Supply Planning Manager

About the role

As a Global Component Planner for Memory commodities, you will be responsible for end-to-end supply planning to ensure Cisco meets its global revenue targets. You will serve as a strategic lead, working cross-functionally with Supply Chain Operations, Finance, and Business Units to drive collaborative planning, mitigate supply risks, and navigate complex technology lifecycles.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Supply Planning: Design and implement end-to-end global supply plans for Memory and related sub-commodities, including integrated co-planning initiatives with key suppliers.
• Inventory & Fulfillment Excellence: Partner with global hub operations to optimize inbound fulfillment modes. Own the inventory decision-making process, ensuring all actions align with Cisco’s "Weeks of Supply" (WOS) strategy and financial goals.
• Shortage Mitigation & Agility: Proactively identify and resolve component shortages through agile communication and rapid problem-solving with regional partners and global suppliers.
• E&O Management: Apply advanced analytical and collaborative techniques to manage and mitigate Excess & Obsolescence (E&O) risks while maximizing total revenue potential.
• Supplier & Commodity Strategy: Cultivate strong partnerships with Global Supplier Management (SuCM) and external vendors to ensure commodity-specific strategies are aligned with Cisco’s business requirements.
• NPI & Technology Transitions: Lead the commodity supply response to volatile industry transitions. Coordinate closely with Engineering, Hubs, and Suppliers to manage qualifications and ensure successful New Product Introduction (NPI) ramp-ups.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Drive alignment across extended partner teams—including Finance and Business Units—to ensure a synchronized approach to component planning and supply chain resilience.

Requirements

• 7+ years’ experience with Materials Management, Supplier Relationship Management and/or Supply/Demand Planning
• Experience and knowledge of manufacturing processes and procedures
• Experience with data analysis, data analytics and data modeling

About 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.

Pay

The starting salary range for this position is $108,000.00 to $136,700.00 for new hires in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation, equity, or benefits. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. Below are the full salary ranges for specific locations:

• New York City Metro Area: $130,100.00 - $189,600.00
• Non-Metro New York State & Washington State: $116,800.00 - $170,100.00

For quota-based sales roles, the ranges include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401(k) plan with Cisco matching contribution
• Paid parental leave
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Eligibility for grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment
• Paid time off:
  • 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
  • 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday
  • Paid year-end holiday shutdown
  • 4 paid days off for personal wellness
  • Non-exempt employees: 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at 4.92 hours per pay period
  • Exempt employees: Flexible vacation time off with no defined limit (subject to business limitations)
  • 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, with up to 80 hours carried forward annually
  • Additional paid time away for critical or emergency family issues
  • Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• Annual bonuses for non-sales roles (subject to Cisco’s policies)
• For sales roles: Performance-based incentive pay split between quota and non-quota components, with specific rates based on revenue attainment