Sourcing Commodity Manager - Audio Visual Technologies
Cisco Systems
- Lysaker, Viken
- Fast
- Fulltid
- Primary contact and focal point to the Business Units to address all sourcing and supplier NPI management issues for the technologies assigned.
- Collaborate with Business Unit partners to understand the long-term requirements, mapping requirements into supply base offerings.
- You will lead and orchestrate the roadmap reviews between engineering and suppliers, find solutions, build proposals, and implement them to meet business requirements, striking a balance between supply continuity, cost, and delivery.
- Acts as an advocate for the Business Units to shape and evolve commodity strategy.
- Responsible for negotiating and implementing sourcing decisions, risk assessment/mitigation and alternate technical solution development.
- Oversees large, complex programs consisting of multiple locations and Business Units.
- A Self-starter, that can independently resolve large-scale project issues and manage appropriate partner concerns as necessary.
- Good engineering background or qualifications: works comfortably with engineers (essential)
- Prior experience in the areas of Camera and/ or Audio Technologies (helpful)
- Prior Commodity Management, Procurement Engineering experience (advantageous)
- You have business experience, technical knowledge, and people skills, aren't intimidated by titles, and can work with people toward a shared goal.
- You're an innovator and you love technology.
- You'll use your ability to influence, both inside and outside Cisco, to make sure we implement our strategy.
- Your top negotiation skills are used daily so that Cisco is competitive in the marketplace and our customers love our products.
- Brings a blend of commercial acumen with engineering problem-solving
- Strong collaboration and teamwork skills: can work effectively with a range of colleagues from suppliers to R&D engineers