Cisco Sourcing Commodity Manager 

United States, California, San Jose 

689889880

Cisco Global Supplier Management (GSM) team is seeking a motivated Sourcing Commodity Manager for Photonics (Optical components). You will work in a highly impactful and dynamic organization collaborating with cross-functional teams and suppliers on early technology sensing and sourcing engagement.

We work closely with hardware design engineers across Cisco including early sensing and engagement to understand their product roadmap. You will lead and orchestrate the roadmap reviews between engineering and suppliers, find solutions, create proposals, and implement to meet business requirements, striking a balance between supply continuity, cost, and delivery.

You will

• Investigate and source next generation technology
• Align and influence engineering on roadmap and strategy
• Provide technical expertise, special knowledge and market trends to engineering
• Drive value engineering through ideation and execution

The Global Supplier Management (GSM) Organization is an industry leader in sourcing and supplier management that enable sustained innovation and supply chain excellence. You will join a very motivated team that achieves record setting results and a fun group that helps each other be successful at work and play. Our team focus is to drive innovation as well as best in class cost, quality and delivery; in order to accomplish this you will work very closely with constituents across Supply Base, Engineering, Finance, Manufacturing, Marketing and Legal.

You will have experience with Optics technology, and knowledge of the industry. You have business experience, technical knowledge, people skills, aren’t intimidated by titles and can work with people toward a shared goal. You’re an innovator and you love technology.

Minimum requirements for this role:

• BA/BS or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of cross-functional supply chain experience
• Strong experience with collaboration, communications, negotiations, facilitation, and contracts review.
• Adept at influencing decisions and developing solutions to complex business situations
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and procedures
• Ability to work across boundaries, earning trust, taking risk and being inclusive is highly valued
• International travel required

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).