Sourcing Commodity Manager - Interconnects.

The application window is expected to close on : July 10, 2025

Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.

Meet the Team

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 enginerring, 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!

Your Impact

• Work closely with hardware design engineers, Product Operations, Component Engineering, and other cross-functional teams across Cisco to ensure Suppliers are aligned with Cisco’s Technology Roadmap.
• Develop the Sourcing Strategy with the cross-functional teams and execution.
• Lead and orchestrate the technology roadmap reviews between engineering and suppliers find technical solutions, collect required technology proposals from the suppliers, analyze the proposals between multiple suppliers, prepare the proposal and provide your recommendation to the Business Units and cross-functional teams.
• Negotiate the multi–Quarter Cost (New Product Introduction and Mass Production Cost), Quality, Capacity, Resiliency / Non-China Manufacturing, Non-Reoccurring Expenses, Protect Cisco IP, work with legal to documenting the terms and conditions, negotiated and execute the agreements with the Suppliers and Mfg. Partners.
• Drive value engineering through ideation and execution.
• Drive second sourcing opportunities to enable healthy cost competitiveness and enable supply flexibility.
• Work side by side with the engineering teams on the New Product developments, removing the roadblocks, lead the meetings between suppliers and the engineering teams to move the projects forward.
• Point of escalation for all the supplier related issues. You will ensure suppliers are meeting the original development schedule given to Cisco. You will expedite the required raw materials for the NPI builds.
• Developing the supplier relationship to get the best value for Cisco business. You will be meeting with the suppliers in-person and virtual on regular basis to understand the development of the new products and industry sensing.
• Work closely with Supplier Commodity Managers sharing the NPI developments, preparing them for smooth transfer of the parts to the mass production release.
• Collaborate with the supply chain central operations on process and tool management

Minimum Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications