Business Analyst - Supply Chain

Job Summary

Role Overview: Business Analyst

Cisco s Global Supplier Management (GSM) organization is a highly experienced, cross-functional team that drives sourcing and costing processes, supports supply continuity, and develops commodity strategies across a broad portfolio of Cisco products. The team works closely with component suppliers to improve innovation, productivity, and operational efficiency.

As a Business Analyst on the Cost Operations team, you will play a key role in supporting end-to-end cost processes and enabling commodity teams to make smarter, faster business decisions through analytics, process discipline, and digital transformation.

Key Responsibilities

• Support cost processes through supplier RFQ management, including costing and quoting activities for assigned commodities, quote analysis, and quote closure support
• Use GenAI tools and automation to extract data from supplier quotes, summarize component terms, and help digitize workflows
• Perform cost and sourcing analytics, including scenario planning, variance analysis, and data-driven insights to identify gaps and address business challenges
• Apply predictive and analytical methods to anticipate pricing trends and potential supply risks within the quote cycle
• Build and maintain actionable dashboards in Power BI or Tableau to track cost operations metrics for senior leadership
• Partner closely with commodity managers, supply chain teams, suppliers, and manufacturing partners across a global environment

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Business Analytics, Finance, Operations Research, or a related quantitative field.
• 2-4 years of hands-on experience in hardware supply chain analytics, cost engineering, direct material procurement.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis and modeling (including pivot tables, nested formulas, XLOOKUP / INDEX-MATCH, and handling multi-tab datasets).
• Working knowledge or project-based experience developing dashboards and reports in Power BI or Tableau.
• Foundational experience utilizing Generative AI tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• Direct domain knowledge of supply chain costing concepts, Bill of Materials (BOM) structures, Purchase Price Variance (PPV), or manufacturing quoting dynamics.
• Strong problem-solving acumen with experience in synthesizing massive multi-source datasets into crisp executive narratives, variance bridge models, and actionable negotiation insights.
• Familiarity with semiconductor or hardware commodity market dynamics.
• High learning agility, curiosity about emerging AI technologies, and a proactive mindset toward process improvement.

Who You Are

You are a strong analytical problem solver who can connect data to business impact and work effectively across a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. You bring sound judgment, attention to detail, and the ability to turn analysis into action.

You are comfortable translating complex information into clear insights, identifying risks early, and driving disciplined execution. You are also curious about how AI and automation can simplify work, improve insight generation, and strengthen business processes.

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