Who We Are
Cisco Supply Chain plays a critical role delivering profitable growth and strategic outcomes for Cisco’s customers, shareholders, and business units. Our highly engaged organization excels in a fast-paced environment, continually transforming the way we work to be one step ahead of the ever-changing world around us. Component Central Operations (CCO) enables the Components Business to achieve world-class Silicon & Optical operations by leading end-to-end process improvements and digital transformation, leveraging portfolio management, data & security, and architecture expertise. We drive execution to achieve business outcomes enabling Components Operations to maximize revenue, margin, & deliver world class products in a cost effective and efficient manner.
How We Impact The Business
- Leverage cutting edge technology to deliver best-in-class supply chain solutions
- Increase data transparency and granularity to deliver data driven insights to enable fit for purpose solutions
- Deliver customer value proposition through industry leading supply chain strategies and portfolio management
- Lead business process excellence initiatives to drive out waste and build lean operations
Responsibilities Include
- Work with OSATs, Foundry, 3PL, Cisco IT and Silicon One/Optics regional teams to align on an engagement model that drives high quality, rapid transformation
- Working with Cisco IT, Partner IT/Biz, Components Business, CCO Business Architecture/ PMO/ D&A teams to deliver transformation projects
- Report out on project status, define and align on risk, and work through the engagement model to resolve risks
- Manage RAID log to burn down actions, issues, and KBD/KDDs with assigned owners
- Support testing (requirements, burndown, defect resolution with partners, Cisco IT, CCO, and Business)
Who You Are
You connect the dots, are resourceful, and proactive in delivering results in a matrixed, global company. People love working with you because you are authentic, a good listener, always give your best and proactively support others to do the same. You have strong project management skills and willing to lean in and help the team. You have the ability to multi-task, work with ambiguity, and adapt quickly to changing business needs and environmental conditions. You have exceptional attention to detail, demonstrate critical thinking, sound judgment and a pragmatic approach to decision making and problem solving. You build strong relationships with stakeholders and demonstrate effective interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to gain others confidence.
Qualifications
- 8+ years of experience in Portfolio & Program Management
- Extensive experience across semiconductor, fabless manufacturing, and digital transformation
- Partnership Management: Strength in managing foundry, OSAT, and supplier relationships for synchronized planning and execution
- Experience in managing large-scale programs/projects
- Excellent communication, organization, presentation, and analytical skills
- Experience working with cross functional teams in a fast-paced environment
- Nice to Have: PMP Certification
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
- 8+ years of experience in Portfolio & Program Management
- Extensive experience across semiconductor, fabless manufacturing, and digital transformation
- Partnership management experience with foundry, OSAT, and supplier relationships
- Experience managing large-scale programs/projects
- Excellent communication, organization, presentation, and analytical skills
- Experience working with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment
- PMP Certification
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.
Cisco Insights
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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