Supplier Commodity Manager, Optics

What You'll Do

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

You will be:

• Accountable for the Commodity Strategy and enabling the Supply-base
• Managing quarterly negotiations of component cost and lead-times
• Benchmarking the industry ensuring competitive value to Cisco
• Accountable for all aspects of supplier relationship management including: technical, commercial, contractual, delivery, and quality.
• Negotiating, and executing all aspects/terms of MPAs, legal settlement/agreements, such as MOU, VMI agreements, etc.
• Identifying and tracking appropriate Market Indicators, anticipating market trends and transitions

Who You'll Work With

The Global Supplier Management (GSM) Organization is an industry leader in sourcing and supplier management that enable sustained innovation and supply chain excellence. You'll 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.

Who You Are

You possess a combination of business experience, and strong interpersonal communication and relationship management skills, aren’t intimidated by titles and can work with people toward a shared goal.

You'll use your ability to influence, both inside and outside Cisco, to make sure we execute our strategy. Your top negotiation skills are used daily so that Cisco is competitive in the marketplace and our customers love our products.

Minimum requirements for this role:

• BA/BS in Business, Engineering and etc.; MBA preferred
• 10+ years of cross functional Supply Chain experience
• Excellent skills in supplier management, and contracts review and management
• Ability to develop and execute short, mid, and long term strategies
• Expertise in building strong relationships internally and externally, and conflict resolution
• Adept at influencing decisions and developing solutions to complex business situations
• Strong experience with collaboration, communications, negotiations, facilitation and change management
• Ability to work across boundaries, earning trust, taking risk and being inclusive is highly valued
• Experience in Optics is preferred
• Travel to visit suppliers and to the Cisco HQ in the US

Why Cisco

At Cisco, each person brings their unique talents to work as a team and make a difference.

Yes, our technology changes the way the world works, lives, plays and learns, but our edge comes from our people.

• We connect everything – people, process, data and things – and we use those connections to change our world for the better.

• We innovate everywhere - From launching a new era of networking that adapts, learns and protects, to building Cisco Services that accelerate businesses and business results. Our technology powers entertainment, retail, healthcare, education and more – from Smart Cities to your everyday devices.

• We benefit everyone - We do all of this while striving for a culture that empowers every person to be the difference, at work and in our communities.

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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.

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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