Materials Planning Manager

About the role

Material Planning is the team that answers a deceptively hard question: what components does Cisco actually need, and when? We own the component-level view of the supply plan across Cisco's highest-value commodity groups, including ASICs, Memory, PCB, Power, Optics and MPU. We translate the demand signal into the true need at part level so Component Supply Operations can secure it, and so shortages get resolved with logic instead of escalation.

What you'll do

• Own the component-level need for an assigned commodity and serve as the trusted planning voice for every partner who builds, buys or secures it
• Translate product-level demand and supply plans into a clear, time-phased component requirement, separating minimum need from upside and buffer
• Identify critical components and sense risk early through lead-time trends, commit deviations and product transitions
• Own safety stock and buffer strategy for your commodity in partnership with Planning and Global Supplier Management
• Partner with GMO and GSM during constraint events, providing the planning inputs (minimum need, impact and options) that enable fast, defensible shortage decisions

What you need

• Supply chain
• Demand planning
• Inventory management
• Procurement
• Data analysis
• SQL

Good to have

• SAP
• ERP
• Power BI
• Python
• Tableau