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Celestica Appoints Vice President, Global Commodity Management
Celestica Appoints Vice President, Global Commodity Management.
About this update from Celestica Inc.
[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nTORONTO, April 2 /CNW/ - Celestica Inc. (NYSE, TSX: CLS), a global\nprovider of innovative electronics manufacturing services (EMS), today\nannounced that Tony Rakoczy has been appointed to the role of Vice President,\nGlobal Commodity Management, effective immediately.\n\n\nBased in Hong Kong, Tony will lead Celestica's Global Commodity\nManagement organization to deliver a global commodity structure that ensures\nCelestica's customers are provided with competitive materials pricing, terms\nand lead times at the lowest total cost of ownership (TCOO(TM)). He will also\ndeploy and drive a supplier consolidation strategy and supplier-managed\ninventory program in support of the company's mega-site operations.\n\n\nHis key mandates include:\n\n\n- providing Celestica's customers with industry-competitive supply base\n solutions;\n- managing Celestica's global supplier partnership programs for direct\n and indirect procurement;\n- ensuring Celestica's LiveShare(TM) supplier collaboration tool is\n deployed across the entire operating network;\n- managing Celestica's global supplier negotiation process to ensure\n global aggregation and enterprise leverage; and\n- expanding Celestica's Vertical Business Solution partnerships to\n deliver lead time, cost and overall TCOO(TM) improvements.\n\n\n"Tony is a great addition to the Celestica team. He brings a wealth of\nsupply chain management and procurement expertise to the organization," said\nJohn Boucher, Celestica's Chief Supply Chain and Procurement Officer. "I'm\nconfident that Tony's expertise will drive agile and flexible supply chain\nsolutions for our customers and will help us to achieve operational excellence\nthrough flawless supplier execution."\n\n\nPrior to joining Celestica, Tony was responsible for all aspects of\nGreater Asia Regional Procurement for Eastman Kodak Company in Shanghai,\nChina. He drove productivity improvements through outsourcing and cost\nreductions, and greatly improved the company's incoming materials quality.\nPrior to that, he held various supply chain and purchasing roles with ITT\nIndustries and Mattel Toys, including responsibility for offshore and domestic\nfinished goods. Tony has extensive industry commodity management experience in\noutsourcing, foreign sourcing and cost reduction of total cost of ownership.\n\n\n...