Cisco Careers

What You'll Do

You will drive strategy and own the Sourcing and Supplier management for the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) team in Cisco Global Supplier Management (GSM), a function in Cisco’s Supply Chain Operations. You will join a highly impactful and dynamic organization collaborating with cross-functional teams and suppliers.

Areas of Responsibility:

• Set and drive strategic direction for Cisco’s Printed Circuit Board commodity
• Build and lead a team of professionals who give Cisco a competitive edge through leading edge strategy, sourcing, and supplier management.
• Partner closely with and influence the engineering leadership team on strategy and sourcing decisions for new designs.
• Build effective supplier relationships including technical, commercial, delivery and quality.
• Anticipate, Identify, and track appropriate market tendencies and transitions
• Team leadership and management
• People development and mentorship

Who You'll Work With:

You'll join an empowered, collaborative leadership team who's passionate about driving strategies that facilitate the execution and growth of Cisco business. In this role you will interact with Engineering leadership, Supplier Executives, Global Supply Chain Management peers, and Finance partners.

Who You Are:

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

You can set a vision and develop short, mid, and long-term strategies based on your sensing of the marketplace, which enables Cisco’s strategy and success.

You have a good understanding of and experience in PCB Industry.

You'll use your ability to influence, both inside and outside Cisco, to make sure we execute our strategy.

Your top management skills are used daily so that Cisco is competitive in the marketplace and our customers love our products.

You are accomplished at providing coaching and mentorship on job performance and career development. Deliberate at developing and nurturing a global, diverse, and inclusive team environment.

You are a highly effective communicator able to collaborate with and influence executive-level (VP, SVP, C-level) leaders within Cisco and suppliers.

You are a Strong negotiator with experience negotiating and managing agreements with third parties.

You have demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and achieving results.

Required Skills:

• Excellent skills in supplier management, commercial negotiation, and contracts and management.
• Strong business acumen
• Ability to develop credibility with engineering teams
• High-energy, strategic problem solver with excellent judgment and a real passion for learning
• Expertise in building positive relationships internally and externally, and conflict resolution
• Adept at developing solutions to complex business situations and influencing decisions needed to implement these solutions
• Comfortable engaging at all levels of the organization – quickly developing trust, communicating, and driving active discussions
• Capability to influence senior executives through strength of ideas, storytelling through data, and personality
• Track record of building successful teams and developing talent
• BA or BS Degree -- Graduate degree preferred

Why Cisco

WE ARE CISCO

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference. Here’s how we do it.

We drive digital, and help our customers implement change in their digital businesses. Some may think we’re “old” (30 years strong!) and only about hardware, but we’re also a software company. And a security company. A blockchain company. An AI/Machine Learning company. We even invented an intuitive network that adapts, predicts, learns and protects. No other company can do what we do – you can’t put us in a box!

But “Digital Transformation” is an empty buzz phrase without a culture that allows for innovation, creativity, and yes, even failure (if you learn from it.)

Day to day, we focus on the give and take. We give our best, we give our egos a break and we give of ourselves (because giving back is built into our DNA.) We take accountability, we take bold steps, and we take difference to heart. Because without diversity of thought and a dedication to equality for all, there is no moving forward.

So, you have colorful hair? Don’t care. Tattoos? Show off your ink. Like polka dots? That’s cool.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and you will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, all applicants who meet qualifications with arrest and conviction records.