Manufacturing Operations Supply Project Manager

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Manufacturing Operations Supply Project Manager responsible for optimizing fulfillment supply chain and materials planning.

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Meet the Team

Join our dynamic team, where you'll work with great people from marketing, operations, supplier management, and finance to create the most efficient supply chain for the Next Generation Firewall Business Unit (NGFWBU) products. Oh, and you'll also work with your teammates, who are great.
The organization works with Contract Manufacturers (CMs) in, Regional Operations, Marketing, GSM, and Finance teams to create a best-in-class fulfillment supply chain.
The NGFWBU (GFO) team seeks someone who is exciting and worthy of joining the best planning and fulfillment team on earth and beyond. We're going to need your help to formulate a strategy because we value your opinion and need you to lean in here!

Your Impact

As a member of the NGFWBU, you’re going to change the way we work, live, play, and learn. As a Product Supply Lead (PSL), you'll navigate daily challenges in a dynamic and supportive environment. Your expertise in materials planning and fulfillment will give Cisco a competitive edge and enhance customer satisfaction.
You'll establish effective materials pipelines, optimize product lead times, and collaborate with regional teams to align build plans with business needs, focusing on fulfillment metrics (LTA, OTB, etc.). You will be the main contact for the BU, Regional S&OP, and Sales regarding order escalations and allocations.
Support Product Ops through all product life cycle stages, including key deal enablement, process optimization, and supply-demand balancing. Assist the Product Supply Chain Planning team with inventory metrics and key control points for E&O forecasting, cost, and scrap decisions.
Coordinate the Aging Inventory/Scrap/E&O process across the Security space, providing analytical support and ensuring alignment with BU stakeholders.

Minimum Qualifications:

· BA/BS or experience of a minimum of 10 years
· Strong analytical skills (Demand Planning, Sales & Operations Planning)
· Deep supply chain knowledge.
· Expert level with MS Office Applications (Excel, PowerPoint, Sharepoint)
· English language proficient

Preferred Qualifications:

· Knowledge of manufacturing processes and procedures
· Excellent communication and business planning skills, while being self-motivated with a focus on execution.
· Understanding of Supply Planning processes & tools
· Experience with MRP/ERP systems, including material planning-specific software such as Kinaxis or Oracle.
· Experience in materials planning, and fulfillment skills.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

How we rate this

Manufacturing Operations Supply Project Manager at Cisco rates 0 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

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Tell me about a project where materials planning was part of your work. What did you do?
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