06 - Buying Associate

Summary

Provides broad administrative, project and office support to a senior company executive and departmental staff members.

Knowledge/Skills/Competencies

• Strong knowledge of computer applications and the ability to accurately perform tasks in some or all of the following applications: Access, Excel, Word and PowerPoint. Knowledge of the applicable areas of Celestica business in which the incumbent is located.
• Knowledge of the applicable areas of Celestica business in which the incumbent is located.
• Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with a wide variety of internal and external customers.
• Ability to evaluate multiple ongoing tasks and non-routine situations, determine priorities and organize work in a manner that allows for timely completion of projects.
• Ability to manage a wide variety of sensitive business and employee information in a confidential manner.
• Ability to present a positive, professional image of the company to a wide variety of contacts.
• Ability to efficiently organize, file and retrieve hard copy and electronic information relating to the business of the work unit.

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 Asia, we imagine, develop and deliver a better future with our customers.