Manager, Global Category Manager, Data Center Equipment

Job description

Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience. - 10 years of experience in category strategy, negotiations and supply chain management. - 3 years of experience in data center infrastructure equipment and supplier management. Preferred qualifications: - MBA or Master's degree in a technical or engineering field. - 5 years of experience in data center infrastructure. - Experience working with general contractors, integrators and suppliers in a large infrastructure environment. - Experience with industrial engineering and construction programs (e.g., data centers). - Excellent 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. T...