Thermal Global Commodity Manager

Google • Sunnyvale, CA

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About The Position

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. In this role, you will co-lead the strategic and technical sourcing and commercial management of key thermal products in liquid cooling and suppliers critical to Google's internal and public cloud infrastructure. You will partner with the Thermal Engineering teams to influence and create a resilient supply chain and secure optimal commercial outcomes from our most important suppliers. You will be instrumental in enabling Google's most advanced platforms and programs. You will be responsible for leading commodity strategies, strategic negotiations, managing contractual agreements, expanding the thermal ecosystem and managing supplier relationships. With your technical and commercial acumen, you will facilitate supplier solutions that enable the innovative products designed by Google's Engineers. You'll maintain a high level of industry expertise and supplier/market conditions, and manage supplier performance in cost, quality, delivery, and technology alignment. You will propose and implement supply chain improvements. Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our 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 love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 10 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
• 8 years of experience with thermal, electromechanical or silicon commodities.
• Experience in thermal product category or commodity management, agreement negotiation and supplier development.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree or MBA in a technical or engineering field.
• Experience with project management and global supply chain management, encompassing supplier and technology sourcing, delivery, quality, and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement long-term strategic sourcing plans for thermal products, encompassing technology roadmapping, market analysis, risk assessment, supplier identification and qualification to ensure a resilient and cost-effective supply base that meets Google's evolving needs.
• Lead high-stake negotiations with key suppliers, developing and managing complex contractual agreements to optimize value, mitigate risk, and ensure favorable commercial terms that align with Google's business objectives.
• Act as an instrumental part in influencing engineering design for supply chain resilience.
• Establish and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for strategic suppliers, proactively managing supplier performance, driving continuous improvement initiatives, and fostering strong, collaborative relationships to ensure consistent quality, on-time delivery, capacity and proactive problem resolution.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees