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Revenue Planning Manager

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What You'll Do

As a Business Analysis Manager for the Revenue Planning group, you will focus on driving improved forecast accuracy. This includes managing the bookings, revenue and unit signal alignment across functions for these businesses. We are looking for an experienced and highly analytical supply chain professional who has a strong background in forecasting/demand planning/supply planning/revenue planning - with a strong understanding of how to aggregate and action information from Sales, Finance, Manufacturing Operations, Partners/Customers, Pricing and Marketing and use advanced analytics to build the best possible bookings, build, ship, and revenue forecast. As a Business Analysis Manager, you will play a substantial role in improving the accuracy of the revenue plan that will drive the entire supply chain fulfillment engine through our internal and external Supply Chain Partners.

Manage the Planning and Analysis to drive the BE/Product Family Shipped Revenue forecast and interlock between Supply Chain Operations, BU Finance, Supply Chain finance and corporate finance.
Partner with Supply Chain fulfillment teams in Planning and Manufacturing operations to drive accuracy of forecast, attainment of the plan, Product Family and product line (BE/BSE) accuracy to enable the company's Gross Margin forecast accuracy.
Partner with the Business Planning Manager in the Product Planning & Fulfillment organization in driving adoption of the driver-based framework for OPT level execution in alignment to the Corporate and BE Operating Plan
Partner with Transformation team and Systems, Data and Analytics team to rationalize the tools, systems and data that enable accurate revenue planning and execution orchestration.
Develop a rigorous training and onboarding curriculum for new hires in the Global Planning team to integrate into the Revenue Planning and Operating Plan process.
Who You'll Work With

You'll work and partner across several functions in Supply Chain, Finance and Operations with people across a wide range of experiences, from early-in-career talent to executive leadership. The ability to listen and recognize the care-abouts of a variety of partners while influencing the right business outcomes for Cisco will be a key success factor.

Who You Are
You provide thought leadership and see the connections between supply chain actions and strategic business outcomes.
You have 8+ years of experience in highly analytical roles with a mindset for solving analytical and sometimes ambiguous problems using a data-driven approach
You possess strong analytical skills to assess, frame and drive data-driven decisions. You can lead efforts to build models to analyze what-if scenarios for dedicated planning purposes
You have a proven ability to build elegant, user-friendly tools, models and/or applications and a strong track record of adoption by business users to drive value
You can deconstruct a complex problem into a series of manageable questions which can be answered independently, and you can integrate the answers to these smaller questions and build a cohesive answer that solves the initial complex problem
You have demonstrated the ability to rotate regularly across functions and are a fast learner who can ramp quickly and deliver outcomes within a short span of time
You possess the ability to coach and mentor peers and juniors with data modelling and data mining exercises, while also maintaining the conviction to challenge senior executives using analytical and actionable insights. You can drive innovation and process improvement to improve forecast accuracy / efficiency
You are capable of leading conversations to influence and drive better decisions with multiple stakeholders, often at the Director and VP levels
You have a solid knowledge of how business is transacted through Cisco's systems and overall IT architecture. You understand and align business needs to the IT architecture and ensure they support effective execution of the business
You can confidently present your own position despite resistance or unfavorable reactions from others. You have the conviction to take risks, make decisions and escalate when needed to achieve desired business outcomes
You can run or learn to run statistical simulations, reasoning of errors and build what-if models and you develop in depth knowledge of forecasting techniques, business models, cisco product landscape and accuracy measures
You have intermediate understanding of accounting and financial concepts and understand, explain and influence driver-based demand - revenue - supply bridge.

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco. We are all unique, but collectively we bring our talents to work as a team, to develop innovative technology and power a more inclusive, digital future for everyone. How do we do it Well, for starters with people like you!

Nearly every internet connection around the world touches Cisco. We're the Internet's optimists. Our technology makes sure the data traveling at light speed across connections does so securely, yet it's not what we make but what we make happen which marks us out. We're helping those who work in the health service to connect with patients and each other; schools, colleges, and universities to teach in even the most challenging of times. We're helping businesses of all shapes and sizes to connect with their employees and customers in new ways, providing people with access to the digital skills they need and connecting the most remote parts of the world whether through 5G, or otherwise.

We tackle whatever challenges come our way. We have each other's backs, we recognize our accomplishments, and we grow together. We celebrate and support one another from big and small things in life to big career moments. And giving back is in our DNA (we get 10 days off each year to do just that).

We know that powering an inclusive future starts with us. Because without diversity and a dedication to equality, there is no moving forward. Our 30 Inclusive Communities, that bring people together around commonalities or passions, are leading the way. Together we're committed to learning, listening, caring for our communities, whilst supporting the most vulnerable with a collective effort to make this world a better place either with technology, or through our actions.

So, you have colorful hair Don't care. Tattoos Show off your ink. Like polka dots That's cool. Pop culture geek Many of us are. Passion for technology and world changing Be you, with us! #WeAreCisco
Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

When available, the salary range posted for this position reflects the projected hiring range for new hire, full-time salaries in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including equity or benefits. For non-sales roles the hiring ranges reflect base salary only; employees are also eligible to receive annual bonuses. Hiring ranges for sales positions include base and incentive compensation target. Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location and additional factors, including but not limited to skillset, experience, and relevant education, certifications, or training. Applicants may not be eligible for the full salary range based on their U.S. or Canada hiring location. The recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

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, plus a day off for their birthday. Employees accrue up to 20 days of Paid Time Off (PTO) each year and have access to paid time away to deal with critical or emergency issues without tapping into their PTO. We offer additional paid time to volunteer and give back to the community. Employees are also able to purchase company stock through our Employee Stock Purchase Program.

Employees on sales plans earn performance-based incentive pay on top of their base salary, which is split between quota and non-quota components. 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;

  • 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 up to 125% of target. Cisco sales plans do not have a minimum threshold of performance for sales incentive compensation to be paid.
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