What You'll Do
- Strategic partner management, collaborating with cross functional teams to drive improved logistics and customer delivery experience across a global supply chain.
- Drive individual partner strategies and a key contributor to development and execution of the Global Logistics Partner Strategy.
- Drive Business Review and Performance Scorecard processes with key logistics partners.
- Drive Strategic Communications with Partner account teams and leadership
- Engage with regional logistics and global functions in business initiatives, cost reduction opportunities, quality, risk mitigation, and supply chain resiliency.
Who You'll Work With
- Lead supplier change and team expectations by actively driving suppliers to meet or exceed committed changes.
- Close alignment with regional operational resources on partner issues & customer concerns, business requirements and strategy governance.
- Apply appropriate resources and influence the streamlined delivery of projects/changes.
- Analyzes supply chain issues, facilitates solutions and proposals, and strategically communicate plans and status.
- Be the counterpart and soundboard for the Partner Management and Sourcing Excellence functions with respect to Partner Strategy.
Who You Are
- Independent and result-oriented way of working.
- Ability to translate logistics partner dynamics to a business context to support management decisions.
- Strong interpersonal skills and a service orientated attitude to develop and maintain positive professional relationships with our Logistics Partners.
- Able to multitask with competing priorities, deadlines and parties.
- Background in Supplier Strategy and Development, Quality and Supply Chain Management. Experience in High Tech Telecommunications or Networking Equipment industry highly desired.
Minimum Requirements
- BA degree - MBA or graduate degree preferred.
- 5+ years in global transportation and logistics industry.
- Fluency in written and spoken English.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to persuade and execute deliverables.
At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.
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.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.
Skills Required
- BA degree
- MBA or graduate degree
- 5+ years in global transportation and logistics industry
- Fluency in written and spoken English
- Excellent communication skills and ability to persuade and execute deliverables
- Background in Supplier Strategy and Development, Quality and Supply Chain Management
- Experience in High Tech Telecommunications or Networking Equipment industry
- Ability to translate logistics partner dynamics to business context to support management decisions
- Strong interpersonal skills and a service-oriented attitude to develop and maintain partner relationships
- Ability to multitask with competing priorities and deadlines
Cisco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cisco and has not been reviewed or approved by Cisco.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is described as robust with multiple plan options and access to onsite/virtual LifeConnections Health Centers on major campuses. Company materials also highlight mental-health resources and comprehensive preventive care, supporting strong core medical benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time away includes company‑wide recharge days, a paid birthday, a year‑end shutdown, and paid Critical Time Off for emergencies. Paid volunteer days further expand opportunities to step away and recharge.
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Parental & Family Support — Policies include a global minimum for paid parental leave for primary caregivers, caregiving concierge services, and on‑site children’s learning centers in select locations. In the U.S., family‑building support is consolidated under Carrot with a defined lifetime maximum, indicating structured assistance across fertility, preservation, adoption, and surrogacy.
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What We Do
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) enables people to make powerful connections--whether in business, education, philanthropy, or creativity. Cisco hardware, software, and service offerings are used to create the Internet solutions that make networks possible--providing easy access to information anywhere, at any time. Cisco was founded in 1984 by a small group of computer scientists from Stanford University. Since the company's inception, Cisco engineers have been leaders in the development of Internet Protocol (IP)-based networking technologies. Today, with more than 71,000 employees worldwide, this tradition of innovation continues with industry-leading products and solutions in the company's core development areas of routing and switching, as well as in advanced technologies such as home networking, IP telephony, optical networking, security, storage area networking, and wireless technology. In addition to its products, Cisco provides a broad range of service offerings, including technical support and advanced services. Cisco sells its products and services, both directly through its own sales force as well as through its channel partners, to large enterprises, commercial businesses, service providers, and consumers.
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