Sourcing Commodity Manager - PCB

Cisco Systems, Inc.•San Jose, CA

40d

About The Position

Cisco Global Supplier Management (GSM) team is seeking a motivated Technical Sourcing Commodity Manager for Interconnect commodity. You will join a highly impactful and dynamic organization collaborating with cross-functional teams and suppliers on early technology sensing and sourcing engagement across Cisco engineering teams. We work closely with hardware design engineering, component engineering, manufacturing, and suppliers to develop the next generation of Products including AI. We work with the industry leading Interconnects suppliers to develop the technology roadmaps, aligned to Cisco's Next Generation Technology development, delivering the cut edge technologies at price. We take a lot of pride in developing these next generation technologies for our Customers! Provide industry (PCB, sub-tiers) knowledge and understanding of market trends (cost, technology, supply chain design, etc.,)

Requirements

BS or equivalent with 10+ years of relevant experience - Could be a combination of engineering design with business strategy experience
PCB product manufacturing, Laminate technology and industry experience is a must
Technical knowledge relevant to PCB technologies (Line Card, Backplane, Rigid/Flex/HDI, Laminates, Glass cloth)

Nice To Haves

Extensive business strategy and implementation knowledge is required
Technical and business-related problem solving skills
Strong interpersonal communication and relationship management skills
Having a strong experience with PCB tech/ecosystem

Responsibilities

Define and set strategic direction
Collaborate with Business Unit partners to understand the long term requirements, mapping requirements into supply base offering, roadmap gap closure and facilitate optimal component selection.
Responsible for implementing sourcing decisions, risk assessment/mitigation and alternate technical solution development.
Be responsible for large, complex programs consisting of multiple locations and Business Units.
Self-starter, that can independently resolve large-scale project issues and manage appropriate partner concerns within Cisco as necessary.
International travel might be required

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