Description
The Cisco Product Operations team is seeking a seasoned Product Lifecycle Program Manager (PLPM) to provide strategic leadership over global cost management and the end-to-end product lifecycle from inception to End-of-Life (EOL).
Your Impact The PLPM will define and implement frameworks that ensure operational efficiency and market competitiveness across Cisco's global manufacturing footprint.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Cost Management & Lifecycle Oversight: Drive rigorous cost management protocols from launch through EOL to ensure sustained profitability.
- Engineering Change Governance: Provide authoritative oversight for Engineering Change Management, ensuring seamless technical transitions and minimal operational disruption.
- Product Quality & Financial Stewardship: Maintain stringent control over product quality benchmarks and cost structures, ensuring alignment with organisational financial targets.
- Complex Problem Resolution: Lead the mitigation of critical sustaining issues, including line-stop resolutions, CAP account management, AVL optimisation, and continuous manufacturing process improvement.
- EOL Strategy & Orchestration: Direct the development and execution of holistic EOL strategies, partnering with integrated product teams to ensure smooth sunsetting of legacy solutions.
- Enterprise Risk Management: Oversee proactive risk assessment, including multi-source technology evaluation, component-level analysis, cost variance mitigation, and comprehensive supply chain reviews throughout the lifecycle.
- Field Performance & Margin Optimisation: Lead strategic action planning for product field performance and spearhead initiatives to drive continuous improvement in gross margins.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related technical field.
- 8+ years of progressive experience in Supply Chain management within the high-tech sector.
- Proven track record in complex Program Management and executive-level stakeholder management.
- Deep expertise in supply chain dynamics, specifically within high-tech environments, product costing, and sophisticated margin analysis.
- Advanced knowledge of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and sustaining product support.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Engineering or Supply Chain Management and/or MBA.
- Knowledge of New Product Introduction (NPI) processes.
- Six Sigma Green or Black Belt certification.
- High proficiency in Agile methodologies and advanced MSFT tools.
- Extensive experience in the high-tech electronics industry and large-scale electronics manufacturing.
- Exceptional executive communication, negotiation, and presentation skills.