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Your Impact
The Cisco Supply Chain Product Operations team is looking for a motivated and skilled Supply Chain Program Manager (SCPM) to drive the supply chain readiness, total cost management, and BOM resiliency on all HW programs from pre-concept to FCS. Responsibilities include:
- Accountable for the assigned product portfolio’s total cost & margin management, cost reduction programs and risk mitigation for new products.
- Validate the integrity of the costed BOM and forward costing.
- Ability to clearly articulate the main cost drivers, cost reduction, and cost avoidance activities and support Standard & Gross Margin management of HW & SW products through value engineering, Commodity Analysis and BOM optimization.
- Prepare the supply chain and lead a ramp plan to ensure continuity of material supply and delivery between proto and early production for assigned HW products.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in technology-related field, supply chain management, or engineering.
- 2-5 years of experience in supply chain within the tech industry.
- Experience in program management and stakeholder management.
- Supply chain knowledge, particularly in Hi-Tech environments, and ability to complete product costing and margin analysis.
- Understanding of product, Bill of Materials, and costing.
- Experience leading continuity of material supply, delivery, and quality ensuring no shortages, delays, or quality issues from prototype to FCS.
- Knowledge of PLM processes - exposure to Agile PDM system is an advantage.
Preferred Qualifications
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while managing multiple competing priorities.
- Experience in strategic planning and aligning product lifecycle management objectives with broader business goals.
- Basic negotiation skills.
- Strong attention to details and analytical skills.
- Experience with cost avoidance, cost reduction, and value engineering.
Why Cisco?
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.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field, supply chain management, or engineering
- 2-5 years of supply chain experience within the technology industry
- Experience in program management and stakeholder management
- Supply chain knowledge in high-tech environments, including product costing and margin analysis
- Understanding of products, Bills of Materials, and costing
- Experience leading material supply continuity, delivery, and quality from prototype through first customer shipment
- Knowledge of product lifecycle management processes
- Exposure to Agile PDM systems
- Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while managing competing priorities
- Experience with strategic planning and aligning product lifecycle management objectives with broader business goals
- Basic negotiation skills
- Strong attention to detail and analytical skills
- Experience with cost avoidance, cost reduction, and value engineering
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 broad, with medical options including PPOs, high-deductible plans, and regional HMOs. Feedback suggests robust wellness and mental-health resources, with some locations offering on-site support and second medical opinions.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is highlighted through paid holidays, paid time off, and additional recharge days such as “Days for Me,” with generous volunteer time also mentioned. Feedback suggests these programs help support rest, volunteering, and critical life events.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental and family support appears extensive, including paid child-bonding leave, family medical leave, and caregiving resources. Observations also point to family-planning assistance and adoption or surrogacy support in some regions.
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What We Do
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