Thermal Global Commodity Manager

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About The Job

Commodity Managers work with Engineering teams to ensure Google has the supplies and equipment to put into production the innovative products from our Engineering teams. As a Commodity Manager, you use your industry knowledge and strategic supplier relationships to optimize total cost of ownership for our global 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 Thermal Commodity Manager, you will play a critical role in strategically managing supplier relationships and ensuring the timely delivery of high‑quality materials at the best possible cost. This position requires a solid combination of technical knowledge, communication skills, and the ability to co‑lead cross‑functional teams.

Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google\'s product portfolio possible. We\'re proud to be our engineers\' engineers and strive to continuously improve our infrastructure.

Minimum qualifications

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

Preferred qualifications

• MBA or Master\'s degree in a technical or engineering field.
  
• Experience with data center thermal management commodities.
  
• Experience in thermal management from infrastructure to chip including next generation cooling technologies, materials, components and solutions.
  
• Experience with PLx Dashboarding.
  
• Excellent leadership, management, decision-making and problem-solving skills with outstanding business acumen.
  

Responsibilities

• Partner with colleagues to conduct discussions and secure comprehensive agreements with supplier executives.
  
• Maintain a high level of industry expertise and supplier/market conditions through research and convey market research for all Data Center thermal solutions.
  
• Manage supplier performance in cost, quality, delivery and technology alignment through weekly meetings and scorecard reviews.
  
• Focus on material management, shortages, and CTB activities serving as an escalation point between internal partner teams and suppliers.
  
• Architect and develop dashboards and processes for measuring our key metrics.
  

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

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