Nicole L. Fuller

About Nicole L. Fuller

As a Senior Supply Chain Program Manager at Cisco, I bring over a decade of experience in…

Experience

1. Senior Supply Chain Project Manager

   Cisco

   Nov 2013 — Present

   Manage multi-million-dollar project execution for new production software and hardware releases with a lean global cross-functional team to meet 100% of deadlines and project goals.• Drive corrective, preventive, and improvement at the product level and by influencing product portfolio decisions.(Example: BOM risk management, yield management, product change management).• Partner with Software Engineers, Software Commercial Specialist and Software License Team to map software images to the product to integrate and ship with the appliance.• Engage with Supply Chain Planning team to prepare for ramp planning by reviewing the market forecast, communicating forecast to leadership and to manufacturers to have adequate material in the pipeline to meet demand, and planning information to ensure components/material are ordered and ready to build.• Collaborate with stakeholders to work cross-functionally on SDLC and hardware teams to align marketing messaging with the project scope.• Assist in driving the change and development of the SOP for manufacturing testing of software and hardware products.• Consult the business unit and Engineering through new product introduction hardware releases during Supply Chain material crisis by staying on schedule and working with stakeholders to avoid potential risks.• Improve the business unit software release to market by decreasing the 8-week software testing duration to two weeks which cut cost and resources for the organization.