Sourcing Commodity Manager – Optics - CW & Pump Lasers
About The Position
Cisco Global Supplier Management (GSM) team is seeking a motivated Sourcing Commodity Manager for “High Power Lasers, Pump Lasers, CW Lasers, ELSFP”. You will be part of a highly impactful and dynamic organization collaborating with cross-functional teams and suppliers. You will work with all hardware engineering teams across Cisco, to understand their product roadmap and needs. You will drive early technology sensing across the industry, orchestrate roadmap reviews between Cisco and suppliers, identify and propose solutions, assess suppliers capabilities to meet both technical and business requirements. The Global Supplier Management (GSM) Organization is an industry leader in sourcing and supplier management that enables 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 technology and product innovation, striking a balance between performance, quality, cost, high-volume manufacturing and delivery requirements. We accomplish this by collaborating very closely with external partners and suppliers, but also with all the internal cross-functional teams: Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, Manufacturing, Marketing and Legal.
Requirements
- MS (or equivalent) in technical subjects, with 7+ years of proven experience
- Could be a combination of engineering design with business strategy or supply chain experience.
- Knowledge and understanding of Optical technologies and fabrication processes (including III-V, SiPhotonics, PLCs, pluggable transceivers, etc.)
- Deep technical expertise on key Components (optical and non-optical) used in Optical Systems for communications and networking applications.
- Knowledge of the Optical Communications, Photonics and Networking Industry and ecosystems.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in design, fabrication, testing of lasers for Optical Communications.
- Technical and business-related problem solving skills.
- Strong interpersonal communication and relationship management skills.
- Demonstrates leading constructive discussions, taking ownership, managing emotions with empathy, and supporting team growth.
Responsibilities
- Provide industry knowledge and understanding of Optics and Photonics components fabrication technologies and market trends (cost, technology, supply chain ecosystem, etc.).
- Collaborate with Business Unit partners to understand the long-term requirements, map requirements into supply base offering, work to close roadmap gaps, facilitate optimal component selection
- Define and implement sourcing decision aligned with Commodity strategy, perform risk assessment and mitigation plans, identify and develop alternate technical solutions.
- Be part of large, complex programs involving multiple players, locations and Business Units.
- Be responsible and accountable for supplier relationship management during development and NPI phase, until product release (including technical, commercial, protos delivery, and quality aspects)
- Negotiating, and driving all aspects/terms of legal agreements to protect and define development phase: NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement), DLA (Development and License Agreement), SOW (Statement of Work).
- Exceptional data analytics and reporting skills, with the ability to translate sophisticated data and requirements into clear technical and business insights.
- Ability to develop and execute short-, mid-, and long-term strategies.
- Identify and promote solutions to sophisticated technical and business situations.
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
- grants of 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 (for non-sales roles)
- performance-based incentive pay (for sales roles)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
