Meet the Team
Cisco Global Supplier Management (GSM) team is seeking a motivated Procurement Engineer for Magnetic components (transformers, chokes, inductors) / RF technologies (Antenna, cables, connectors, modules). You will be part of a highly impactful and dynamic organization collaborating with cross-functional teams and suppliers on early technology sensing and sourcing engagement.

We work closely with hardware design engineers across Cisco including early sensing and engagement to understand their product roadmap. You will lead and orchestrate the roadmap reviews between engineering and suppliers, find solutions, create proposals, and execute to meet business requirements, striking a balance between supply continuity, cost, and delivery.

Your Impact

• Investigate and source next generation technology
• Align and influence engineering on roadmap and strategy
• Provide technical expertise, special knowledge and market trends to engineering
• Drive value engineering through ideation and execution

Who You'll Work With

The Global Supplier Management (GSM) Organization is an industry leader in sourcing and supplier management that enable sustained innovation and supply chain excellence. You'll will join a very motivated team that achieves record setting results and a fun group that helps each other be successful at work and play. Our team focus is to drive innovation as well as best in class cost, quality and delivery; in order to accomplish this you will work very closely with constituents across Supply Base, Engineering, Finance, Manufacturing, Marketing and Legal.

Who You Are
You will have experience with Magnetics or RF module technologies, and knowledge of the industry. You have business experience, technical knowledge, 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 execute our strategy. Your top negotiation skills are used daily so that Cisco is competitive in the marketplace and our customers love our products.


Minimum requirements for this role:

• Technical or MS degree preferred
• 5+ years cross-functional supply chain experience
• Strong experience with collaboration, communications, negotiations, facilitation, and contracts review.
• Adept at influencing decisions and developing solutions to complex business situations
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and procedures
• Ability to work across boundaries, earning trust, taking risk and being inclusive is highly valued
• International travel required

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.