CPU Commodity Manager

Job description

Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience. - 10 years of experience in sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management within the semiconductor, hardware, or cloud infrastructure industry. - Experience managing relationships and negotiating, agreements with merchant silicon vendors. - Experience building cost models, evaluating total cost of ownership (TCO), and executing agreements. Preferred qualifications: - MBA or Master’s degree in a related technical/business discipline. - Experience collaborating cross-functionally with hardware engineering and capacity planning teams. - Familiarity with merchant silicon pricing dynamics, including performance binning and volume-tier structuring. - Understanding of x86 processor architectures, server infrastructure, and the broader data center computing ecosystem. 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...