Sourcing Commodity Manager

🕒 4 days ago

🏄 California, North Carolina, +1 more states – Remote

🏄 California – Remote 🌲 North Carolina – Remote 🤠 Texas – Remote

💵 $143.1k - $185.9k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🔴 Lead

🛒 Procurement

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Cisco

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1984

🔧 Hardware

🔐 Security

🏢 Enterprise

Hardware • Security • Enterprise

Cisco is a multinational technology company that provides networking hardware, software, and services to enterprises, service providers, and governments. It builds routers, switches, optical transceivers, programmable silicon, and edge computing platforms, and offers security, collaboration (Webex), observability, and AI-enabled software and support services to help organizations design, operate, and secure large-scale networks and data centers. Cisco also delivers professional services, training, and cloud-managed solutions to support digital transformation and AI-ready infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Own technical decisions and cost outcomes for memory and storage commodities • Partner with hardware engineering, manufacturing, component engineering, and supplier engineering teams • Align supplier technologies with Cisco’s product architecture and roadmap • Participate in technical design reviews evaluating feasibility, manufacturability, and performance tradeoffs • Drive early supplier technical engagement for new designs and architectures • Lead supplier technology roadmap discussions covering design approaches, materials, processes, and manufacturing capabilities • Serve as the technical escalation point for supplier-related design, yield, reliability, and manufacturability issues • Hold suppliers accountable for development milestones, technical readiness, and qualification schedules • Lead supplier technical readiness from prototype through mass production • Facilitate collaboration between supplier engineering teams and Cisco engineers to resolve design and manufacturing issues • Support ramp readiness, yield improvement, and transition from NPI into sustained production • Drive value engineering initiatives improving cost efficiency without compromising technical performance or reliability • Identify and develop second-source strategies • Support geographic diversification and non-China manufacturing strategies • Identify technical and manufacturing risks and develop mitigation plans • Lead supplier reviews covering technology readiness, NPI execution, yield, capacity, and risk • Provide technical status updates to cross-functional leadership • Partner with Component Engineering on quality investigations and corrective actions • Drive continuous improvement using diverse methodologies • Define technical KPIs and enable data-driven execution across suppliers • Perform additional responsibilities based on evolving business priorities

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of technical experience in memory and storage technologies, especially NAND solutions such as SSD, eMMC, UFS, and uSD, including design support and manufacturing engagement • 10+ years of experience working directly with hardware design engineering teams on New Product Introductions (NPI) • 10+ years of experience engaging suppliers on technical development, qualification, manufacturing readiness, cost negotiations, should-cost modeling, contract management, and obtaining supplier quotations through RFQ/RFI processes • Master’s degree in mechanical engineering or a related field preferred • Experience with memory and storage technology or memory suppliers preferred • Familiarity with AI system architectures and high-performance computing platforms preferred • Excellent technical communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement skills • Remote position anywhere in the U.S., with preference for candidates in San Jose, CA; Austin, TX; or Raleigh/Durham, NC

🏖️ Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance • 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution • Paid parental leave • Short- and long-term disability coverage • Basic life insurance • Cisco restricted stock unit grants may be available, subject to continued employment and vesting periods • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year • 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees • 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday • Paid year-end holiday shutdown • 4 paid days off for personal wellness • 16 days of paid vacation per full calendar year for non-exempt full-time employees • Flexible vacation time off program with no defined limit for eligible exempt employees • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter • Up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward annually • Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues • Optional 10 paid volunteer days per full calendar year • Annual bonuses may be available for non-sales roles • Performance-based incentive pay for sales-plan employees