Product Lifecycle Project Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Influence cross-functional teams in Manufacturing, Engineering, Service, and Marketing to determine strategy and execution of technical solutions in worldwide manufacturing.
• Partner with GP&F, GSM, and Product Ops counterparts.
• Oversee functional areas such as Change Management, Compliance, Supply Chain changes, Engineering change implementation, and new PID releases.
• Manage sustaining critical issues like line stop resolution, CAP accounts, AVL management, and manufacturing process improvement.
• Develop and execute EOL Strategy and Planning, including Last Time Buy analysis.
• Perform risk management over product lifecycle including multi-source tech assessment, component, and cost variance.
• Action planning for product field performance issues related to quality.
• Monitor, report, and manage critical product lifecycle metrics.

Requirements

• BA/BS Required
• 3 Years minimum of Supply Chain and Project Management Experience
• Experience with product lifecycle management from FCS to End of Life
• Understanding of NPI product launch process

Nice to Have

• Functional knowledge of product development methodologies (IE. Agile, Waterfall, etc.)
• Experience and understanding of different manufacturing and fulfillment models (i.e. EMS, OEM/ODM/JDM, Build-To-Stock, Software fulfillment, Country enablement)
• Experience with data analytic tools (e.g. Tableau, Microsoft Sharepoint, etc.) to apply to business problems

Benefits & Perks

• U.S. employees have access to quality medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, short and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and numerous wellbeing offerings.
• Employees receive up to twelve paid holidays per calendar year, which includes one floating holiday (for non-exempt employees), plus a day off for their birthday.
• Non-Exempt new hires accrue up to 16 days of vacation time off each year, at a rate of 4.92 hours per pay period.
• Exempt new hires participate in Cisco's flexible Vacation Time Off policy.
• All new hires are eligible for Sick Time Off, with up to 80 hours provided on hire date and January 1st each year, with carryover up to 160 hours.
• Employees in Illinois have a unique time off program.
• Paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues.
• Additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community.