Product Lifecycle Supply Chain Project Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 27, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 14, 2026. Cisco Systems scores A on the Alion truth index.
Meet the Team
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Your Impact
The Cisco Supply Chain Product Operations team is looking for a motivated and skilled Supply Chain Program Manager (SCPM) to drive the supply chain readiness, total cost management, and BOM resiliency on all HW programs from pre-concept to FCS. Responsibilities include:
- Accountable for the assigned product portfolio’s total cost & margin management, cost reduction programs and risk mitigation for new products.
- Validate the integrity of the costed BOM and forward costing.
- Ability to clearly articulate the main cost drivers, cost reduction, and cost avoidance activities and support Standard & Gross Margin management of HW & 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.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in technology-related field, supply chain management, or engineering; Master’s degree preferred.
- 5-10 years of experience in supply chain within the tech industry.
- Proficiency in program management and stakeholder management.
- Advanced supply chain knowledge (particularly in Hi-Tech environments), and ability to complete product costing and margin analysis.
- Expertise in understanding a 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.
Preferred Qualifications
- Demonstrated success working in cross-functional, matrixed environments.
- 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.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Advanced and outstanding analytical skills.
- Experience with cost avoidance, cost reduction, and value engineering.
Why Cisco?
At 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.
Fueled 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.
We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.