Project Specialist - Supply Chain Organization (CHINA) – Shanghai – Bachelor

Location:Shanghai, China

The Cisco Supply Chain Operationsorganization is responsible for taking engineering innovations from the drawingboard all the way through to our customers. Whether it's complex, high-end,configure-to-order systems or high-volume off-the-shelf products, Supply ChainOperations is responsible for turning ideas into powerful customer solutions.As part of the Operations, Processes and Systems team, Supply Chain Operationsat Cisco is a global organization with more than 9,000 employees in more than50 locations around the world.

Enabling Today's Business, Preparing for the Future:

In Supply Chain Operations we have an opportunity and the responsibility toenable Cisco's business now and prepare for the future. Our vision and strategycontinue to emphasize the importance of providing our customers an unrivaledcustomer experience by delivering a flexible, innovative and scalable supplychain while continuing to build upon our strong operational foundation. Ciscois also committed to social and environmental responsibility in our supplychain. We work with our suppliers to maintain a sustainable supply chain thatmeets our standards for ethics, labor practices, health and safety, and theenvironment. 

We encourage you to become a part of this dynamic organization where on a dailybasis we leverage Cisco’s aggressive competitive spirit and accelerate time tomarket by empowering our employees to use their expertise to take good businessrisks. As Cisco expands into new technologies, and geographies, it's become anexciting time to be part of the Supply Chain Operations team.

Responsibilities:

The responsibilitiesvary by the function and project that you are working in. Below are some of theresponsibilities that you could be accountable for:
- Work as part of a new product development team to develop our products andmanufacturing processes.
- Assist with creating, analyzing, and releasing product and processdocumentation
- Work with cross-functional product teams to provide mechanical engineeringrecommendations on product design and manufacturability.
- Provide innovative solutions to optimize Supply Chain Operations internal andexternal processes, policies, and protocols to enable the best cost, quality,and delivery of Cisco products.
- Identify, develop, and qualify new electro-mechanical and mechanicalcomponents to meet next generation product and customer needs
- Collaborate with Engineering and provide closed loop feedback regardingforecast trends and accuracy
- Opportunity to learn about various manufacturing product developmentmethodologies such as Design for Manufacturing/Cost/Quality/Reliability/Packaging/Assembly.
- Work with key mechanical suppliers to develop, optimize, and maintain new andcurrent technologies
- Opportunity to learn about mechanical supply chain technical capabilities andindustry trends
- Interface with Cisco suppliers to support and maintain daily operation healthon mechanical product quality and customer delivery
- Opportunity to work with cross functional mechanical engineering teams toproblem solve and root cause product and process failures.
- Collaborate with marketing, finance, sales and the Supply Chain Organizationto develop manufacturing strategies and protocols.
- Provide quantitative analysis of data to drive decision making and improveprocesses and tools.
- Opportunity to learn about mechanical product functional and reliabilitytesting methodologies and protocols.

Education Eligibility Criteria :

  • Desired Degree: Bachelor’sor Master’s Degree(BA/BS /etc)

  • Desired Major:  Mechanical Engineering, Applied Science, Mathematics, MaterialEngineering, Computer Science, Statistics, Manufacturing or equivalent

  • Minimum CGPA of 3.0