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Within GSM, the Cost Operations team operates as the central nervous system for enterprise hardware cost governance and quarterly cost roll-ups. We architect analytical models and digital quoting workflows that empower global commodity teams to make faster, data-driven decisions that optimize product margins and maintain supply resilience.\nYour Impact\nAs a Business Analyst in GSM Cost Operations, you will be a key driver of commodity cost intelligence, quarterly quote cycle governance, and digital transformation. You will lead end-to-end quarterly RFQ quoting cycles, partner with Commodity Managers to structure complex component pricing strategies, and build advanced models that eliminate cost gaps and mitigate spend variances. In this role, you will champion the adoption of modern Generative AI, machine learning tools, and automated agent workflows to transform operational quoting into a predictive, autonomous capability. This position offers visibility, cross-functional leadership opportunities, and a platform to shape the future of digital supply chain operations at scale.\nWhat You'll Do\nLead Strategic Commodity Quoting & Cost Operations: Orchestrate end-to-end quarterly and annual RFQ quoting cycles across assigned strategic hardware commodities. Govern quote intake, attribute drift analysis (MOQ, CT2R, COO, PSL, MPN lifecycle), and standard cost roll-ups in Oracle CG1 within strict fiscal timelines.\nArchitect Advanced Analytics: Build dynamic simulative cost models and QoQ variance bridge models. Track and quantify cost, spend, savings, providing executive-ready insights.\nDrive Cost Hole Governance & cost Variance Mitigation: Identify cost holes, diagnose, and resolve missing component costs prior to quarter-end standard cost freezes. Oversee Purchase Price Variance (PPV) claim validations, supplier buydown liabilities, and Material Usage Variance (MUV) root-cause mitigation across manufacturing sites.\nGenAI & Digital Workflow Automation: Implement Generative AI tools, LLM prompt engineering, and automated agent workflows. Streamline supplier follow-ups and ideate and execute automation of manual activities.\nFoster Cross-Functional Collaboration & Process Excellence: Partner closely with Supply channel Leads (SCL), Hardware Engineering, Supply Chain Product Managers, Finance, and Contract Manufacturers to resolve operational bottlenecks, enforce master data integrity (Control Codes, Sourcing Rules), and mentor junior analysts.\nMinimum Qualifications\nEducation: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Analytics, Finance, Operations Research, Economics, or a related quantitative field. (Master’s / MBA is a plus).\nExperience: 6+ years of hands-on experience in hardware supply chain analytics, procurement cost engineering, direct material cost management, or financial operations within a high-tech or manufacturing environment.\nAdvanced Excel Mastery: Expert-level proficiency in Microsoft Excel for complex financial modeling, multi-tab data reconciliations, nested functions (INDEX-MATCH, XLOOKUP, dynamic arrays), and Power Query data transformations.\nFinancial Acumen: Strong financial acumen to evaluate the cost impact of non-material spend and correlate sourcing and manufacturing metrics to anticipate, identify, and communicate business and financial impacts.\nBusiness Intelligence & Data Modeling: Proven experience designing, deploying, and maintaining enterprise analytical dashboards and data pipelines in Power BI or Tableau, with hands-on proficiency in SQL / Snowflake queries.\nGenerative AI & Automation: Demonstrated experience utilizing Generative AI tools, LLM prompt engineering, and basic scripting to optimize analytical workflows and business processes.\nPreferred Qualifications\nHardware Domain & Costing Mechanics: Deep understanding of multi-tier hardware Bill of Materials (BOM) structures, component manufacturing cost drivers (wafer, assembly/test, packaging), and Non-Material Spend (PPV, Buydowns, MUV).\nEnterprise Systems Acumen: Working knowledge of enterprise ERP, PLM, and sourcing platforms. Ability to navigate in complex process environments. Utilize analytical and data driven approach to identifying solutions and decision making.\nExecutive Communication & Storytelling: Outstanding ability to distill complex datasets into structured executive presentations\nLeadership & Problem-Solving Agility: Strong analytical problem-solving acumen, self-driven initiative, cross-functional influencing skills, and a passion for mentoring junior team members and driving continuous operational innovation.\nWhy Cisco?\nAt Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.\nFueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.\nWe are Cisco, and our power starts with you.\nDisclaimer\nTo ensure that we hire the best talent in the right way, we follow a strict hiring process and recently, Cisco has been made aware of fraudulent recruiters claiming to be from the company. Please be advised that any communication from Cisco about careers will:\nbe in direct response to an application you have submitted through the company career site\nbegin with screening or an interview\noriginate from a Cisco email address, and\nbe conducted across email, phone, or WebEx\nCisco will never make a job offer without conducting an interview process or ask you for money in any way. If you have been requested to apply for a role or have received an offer from a site other than https://careers.cisco.com or cisco.wd5.myworkday.com, do not provide any personal identifying information, including your Aadhaar or other personal identifying number, birth certificate, banking information, driver's license, or passport.\nIf you are the target of a recruiting scam, consider filing a report with your local law enforcement authorities. 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