareholders ### PEOPLE & PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT - Responsible for mentoring & developing team on emerging strategies & techniques for material procurement - Responsible to provide market segment guidance across a broad diverse team to deliver creative long term plans enabling Celestica’s profitable growth Knowledge/Skills/Competencies - Excellent knowledge of the supply chain and manufacturing process supporting all Celestica market segments - Excellent knowledge of Celestica’s customer’s business, organizations, products and process to enable Celestica to support the supply chain needs of its customers - Extensive commercial and business expertise to enable successful compliance to customer & supplier contracts - Excellent communication skills and the ability to negotiate with clients, customer and external suppliers to deliver world class solutions - Ability to effectively lead, manage, train and motivate a diverse global team of managers and employees. - Strong cross-Functional project and team leadership skills - Understanding of import/export, regulatory and labor requirements across Asia to enable purchasing team to work seamlessly - Able to maintain external contacts with consultants, associations and other companies for benchmarking and networking. - Experience with various purchasing models, such as Lean and MRP based procurement systems - Strong financial acumen - Previous Sourcing and/or commodity management experience would be an asset 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. ### Typical Experience - 15+ years supply chain experience with a proven track record of interacting with diverse manufacturing, SCM and customer focused teams - Procurement leadership in ODM or EMS environment, with strong supplier relationships in the electronics industry Typical Education Bachelor's degree in related field or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experience. 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. 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). At Celestica we are committed to fostering an inclusive, accessible environment, where all employees and customers feel valued, respected and supported. Special arrangements can be made for candidates who need it throughout the hiring process. Please indicate your needs and we will work with you to meet them. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Not stated - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 26, 2026 - Last checked: Nov 9, 2026 - Listed for: 14 days - Location: Johor Bahru, MY - Work arrangement: Remote[Apply on Celestica’s careers site →](https://careers.celestica.com/job/Johor-Bahru-Purchasing-Director-01/1449640233/) ## Hiring at Celestica - Open jobs: 1,307 - New in the last 7 days: After two weekly collections - Tracked since: Oct 12, 2026 [All Celestica jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/celestica/) · [Weekly hiring report](/reports/hiring/) ## More jobs at Celestica ### [Purchasing Manager (6-Month Contract)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/celestica/jobs/b8d3503468ded528f293/) Johor Bahru, MY ### [Senior Buyer (6-Month Contract)](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/celestica/jobs/0fab8450eed84c462c3b/) Johor Bahru, MY ### [Strategic Supply Chain Manager \[Individual Contributor / Capital Equipment Business Unit\]](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/celestica/jobs/b63d1d544382e97dc8f5/) Johor Bahru, MY ### [Regional FP&A Manager](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/celestica/jobs/a7e28b19fa0d73455640/) Johor Bahru, MY ### [SAP MM Analyst](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/celestica/jobs/853d82820d1d58d17a3d/) Johor Bahru, MY ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Purchasing/Procurement Associate Director – Strategic Transformation & Enablement – Hybrid (ET) R0054614](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/wolters-kluwer/jobs/61017f71a9e35d01400c/) Wolters Kluwer ### [Director Direct Purchasing Morocco F/H](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/safran/jobs/8ee7a48c39d3aabd585e/) Safran · Casablanca ### [Director, Supply Chain Management / Purchasing](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/ametek/jobs/fd8d549d6e5e7703cf18/) Ametek · Bonndorf/Schwarzwald, BW, DE ### [Director of Purchasing - Waldorf Astoria Doha Lusail](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/hilton-worldwide-holdings/jobs/023716f5a141126d2bb6/) Hilton Worldwide Holdings · Doha, Qatar ### [DM Purchasing Director, China](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/kone/jobs/b3deeb0b6a3f3a1224fd/) Kone · Kunshan [Supply Chain & Logistics jobs](/functions/supply-chain-logistics/) OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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