Business Data Analyst Global Supply Chain 1449169

The application window is expected to close on: September 20, 2025.

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

Meet the Team

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Services & Logistics Planning Team. We drive customer satisfaction by ensuring the right parts are in the right place at the right time. The ideal candidate will become part of an established team of world class supply chain professionals who manage inventory investments to support our customer’s needs and exceed delivery expectations. This position is critical to the success of Cisco’s customer experience and profitability.

Your Impact

The Global Supply Chain Planning Team is looking for a multifaceted and meticulous business data analyst to join our team. The successful candidate will collaborate with Material Planners, Operations Leaders and Data Scientists to provide business inputs on critical demand planning, supply and inventory planning analysis. Support decision-making by generating reports, identifying data trends, and conducting key driver analyses, while demonstrating AI technologies. Collaborate with partners to define requirements, developing strategic business cases, modeling processes, identifying operational improvements, and crafting data visualizations for informed decision-making.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide business intelligence through generation of sophisticated reports and data analyses from multiple multi-functional sources to substantiate business decisions and recommendations.
• Identify trends & patterns in datasets, locate points of influence, and communicate synthesized data results.
• Conduct deep analysis of various attributes (e.g., product, technology, sentiment, segment, business entity, customer) to determine key drivers. Identify operational improvements based on key drivers.
• AI Integration: Work alongside technology teams to explore and implement AI-driven solutions that align with business objectives.
• Assist business functions with data analysis for business/value case development for key critical initiatives.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Industrial Engineering, Information Technology, or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum of 7 years of demonstrable experience as a Business Data Analyst or in a similar Supply Chain role.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Familiarity with AI concepts (Data Science, ML, Gen AI) and their application in business settings.
• Proficiency in data analysis tools and software (e.g., Excel, SQL, PowerBI).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI technologies and their application in business processes.
• Capable of crafting actionable insights and contextualizing data.
• Superb communication and presentation skills for executive and operations-level audiences.

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. Simply put – we power the future!

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!