Cisco Hiring for Project Manager, Fast Fulfillment Operations (FFO), part of Cisco’s Supply Chain Operations (SCO) – Must be local to the RTP, North Carolina Area at RTP, North Carolina Full Time

Applications are accepted until further notice.

This position is based in the RTP, North Carolina. A successful applicant must be physically located in the listed areas to be considered. Expectations of 1-2 days per week in office.

**Must be authorized to work in the U.S. Now and in the Future – The position does not provide sponsorship now or in the future!

As the leader in cloud-managed IT, Cisco Meraki connects passionate people to their mission by simplifying the digital workplace. Our impact is driven by the innovative, purposeful, and vibrant people who make up our inclusive community. When technology is intuitive, our customers can focus on what matters!

Our employees fuel the magic of the Meraki community. They have fostered an environment that empowers Merakians to challenge limits, embrace risks, and assist our customers in pursuing their missions. Our guiding principles are rooted in our four core values: ‘care deeply,’ ‘everybody in,’ ‘simplify everything,’ and ‘be brave.’ These pillars have propelled us to the forefront of cloud-managed.

The Supply Chain Operations team is searching for an experienced Project Manager to join our team in RTP, North Carolina! Cisco and Cisco Meraki are integrating in new and exciting ways to make IT easier, faster, and smarter. We have an all-in, all-inclusive culture where our #1 asset is our people. We love where we work! Come join us – Cisco Supply Chain Operations – a great place to work, learn and grow. Are you ready to join the team?

You:

You are an experienced Transformation or ERP Project Manager with strong discernment, ready to partner with Meraki and Cisco teams and external stakeholders to drive a large-scale business transformation. You are skilled at leading highly interdisciplinary teams and encouraging collaborative design solutions that will drive the generation of new operating processes within Cisco, merging two supply chains to act as one. To be successful in it, you will need to gain an understanding of Meraki and Cisco business systems, partner with business stakeholders to drive alignment, identify inefficiencies, gaps, or incompatibilities, know how to work with developers to build project specifications, and bring projects to fruition, and be excellent at communicating with a variety of audience types throughout the project lifecycle.

What You Will Do:

• Develop and deliver the master project plan

• Own end-to-end responsibility for project management lifecycle from kickoff to project close

• Facilitate large, cross-functional team collaboration across the organization; Lead workshops and recurring project team meetings to establish and maintain alignment to key decisions, timelines, and deliverables

• Partner with business and technical SMEs to develop and implement requirements, specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, specifications, and test plans

• Identify and handle issues and risks in a proactive manner

• Be ready to jump into solution design discussions and provide your point of view

• Communicate changes to affected parties via change management efforts

• Document new and amended processes

• Drive adoption of new processes and standard methodologies

• Analyze data to advise decisions and report on metrics

Who You Are:

We strive to build a welcoming workplace that encourages the highly curious and the relentlessly focused to make customer IT and networks utterly simple. We are looking for an individual who lives the Meraki values daily: care deeply, be brave, simplify everything, and everybody in. Our ideal candidate is not bound by a checklist, which includes,

• **Must be authorized to work in the U.S. Now and in the Future – The position does not provide sponsorship now or in the future!

• This position is based in the RTP, North Carolina. A successful applicant must be physically located in the listed areas to be considered. Expectations of 1-2 days per week in office.

• 5+ years of experience in ERP system implementation or transformation project management or Supply Chain Operations business process management

• Experience implementing business processes and running sophisticated projects

• Self-starter with a high degree of motivation to drive projects

• Upbeat, personable, and able to work under tight deadlines across teams

• Demonstrates collaboration, project management, and change leadership skills

• Outstanding business communicator with experience analyzing data to identify risks and opportunities. Skilled at using data to present options, make recommendations and tell stories

At Cisco Meraki, we’re challenging the status quo with the power of diversity, inclusion, and collaboration. When we connect different perspectives, we can imagine new possibilities, inspire innovation, and release the full potential of our people. We’re building an employee experience that includes appreciation, belonging, growth, and purpose for everyone.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis. Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Cisco is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis.

Cisco will consider for employment, on a case by case basis, qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.