Sourcing Commodity Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California, +2 more states.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with Hardware Design Engineering, Component Engineering, and Manufacturing to ensure supplier technologies align with Cisco’s product architecture and roadmap.

• Engage in technical design reviews to assess feasibility, manufacturability, and performance trade-offs.

• Initiate early supplier technical involvement for new designs and architectural developments.

• Lead discussions regarding supplier technology roadmaps, focusing on design methodologies, materials, processes, and manufacturing capabilities.

• Act as the technical escalation point for design, yield, reliability, and manufacturability issues related to suppliers.

• Ensure suppliers meet development milestones, technical readiness, and qualification timelines.

• Oversee supplier technical readiness from the prototype stage to mass production.

• Promote collaboration between supplier engineering teams and Cisco engineers to address design and manufacturing challenges.

• Assist in ramp readiness, yield enhancements, and the transition from New Product Introduction (NPI) to sustained production.

• Champion value engineering initiatives and formulate second-source strategies.

• Support geographic diversification and strategies for non-China manufacturing.

• Identify technical and manufacturing risks and devise mitigation strategies.

• Conduct supplier reviews focusing on technology readiness, NPI execution, yield, capacity, and associated risks.

• Deliver technical status updates to cross-functional leadership teams.

• Collaborate with Component Engineering on quality investigations and necessary corrective actions.

• Promote continuous improvement, establish technical KPIs, and enable data-driven supplier performance.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 7 years of technical experience in memory and storage technologies, particularly with NAND solutions such as SSD, eMMC, UFS, and uSD, including design support and manufacturing collaboration.

• More than 10 years of experience directly engaging with hardware design engineering teams on New Product Introductions (NPI).

• At least 10 years of experience working with suppliers on technical development, qualification, manufacturing readiness, cost negotiations, should-cost modeling, contract management, and acquiring quotations through RFQ/RFI processes.

• A Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field is preferred.

• Experience with memory and storage technology or memory suppliers is preferred.

• Familiarity with AI system architectures and high-performance computing platforms is preferred.

• Exceptional technical communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement abilities.

🏝️ Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance.

• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contributions.

• Paid parental leave.

• Coverage for short- and long-term disability.

• Basic life insurance.

• Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available.

• 10 paid holidays each full calendar year.

• 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees.

• 1 paid day off for the employee’s birthday.

• Paid year-end holiday shutdown.

• 4 paid days off for personal wellness.

• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year for non-exempt employees.

• Flexible vacation time off program for eligible exempt employees.

• 80 hours of sick time off provided at hire and each January 1st thereafter.

• Up to 80 hours of unused sick time can be carried forward.

• Additional paid time off for critical or emergency family matters.

• Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year.

• Annual bonuses for non-sales positions.

• Opportunities for growth and professional development.