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Celestica Appoints Vice President, Global Commodity Management
April 2, 2007 | PR NewswireEstimated reading time: 2 minutes
Celestica Inc., today announced that Tony Rakoczy has been appointed to the role of Vice President, Global Commodity Management, effective immediately.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" />
Based in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Hong Kong, Tony will lead Celestica's Global Commodity Management organization to deliver a global commodity structure that ensures Celestica's customers are provided with competitive materials pricing, terms and lead times at the lowest total cost of ownership (TCOO(TM)). He will also deploy and drive a supplier consolidation strategy and supplier-managed inventory program in support of the company's mega-site operations.
His key mandates include:
- providing Celestica's customers with industry-competitive supply base
solutions;
- managing Celestica's global supplier partnership programs for direct
and indirect procurement;
- ensuring Celestica's LiveShare(TM) supplier collaboration tool is
deployed across the entire operating network;
- managing Celestica's global supplier negotiation process to ensure
global aggregation and enterprise leverage; and
- expanding Celestica's Vertical Business Solution partnerships to
deliver lead time, cost and overall TCOO(TM) improvements.
"Tony is a great addition to the Celestica team. He brings a wealth of supply chain management and procurement expertise to the organization," said John Boucher, Celestica's Chief Supply Chain and Procurement Officer. "I'm confident that Tony's expertise will drive agile and flexible supply chain solutions for our customers and will help us to achieve operational excellence through flawless supplier execution."
Prior to joining Celestica, Tony was responsible for all aspects of Greater Asia Regional Procurement for Eastman Kodak Company in Shanghai, China. He drove productivity improvements through outsourcing and cost reductions, and greatly improved the company's incoming materials quality. Prior to that, he held various supply chain and purchasing roles with ITT Industries and Mattel Toys, including responsibility for offshore and domestic finished goods. Tony has extensive industry commodity management experience in outsourcing, foreign sourcing and cost reduction of total cost of ownership.
About Celestica
Celestica is dedicated to providing innovative electronics manufacturing services that accelerate our customers' success. Through our efficient global manufacturing and supply chain network in Asia, Europe and the Americas, we deliver competitive advantage to companies in the computing, communications, consumer, industrial, and aerospace and defense sectors. Our 42,000 employees share a proud history of proven expertise and creativity that provides our customers with the flexibility to overcome any challenge.
For further information on Celestica, visit its website at http://www.celestica.com/