Sourcing Commodity Manager - Audio Visual Technologies

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  • Location:
    Lysaker, Norway
  • Area of Interest
    Supply Chain
  • Job Type
    Professional
  • Technology Interest
    *None
  • Job Id
    1419243

What You'll Do

Cisco Global Supplier Management (GSM) seeks a Sourcing Commodity Manager to work within the Specialty Technology group who is responsible for architecting and leading Cisco's Audio Visual Collaboration technology supply base for the Collaboration business globally. Join us in the development of industry-leading Collaboration commodity strategies, and technology road mapping and in representing Global Supply Management with the best marketing, engineering, and operations teams in the world.

Responsibilities include

  • Primary contact and focal point to the Business Units to address all sourcing and supplier NPI management issues for the technologies assigned.
  • Collaborate with Business Unit partners to understand the long-term requirements, mapping requirements into supply base offerings.
  • You will lead and orchestrate the roadmap reviews between engineering and suppliers, find solutions, build proposals, and implement them to meet business requirements, striking a balance between supply continuity, cost, and delivery.
  • Acts as an advocate for the Business Units to shape and evolve commodity strategy.
  • Responsible for negotiating and implementing sourcing decisions, risk assessment/mitigation and alternate technical solution development.
  • Oversees large, complex programs consisting of multiple locations and Business Units.

Who You’ll Work With

Suppliers, Marketing, Engineering, and Operations.

Who You Are

  • A Self-starter, that can independently resolve large-scale project issues and manage appropriate partner concerns as necessary.
  • Good engineering background or qualifications: works comfortably with engineers (essential)
  • Prior experience in the areas of Camera and/ or Audio Technologies (helpful)
  • Prior Commodity Management, Procurement Engineering experience (advantageous)
  • You have business experience, technical knowledge, and people skills, aren’t intimidated by titles, and can work with people toward a shared goal.
  • You’re an innovator and you love technology.
  • You'll use your ability to influence, both inside and outside Cisco, to make sure we implement our strategy.
  • Your top negotiation skills are used daily so that Cisco is competitive in the marketplace and our customers love our products.
  • Brings a blend of commercial acumen with engineering problem-solving
  • Strong collaboration and teamwork skills: can work effectively with a range of colleagues from suppliers to R&D engineers

Industry or Sector

Electronics (essential) from consumer through to business (advantageous)

Why Cisco

We connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold risks to shape the technologies that give us inquisitive cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style with unique personalities who aren’t afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays, and learns.

We are thought leaders, tech geeks, and pop culture aficionados, and we even have a few purple-haired rock stars. We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and we are doers.

We Are Cisco.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings. Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

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.75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

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