Product Lifecycle Supply Chain Project Manager

Overview

Supply Chain Program Manager on Cisco's Supply Chain Product Operations team, driving supply chain readiness, total cost management and BOM resiliency on hardware programs from pre-concept to FCS.

What you'll do

• Be accountable for the assigned product portfolio's total cost and margin management, cost reduction programs and risk mitigation for new products.
• Validate the integrity of the costed BOM and forward costing.
• Clearly articulate the main cost drivers, cost reduction and cost avoidance activities.
• Support Standard and Gross Margin management of HW and SW products through value engineering, commodity analysis and BOM optimization.
• Prepare the supply chain and lead a ramp plan to ensure continuity of material supply and delivery between proto and early production for assigned HW products.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in a technology-related field, supply chain management, or engineering.
• 2-5 years of experience in supply chain within the tech industry.
• Experience in program management and stakeholder management.
• Supply chain knowledge, particularly in Hi-Tech environments, and ability to complete product costing and margin analysis.
• Understanding of product, Bill of Materials, and costing.
• Experience leading continuity of material supply, delivery, and quality, ensuring no shortages, delays, or quality issues from prototype to FCS.
• Knowledge of PLM processes; exposure to Agile PDM system is an advantage.

Nice to have

• Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment while managing multiple competing priorities.
• Experience in strategic planning and aligning product lifecycle management objectives with broader business goals.
• Basic negotiation skills.
• Strong attention to detail and analytical skills.
• Experience with cost avoidance, cost reduction, and value engineering.

Details

• Location: Bangalore, India.