Job Title: Supply Planner

About the Role

Join Cisco's Silicon Operations Team and play a critical role in ensuring the availability of our innovative Cisco Silicon One™ products as a Supply Planner. This is an opportunity to directly impact the supply chain for next-generation network technology, working within a dynamic and customer-focused organization.

As a key member of the Silicon Manufacturing Operations (SMO) team, you will be responsible for developing and executing supply plans for a product family, ensuring that supply aligns with demand and that operational targets are met.

 

What You'll Do

Supply Plan Development & Execution: Develop and maintain tactical supply plans (e.g., daily, weekly, monthly) to meet forecasted demand, considering capacity constraints, lead times, and inventory targets. Execute these plans in collaboration with manufacturing and procurement teams via a weekly MPS process.

Demand-Supply Balancing: Proactively identify and resolve potential supply gaps and excesses by analyzing demand signals, inventory levels, and production capacity. Work with demand planning and sales operations to understand demand drivers and changes.

Inventory Management & Optimization: Manage inventory levels for assigned products against targets. Implement inventory strategies to optimize stock, minimize obsolescence, and ensure product availability.

Capacity Planning & Coordination: Collaborate with manufacturing sites and suppliers to assess available capacity and identify potential bottlenecks. Provide input for short-term and mid-term capacity adjustments.

Master Data Management for Planning: Ensure the accuracy of planning parameters (e.g., lead times, safety stock, batch sizes) in planning systems. Regularly review and update parameters based on performance and changing business needs.

Supplier Collaboration & Performance Monitoring: Work closely with procurement and suppliers to ensure material availability and adherence to delivery schedules. Monitor supplier performance related to supply commitments.

Risk Identification & Mitigation: Identify potential risks to supply (e.g., material shortages, capacity constraints, supplier issues) and develop mitigation plans. Escalate critical issues as needed.

Key Performance Indicator (KPI) Monitoring & Reporting: Track and report on key supply planning KPIs (e.g., on-time delivery, inventory turns, plan attainment). Analyze performance and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Scenario Planning & Analysis: Conduct what-if analysis to assess the impact of different demand scenarios or supply disruptions on the supply plan.

Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with Demand Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, and Sales Operations to ensure alignment and effective execution of supply plans.

 

Qualifications

Proven experience (3+ years) in supply planning, production planning, or materials management, preferably within the technology or semiconductor industry.Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Business Administration, Engineering, or a related field - or equivalent education and experience.Strong understanding of supply planning principles, inventory management techniques, and capacity planning.Experience with ERP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle) and advanced planning systems (APS) is highly desirable.Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including experience with data analysis, modeling, and scenario planning.Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines.Effective communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams and suppliers.

 

Desired Skills

APICS certification (e.g., CPIM, CSCP) or other relevant supply chain certifications.Experience with statistical forecasting methods.Knowledge of Lean or Six Sigma methodologiesExperience in semiconductor supply chain planning

 

Who You'll Work With

Demand PlanningManufacturing Operations (internal and external)Procurement / SourcingMaterials ManagementLogistics & Fulfillment TeamsSales OperationsEngineering TeamsFinance

You will be joining our Cisco Silicon One team which is the center of Cisco’s SW and ASIC design, driving our game changing next generation network devices - Cisco Silicon One™. Our unique team works in a startup atmosphere inside a stable and leading corporation. Our R&D center and development principals are unique, hosting all silicon HW and SW development disciplines inside under our group.

We are transforming the industry and building a new internet for the 5G era, providing a unified, programmable silicon architecture that is the foundation of all Cisco's and other Network future routing products. Our devices are designed to be universally adaptable across service providers and web-scale markets, designed for fixed and modular platforms. Our devices deliver high speed without sacrificing programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility.

Cisco Silicon One™ is a revolutionary, ground-breaking technology for our customers and end users for decades to come! The Internet now has a new faster, better, safer engine!

Learn more about Cisco’s Silicon One Product line here: 

https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/solutions/service-provider/innovation/silicon-one.html 
 

https://fortune.com/2019/12/11/cisco-ceo-chuck-robbins-chips/?_lrsc=ce750ac5-11c8-4995-bfd3-936de1c06009&dtid=osolin001080 
 

https://www.calcalist.co.il/internet/articles/0,7340,L-3775619,00.html 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRJuFrZC-GE&list=PLFT-9JpKjRTA0aqRbr5sR2iiaqVtK6Wf0&index=1 
 

https://blogs.cisco.com/sp/five-principles-at-the-heart-of-cisco-silicon-one?_lrsc=6c2b8b61-b513-4457-bdc9-12b9f9ecef45&dtid=osolin001080 
 

Key Words: 
#SiOps, #CiscoSiliconOne