Meet the Team:

Cisco Global Supplier Management (GSM) team is seeking a motivated Supplier Commodity Manager for the PCB commodity. You will be part of a highly impactful and dynamic organization collaborating with cross-functional teams and suppliers enabling Cisco’s business.

Your impact:Position Responsibilities: PCB sub-tier laminate supplier management and development: building strong business relationships with key suppliers monitoring their performance, and addressing any issues.Market Analysis: Tracking PCB and laminate market trends, price fluctuations, and supply chain disruptions to anticipate potential risks and opportunities. Identifying and prepare data driven industry sensing reports for the assigned technologies.Commodity Strategy: Developing and executing on the agreed upon Commodity Strategy for the assigned technologies and suppliers.Operational Management: Enabling the best industry cost, supply capacity, supply flexibility, best quality, material delivery etc. Manage life cycle of the component, other operational activities.Negotiation & Request for Quote: Leading and delivering the Quarter over Quarter cost reductions.Contract Negotiation: Negotiate and complete the legal contracts, such as, Master Purchase Agreement, Statement of Work, Letter of Agreements and any other legal contracts with the suppliers.Supplier Selection & Evaluation: Choose suppliers that can meet Cisco’s supply chain needs. Assess the supplier's strengths and weaknesses using criteria like technology, innovation, cost, quality, supply capacity, financial health, sustainability, etc.Resiliency: Work with the suppliers to enable the Non-China Manufacturing location(s) to enable supply chain resiliency.Minimum Qualifications: BS or equivalent with 8+ years of relevant experience.Experience in PCB commodity sub-tier material laminate management, supply chain operations, business, supplier management.Experience evaluating market trends of PCB and laminate, supplier data, and ability to translate to business outcomes.Preferred Qualifications: Extensive business strategy and implementation knowledgeStrong interpersonal communication and relationship management skillsRelevant certifications contract management, or supply chainThorough understanding of commodity markets, price fluctuations, and factors influencing market dynamics

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint. Simply put – we power the future.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

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