What You'll Do

The Product Operations team is looking for a Program Manager to be accountable for volume manufacturing readiness, total cost management, and BOM resiliency. This includes NPI Program Management, NPI Cost and Sourcing responsibilities, high level details below.

New Product Introduction Program Management:

• Manages the cost BOM integrity, risk analysis, as well as supply chain strategy communication to the Operations and the BU teams
• Performs BOM risk analysis, identifying and validating risk parts driving resolution or developing mitigation plans for all high risk parts, single and sole sourced rated components prior to First Customer Ship
• Prepares the supply chain and manages a ramp plan to ensure continuity of material supply and delivery between proto and early production
• Oversees supplier performance and team expectations by actively driving suppliers to meet or exceed committed performance by establishing relationships and trust with suppliers
• Manages and ensures a smooth product transition from NPI to Sustaining by applying the transition checklist and the Product Lifecycle Cost Plan prior to pilot and gaining agreement with Mfg Ops and the PLPM on the final checklist

NPI Cost:

• Understands all elements of hardware and software product cost; validates the integrity of the costed BOM and forward costing; able to clearly articulate the main cost drivers, cost reduction, and cost avoidance activities
• Support Standard & Gross Margin management of HW & SW products through value engineering, BOM optimization and cost savings and avoidance activities

Sourcing:

• Uses appropriate resources and influence for HW & SW sourcing decisions to achieve optimal product cost and supply chain alignment
• Communicates HW & SW commodity strategies to the BU and Ops teams
• Engage with key HW & SW suppliers, GSM and Business Unit to ensure performance expectations are met and align with future sourcing decisions
• Conduct early engagement forums to align product technology and commodity strategies

Who You'll Work With

You will be part of a cross functional team of product engineers, project managers, commodity managers, and design engineers. Your focus will be developing next generation network routing products.

Who You Are

You identify as a strong analytical problem solver with a passion for identifying solutions and leading change. You’re creative, highly collaborative and have a successful track record engaging with cross functional teams. In addition, you’re a self-starter with the highest work quality whose attention to detail along with your excellent written and verbal skills makes you a phenomenal fit for our role!

Required Skills and Background

• 12+ years related experience in manufacturing
• Demonstrated experience of Bill Of Material (BOM) and Material Management (including cost drivers of BOM)
• Experience with Data Analysis and Manufacturing; cost and lead time, analyzing data and provide options on mitigating risks.
• Experience developing options for components, suppliers and manufacturing ramp challenges
• Deep understanding of cost-pricing tools and data base knowledge, Agile PDM, Planning and scheduling material and prototype deliveries.
• Experience managing inventories, excess and obsolete and purchase price variation
• Strong use of Excel, Tableau and Power Point

Why Cisco?

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters – with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data travelling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We’re helping businesses of all shapes and size to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world – whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other’s backs, we recognise our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another – from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

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