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_The application window is expected to close on December 19th, 2025._

_This position is a hybrid position with approximately 3+ days in office._

_NOTE: Job posting may be removed earlier if the position is filled or if a sufficient number of applications are received._

Meet the Team

The Mechanical Sourcing team is searching for an exceptional individual with a blend of thermal and mechanical knowledge to join our ranks. In this role, you’ll play a key part in formulating and executing strategic sourcing initiatives that will shape our product offerings. This is a global position, providing opportunities to engage with stakeholders and suppliers across the world and influence our sourcing strategy on an international scale.

As a pivotal contributor to the Internet of Everything, your work in sourcing thermal and mechanical components will directly impact how people work, live, play, and learn. You’ll be part of a supportive team that thrives on collaboration, prepared to address new challenges in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment.

Your Impact

+ Supplier Selection and Value Optimization: Drive supplier engagement, negotiation, and selection to secure the highest quality thermal and mechanical components that align with Cisco’s stringent standards for performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

+ Cross-Functional Collaboration & Innovation: Partner with Cisco's suppliers, engineers, product managers, and quality teams to drive innovation in thermal and mechanical solutions, integrating sourcing strategies that push technological boundaries while meeting product timelines and budgetary goals.

+ Team Engagement: Join a close-knit, high-energy team that includes experts with diverse talents and interests. We value each other’s unique contributions and foster an environment of mutual support and growth.

Minimum Qualifications

+ Strong expertise in the thermal industry with mechanical industry knowledge, able to understand relevant manufacturing processes and procedures.

+ BA/BS degree or equivalent, with 5+ years of experience in a technical or commercial field.

+ Executive-level influence: Experience working effectively with senior stakeholders and executive leadership to drive alignment and decision-making.

+ High proficiency in negotiation, ensuring competitive advantage and high satisfaction for Cisco’s customers.

Preferred Qualifications

+ Team-oriented and people-focused, with strong interpersonal skills to inspire collaboration and influence across diverse groups.

+ Passionate about contributing fresh ideas, using data to inform decisions, taking initiative to learn, and adapting positively to change.

+ Demonstrates leading constructive discussions, taking ownership, managing emotions with empathy, and supporting team growth.

+ Ability to understand customer needs, leverage digital tools, improve processes, and align decisions with business strategy.

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we’re revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era – and beyond. We’ve been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you’ll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $159,800.00 to $202,300.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

+ 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees

+ 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco

+ Non-exempt employees** receive 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees

+ Exempt employees participate in Cisco’s flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations)

+ 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next

+ Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members

+ Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer

For non-sales roles, employees are also eligible to earn annual bonuses subject to Cisco’s policies.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components, subject to the applicable Cisco plan. For quota-based incentive pay, Cisco typically pays as follows:

+ .75% of incentive target for each 1% of revenue attainment up to 50% of quota;

+ 1.5% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 50% and 75%;

+ 1% of incentive target for each 1% of attainment between 75% and 100%; and

+ Once performance exceeds 100% attainment, incentive rates are at or above 1% for each 1% of attainment with no cap on incentive compensation.

For non-quota-based sales performance elements such as strategic sales objectives, Cisco may pay 0% up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.

The applicable full salary ranges for this position, by specific state, are listed below:

New York City Metro Area:

$159,800.00 - $232,600.00

Non-Metro New York state & Washington state:

$141,700.00 - $206,400.00

* For quota-based sales roles on Cisco’s sales plan, the ranges provided in this posting include base pay and sales target incentive compensation combined.

** Employees in Illinois, whether exempt or non-exempt, will participate in a unique time off program to meet local requirements.

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.