Description
Join Cisco's Global Supply Chain Strategy & Planning team as a Strategy & Planning Manager. You will own a workstream within a larger strategic engagement, working closely with the Engagement Lead to structure problems, lead analysis, engage stakeholders, and develop clear recommendations for leadership.
Your responsibilities include:
- Building quantitative analysis, including financial models, scenarios, business cases, and analytical frameworks
- Managing stakeholder relationships across Business Units, Planning, Sourcing, Logistics, Channel, and Finance
- Conducting external benchmarking and competitive analysis
- Developing and defending a clear point of view
- Presenting workstream findings to senior leaders
- Guiding analysts supporting your workstream
Requirements:
- 7+ years of experience in management consulting, corporate strategy, or supply chain operations
- Proven experience owning workstreams from problem definition through completion
- Ability to structure open-ended business problems into actionable analytical frameworks
- Strong quantitative modeling skills
- Experience independently managing relationships with senior stakeholders
- Strong communication skills
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience in operations or supply chain consulting
- Experience mentoring, coaching, or reviewing the work of junior analysts
- Familiarity with analytical tools such as Python, SQL, Power BI, or Tableau
- Experience working across global teams, geographies, and time zones