Who we are: Cisco’s Global Supplier Management ecosystem is an experienced, close-knit, cross-functional team that is responsible for engaging with suppliers, contract manufacturers and drive sourcing & costing process. GSM also supports continuity of supply, quality and develops commodity strategies for the hundreds of products that Cisco manufactures. The team maintains close relationship with component suppliers and strongly collaborates with them to consistently drive innovation, productivity, and efficiency. Within GSM, the Product cost operations team drives the global business processes, systems and execution of product costing. You will be joining this extraordinarily talented organization with high-performance standards in a warm and congenial environment committed to your growth. What You’ll Do Your responsibilities will include: * Enabling Cost Process through Supplier RFQ Management, wherein you will be responsible for costing and quoting activities for a given commodity(s) including RFQ management, quote analysis & supporting quote closure. * Business and Data analytics to identify gaps and solve for business challenges. Provide analytical reports and business recommendation based on analytical insights and support business reviews. * Own and develop relationship with Commodity Managers, Manufacturing team, Finance, Suppliers & Contract Manufacturers in enabling a smooth cost rollup & identification of roll up gaps * Analyse current processes to determine what can be improved to achieve desired outcome * Build and maintain process & training documentation Who You Are? You can take the most complex of business situations and articulate it in the simplest way, backed with data. Business and Data Analytics: You are strong in analytical skills and can churn large sets of data to derive valuable business insights. Problem-solving: Ability to resolve issues quickly and efficiently, communicate those results in a timely and effective manner, combined with the ability to know when to bring in executive leadership to gain support Ability to prioritize and manage competing requirements from various teams, keeping all apprised of status and adjust plans if needed rather than compromise results. Influencing skills: Ability to educate and persuade key partners to drive vital change. Negotiation and decision-making skills, coupled with sound judgment.Strong written & verbal communication skills Partnership: Ability to react quickly and effectively to the dynamic business environment, identify roadblocks early and provide leadership to amend plans to keep the team on track. Relationship Development: Experience in developing and maintaining strong working relationships with co-workers and business partners and willingness to hold one another accountable for results. Minimum requirements: * 5+ years of experience of Commodity Management/Material Management/ Supply Chain Management/ Business Analytics * Experience in RFQ management * Strong Analytical Skills, strong expertise in Tableau, Excel, Other analytical tools * Excellent written & verbal communication skills * Experience in HW Manufacturing / Product development industry is preferred * BE/BS degree completed Who you’ll work with? The Global Supplier Management (GSM) Organization is an industry leader in sourcing and supplier management that enables sustained innovation and supply chain excellence. Our focus is to drive innovation while ensuring process stability, compliance & evolution, to accomplish this, you will work very closely with functions across Supply Chain, Finance & Manufacturing, Marketing and Legal. Why Cisco? #WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it? Well, for starters - with people like you! Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We’re the Internet’s optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it’s not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We’re helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. 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