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Meet the Team
Cisco Global Supplier Management (GSM) team is seeking a motivated Sourcing Commodity Manager for Optics Transceivers. You will join a highly impactful and dynamic organization collaborating with cross-functional teams and suppliers on early technology sensing and sourcing engagement across Cisco engineering teams.

We work closely with hardware design engineers across Cisco including early sensing and engagement to understand their product roadmap. You will lead and orchestrate the roadmap reviews between engineering and suppliers, find solutions, create proposals, and implement to meet business requirements, striking a balance between supply continuity, cost, and delivery.

Your Impact
- Provide industry knowledge and understanding of Optics Transceivers fabrication technologies, and market trends (cost, technology, supply chain design, etc.).
- Collaborate with Business Unit partners to understand the long-term requirements,



mapping requirements into supply base offering, roadmap gap closure and facilitate optimal component selection.
- Responsible for implementing sourcing decisions, risk assessment/mitigation and alternate technical solution development.
- Be responsible for large, complex programs consisting of multiple locations and Business Units.
- Self-starter, that can independently resolve large-scale project issues and manage appropriate partner concerns within Cisco as necessary.

Minimum Qualifications:
- MS or equivalent with 5+ years of relevant experience - Could be a combination of engineering design with business strategy experience
- Technical knowledge of optics transceivers for both single and multi-mode applications
- Deep knowledge of key components and Optic Transceivers ecosystem (Laser, PD, TIA; Driver, CDR/DSPs)
- Proficiency in negotiation, ensuring competitive advantage and high satisfaction for Cisco’s cu

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