Program Manager, Data Center Equipment Supply Chain

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
  
• 5 years of experience in supply chain management, procurement, or operations roles within a manufacturing or technology environment.
• Experience in material readiness, production control, and supplier performance management.
• Experience across all phases of a product lifecycle from prototype to mass production to end-of-life.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• Experience in data center, construction, hyperscale Cloud infrastructure, or large-scale capital equipment supply chains.
• Experience delivering complex products and managing large projects, with in-depth knowledge of project management methodologies.
• Experience in negotiating early funding and managing capacity across multiple, global suppliers.
• Ability to work in and succeed in a highly ambiguous/unstructured environment, employing critical thinking and sound judgment.
• Ability to customize communications based on the audience, and interacting effectively with technical, non-technical, and executive groups.

About the job

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

Google is seeking a dynamic, results-oriented Supply Chain Manager to lead all aspects of supply chain readiness and execution for critical Data Center Equipment. This role focuses on large-scale product types, including construction/building modules and high-value equipment that form the backbone of the Google Data Center fleet.

In this role, you will be the primary liaison between Google and its suppliers, driving end-to-end (E2E) material, inventory, and production readiness from product inception through mass deployment. You will leverage your domain expertise in supply chain, manufacturing, and procurement to implement processes and systems that ensure the efficient, timely, and high-quality delivery of innovative products to our global data centers. Additionally, you will have the ability to create, educate, and promote Supply Chain principles and best practices with both internal partner organizations and external suppliers, ultimately enabling Google to meet its ambitious data center build-out goals.

The Data Center team designs and operates some of the most sophisticated electrical and HVAC systems in the world. We are an upbeat, creative, team-oriented group of engineers committed to building and operating powerful data centers.

Responsibilities

• Create, successfully manage, and institutionalize new processes and frameworks around material, supply chain, inventory, and production management. 
• Serve as the primary supply chain liaison with suppliers, managing production schedules and commitments against project delivery requirements. Oversee supplier commitments and purchase order management. 
• Identify and communicate supply chain risks, developing and executing mitigation plans to ensure supply continuity into production. 
• Represent the equipment supply chain organization. Work with Engineering, Planning, and Category Managers to deliver equipment and drive initiatives and process improvements. 
• Drive E2E material and supply chain readiness for a product area, ensuring a "clear-to-build" status for data center equipment. Develop and execute supply chain plans to enable global production ramp deployment of equipment to data centers. 

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