Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience.
7 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
Experience in commodity management, contract negotiation and supplier development.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree in a technical or engineering field or MBA.
Experience with data center thermal management commodities.
Experience with large-scale industrial engineering and construction programs, preferably data centers.
Experience working with general contractors, integrators and suppliers in a large infrastructure environment.
Demonstrated strong leadership and influencing skills.

About the job:

Commodity Managers work with Engineering teams to make sure Google has the supplies and equipment to put into production the innovative products coming from our Engineering teams. As a Commodity Manager, you use your wide industry knowledge and strategic supplier relationships to optimize our total cost of ownership for our global -- and growing -- infrastructure. The scale at which Google operates means that savings on just one piece of hardware can have a huge impact on Google's bottom line.

As a Category Manager at Google, you will be responsible to define and execute Google’s strategic sourcing for new data center infrastructure equipment and supplier management.

The AI and Infrastructure team works on the world’s toughest problems, redefining what’s possible and the possible easy. We empower Google customers by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Googler Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide. We’re at the center of amazing work at Google by being the “flywheel” that enables our advanced AI models, delivers computing power across global services, and offers platforms that developers use to build services.

In AI and Infrastructure, we shape the future of hyperscale computing by inventing and creating world-leading future technology, and drive global impact by contributing to Google infrastructure, from software to hardware (including building Vertex AI for Google Cloud). We work on complex technologies at a global scale with key players in the AI and systems space. Join a team of talented individuals who not only work together to keep data centers operating efficiently but also create a legacy of driving innovation by building some of the most complex systems technologies.

Responsibilities:

Deliver sourcing and supply chain objectives for products in the data center infrastructure space.
Develop and execute category strategies to achieve total cost of ownership, lead time, capacity, innovation and quality objectives for the products managed through close collaboration with Google cross-functional teams (engineering, quality, operations, finance, etc.).
Conduct complex strategic technology discussions, including comprehensive contractual agreements to deliver cost, lead time and capacity objectives for the organization.
Implement supply chain, inventory and process improvements through supplier performance metrics, scorecards, business continuity plans and regular business reviews.

Global Category Manager, Data Center Equipment

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