Responsible and accountable for the Commodity Strategy and the Supply-base executing and enabling it
Responsible and accountable for all aspects of supplier relationship management including all technical, commercial, delivery, and quality while working across partner supply chain organizations like Technology & Quality, Manufacturing, and Product Operations
Working closely with Global planning and fulfillment teams to track inventory, CT2R, and ensure continuity of supply. This includes lead time management, Strategic Inventory Planning, Sophisticated purchase proposals and such
Managing quarterly negotiations of component cost and lead-times
Performance Management : Executive Escalations / Resolutions, Scorecards / Business Reviews on Cost, Quality, Delivery, Technology, and Partnership
Proactively using data to assess issues, risk assessment, work and collaborate cross-functional to provide proposals to mitigate the risk and see and follow through with the plan to implement.
Identifying, tracking, and collaborating across functions on appropriate Market Indicators for the assigned Industry, anticipating market trends and transitions
Negotiating, and driving all aspects/terms of legal settlement/agreements such as MPAs, MOU, Capacity agreement, VMI agreements and such
Influence the suppliers in investments that meet Cisco’s future requirements
Minimum Qualifications
10+ years of cross functional Supply Chain experience
Ability to develop and execute short, mid, and long term strategies
Expertise in building positive relationships internally and externally, and conflict resolution
Adept at influencing decisions and developing solutions to complex business situations
Strong experience with collaboration, communications, negotiations, facilitation and change management
Ability to work across boundaries, earning trust, taking risk and being inclusive is highly valued
Excellent skills in supplier management, and contracts review and management
Why Cisco?
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Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.
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