Cisco C 

United States, California, San Jose 

621400365

Lead contingent workforce operations in regions for Cisco businesses.

Responsible to manage contingent workforce lifecycle and act as a SME with indepth understanding of VMS, procurement standards, risk & compliance policies and complying to local regulation.

First escalation point for stakeholders to ensure ease of business & quality of delivery.

Ability to assist the Service line manager to effectively manage the Opex spend, periodically.

Must ensure synergies between the regions & teams.

Engage with suppliers in the region to ensure effective use of supplier capabilities, identifying supply base gaps and resolve operational issues.

Partner with Sourcing Managers to assess supplier performance and improve delivery.

Build and maintain relationships with Cisco managers by offering tailored consultative solutions and educating them on program processes and delivery expectations.

Ability to lead business engagement to highlight operational gaps, changes making an impact, trend and areas of improvement.

Promote an inclusive culture, mentor peers, and demonstrate emotional intelligence in interactions with team, suppliers and stakeholders.

Encourage team collaboration and development to achieve operational success.

Exposure to the trends in continent workforce, industry insights, and regional compliance

Bachelor's degree with 10+ years proven experience, with 5+ years in Procurement/ Sourcing and / or operations.

Digital first mentality with understanding of AI experience layer including automations such as BOTS, RPA, Agentic AI to improve operational efficiency.

Data & Analytics skills targeted towards effective resource management.

Strong supplier & stakeholder management expertise with proven track record to influence and collaborate at all levels.

Experience with VMS like Beeline or Fieldglass and exposure to Service Request / Incident Management in Service Now.

MBA in Operations / supply chain is preferred.

Experience in continuous improvement approaches like lean six sigma, Kaizen, TQM etc.

Ability to build and maintain relationships at all levels with strong interpersonal skills

A proactive and new way, with a keen sense of urgency and the ability to think in an unexpected way.

Capability to lead and run strategic projects