Acquisition Integration Manager

Cisco•San Jose, CA

4d•$173,400 - $231,800

About The Position

Cisco’s acquisition integration ecosystem is an experienced, close-knit, cross-functional team that thrives on the dynamic (and oftentimes ambiguous) nature of integration with the shared goal of helping acquired businesses succeed at Cisco and achieve the agreed-upon business outcomes. Global Procurement Services (GPS) is responsible for the enterprise-wide-procurement of all Cisco indirect goods and services. GPS is a key partner to all regional, global and strategic Cisco Businesses, functions service delivery teams leading all sourcing, contracting, supplier management, and buying activities. The successful candidate will partner with key internal stakeholders and acquired company leads to ensure a successful integration across the procure-to-pay lifecycle to help drive business value and support profitable growth worldwide. You will directly manage the successful integration of all operational expense procure-to-pay activities for Cisco’s acquired companies. These activities include planning, execution, integration of procure-to-pay activities for acquisitions and Cisco divestitures. You will be responsible for collaboratively developing value-based procurement outcomes for newly acquired companies that accelerate the integration while being compliant with Cisco procurement policies. The purpose of the role is to ensure the value-based business continuity of the newly acquired companies during the initial integration period to Cisco's purchasing tools and processes.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in finance, business administration, or related field
8+ year of experience in one or more of the following fields: procurement, supply chain, legal, or customer success
Strong communication skills, work ethic and proactive attitude
AI Literacy with understanding of its application in operations, decision-making and strategy
Understanding of AI experience layer including BOTS, RPA, Agentic AI to improve operational efficiency
Strong analytical skills and proven ability to deal with large volumes of complex data and build models to provide insights & drive business decisions

Nice To Haves

Experience in Acquisition Integration or Divestitures a plus

Responsibilities

Project manage the procurement integration of spend and suppliers utilized by acquired companies to Cisco's processes and tools
Understand business objectives so as to generate and monitor project information, action items, schedule, and deliverables for the team.
Assist newly acquired employees in procurement-related activities as needed.
Work with cross-functional internal groups and the acquisition to ensure timely vetting, enrollment, and other requirements are completed for acquisition-based suppliers
Become a subject matter expert on Global Procurement Service procure to pay processes, relevant policies, and controls.
Define training requirements and accordingly develop training materials for acquired company personnel on policies and best practices
Develop innovative approaches to review procurement process effectiveness
Bring a change management engagement approach while influencing and bringing the acquired on the integration journey.
Provide recommendations on all procurement-related issues, plans, reports, training and metrics.
Identify and develop standard processes that address the company’s acquisition program requirements.
Flexible to adjust to changing business need

Benefits

medical, dental and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
paid parental leave
short and long-term disability coverage
basic life insurance
Cisco restricted stock units
10 paid holidays per full calendar year
1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
paid year-end holiday shutdown
4 paid days off for personal wellness
16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year (non-exempt)
flexible vacation time off program (exempt)
80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter
up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward
Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
annual bonuses (non-sales roles)
performance-based incentive pay (sales roles)