# Strategic Sourcing & Commodity Manager

**Company**: Cisco
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Logistics & Supply Chain
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

We are seeking a Strategic Sourcing & Commodity Manager to develop and execute comprehensive commodity strategies for assigned technologies, including PCB sub-tier laminates. The successful candidate will have a strong background in supply chain operations, business, and supplier management.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and execute comprehensive commodity strategies for assigned technologies through cross-functional collaboration with engineering, operations, and business units.

- Build and maintain executive-level relationships, conducting data-driven Supplier Business Reviews (SBRs) to monitor performance across cost, quality, technology, and sustainability.

- Manage end-to-end supply chain operations, including capacity planning, material delivery, inventory lifecycle management, and return-to-vendor (RTV) processes.

- Lead quarterly cost reduction initiatives, manage the RFQ process, validate supplier data, and execute award splits to ensure maximum cost competitiveness.

- Partner with the legal team to negotiate and finalize Master Purchase Agreements (MPA), Statements of Work (SOW), and other binding legal contracts.

- Track industry trends and price fluctuations to produce data-driven sensing reports and proactively mitigate geopolitical or supply chain disruption risks.

- Lead the qualification and ramp-up of alternate non-China manufacturing sites to ensure supply chain continuity and resiliency.

- Ensure supplier adherence to Cisco and industry sustainability standards (GHG, Responsible Minerals, RBA) and drive the closure of open action items.

- Identify and execute multi-sourcing opportunities to enhance supply flexibility and cost competitiveness through engineering collaboration.

- Document and report open financial liabilities,including Advance Purchases, Risk Buys, and Last-time Buys,to Finance, ensuring strict process compliance.

- Drive lead-time reduction initiatives with suppliers to minimize financial exposure and improve operational performance metrics.

- Lead organizational initiatives, and draft executive-level supplier white papers as required by leadership.

Required Qualifications:

- BS or equivalent with 8+ years of relevant experience.

- Experience in PCB commodity sub-tier material laminate management, supply chain operations, business, supplier management.

- Experience evaluating market trends of PCB and laminate, supplier data, and ability to translate to business outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Extensive business strategy and implementation knowledge

- Strong interpersonal communication and relationship management skills

- Relevant certifications contract management, or supply chain

- Thorough understanding of commodity markets, price fluctuations, and factors influencing market dynamics

## Skills

### Required
- supply chain management
- commodity management
- supplier relationship management
- contract negotiation

### Nice to have
- business strategy
- interpersonal communication
- relationship management
- contract management
- supply chain certifications

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