Cisco

Sourcing Commodity Manager (hybrid) - 2019059

Cisco$143K — $185K *
Consumer Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of technical experience in memory & storage technologies, particularly NAND solutions.
  • 8+ years of experience working with hardware design engineering teams on New Product Introductions (NPI).
  • 8+ years of experience engaging with suppliers on technical development, qualification, and manufacturing readiness.
  • Experience with cost negotiations, should-cost modeling, and contract management.
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with hardware design engineering and manufacturing teams to align supplier technologies with product architecture.
  • Participate in technical design reviews to assess manufacturability and performance trade-offs.
  • Lead supplier technology roadmap discussions and serve as a technical escalation point for design issues.
  • Own supplier technical readiness from prototype through mass production, resolving design and manufacturing issues.
  • Drive value engineering initiatives to improve cost efficiency without compromising performance.
  • Support geographic diversification and develop risk mitigation plans in collaboration with suppliers.
  • Lead supplier reviews on technology readiness and provide technical status updates to leadership.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work model with on-site work expected a few days each week.
  • Opportunity to work at the intersection of engineering and manufacturing.
  • Hands-on role enabling innovative product development.
  • Engage with a diverse range of stakeholders across engineering and supply.
  • Contribution to cutting-edge projects in high-performance networking and AI.
Full Job Description
The application window is expected to close on: 08/28/2026
Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received.



*this position requires on site work activity a few days each week (hybrid). Specific days TBD.

Your Impact
| As a Technical Sourcing Commodity Manager for Memory and Storage, you own technical decisions and cost outcomes for memory and storage commodities by partnering closely with hardware engineering, manufacturing, and supplier engineering teams. You sit at the intersection of engineering, manufacturing, and supplier technology development-helping bring Cisco products to life that do not yet exist. You will influence design decisions, enable supplier technical readiness, and remove development barriers from concept through mass production.

Your work directly impacts Cisco's ability to deliver innovative, high-performance networking and AI systems at scale-ensuring designs are manufacturable, resilient, and production-ready while meeting aggressive performance and reliability requirements.

Role Clarification

  • This role is engineering-facing, technically hands-on, and requires comfort engaging in detailed technical discussions related to memory & storage design, materials, and manufacturing processes.
  • Success in this role requires direct experience supporting hardware designs through development, manufacturing, and scale, including hands-on technical problem solving with supplier engineering teams.


Responsibilities | This role focuses on technical enablement, engineering collaboration, and supplier readiness across memory & storage lifecycle.

  • Engineering & Technology Alignment | *Partner with Hardware Design Engineering, Component Engineering, and Manufacturing to align supplier technologies with Cisco's product architecture and roadmap. *Participate in technical design reviews with internal teams and suppliers, evaluating feasibility, manufacturability, and performance tradeoffs. *Drive early supplier technical engagement for new designs and architectures.
  • Supplier Technical Leadership | *Lead supplier technology roadmap discussions, assessing design approaches, materials, processes, and manufacturing capabilities. *Technical escalation point for supplier-related design, yield, reliability, and manufacturability issues. *Hold suppliers accountable to development milestones, technical readiness, and qualification schedules.
  • NPI Execution & Scale Readiness | *Lead/Own supplier technical readiness from prototype through mass production. *Facilitate hands-on 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.
  • Value Engineering & Multi-Sourcing | *Drive value engineering initiatives that improve cost efficiency without compromising technical performance or reliability. *Identify and develop second-source strategies that strengthen design robustness and supply flexibility.
  • Supply Resilience & Risk Management | *Support geographic diversification and non-China manufacturing strategies. *Identify technical and manufacturing risks; develop mitigation plans in partnership with engineering and suppliers.
  • Business Reviews & Technical Reporting | *Lead supplier reviews covering technology readiness, NPI execution, yield, capacity, and risk. *Provide clear technical status updates to cross-functional leadership.
  • Operational Excellence | *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.
  • Additional responsibilities may be assigned based on evolving business priorities.


Minimum Required Qualifications

  • 5+ years technical experience in memory & storage technologies (especially for NAND solutions - SSD, eMMC, UFS, uSD, etc), including design support and manufacturing engagement.
  • 8+ years experience working directly with hardware design engineering teams on New Product Introductions (NPI).
  • 8+ years experience engaging suppliers on technical development, qualification, and manufacturing readiness, cost negotiations, should-cost modeling, contract management, and obtaining quotations (RFQ/RFI process) from suppliers.


Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree in mechanical engineering or related field.
  • Experience with memory & storage technology or in memory suppliers
  • Familiarity with AI system architectures and high-performance computing platforms.
  • Excellent technical communication, problem-solving, and stakeholder engagement skills.

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