Global Commodity Manager, Hard Disk Drives, Tape Storage

Job description

Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience. - 7 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management. - Experience in Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and Tape Storage category or commodity management, agreement negotiation, and supplier development. Preferred qualifications: - MBA or Master's degree in a technical or engineering field. - 10 years of experience managing Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and Tape Storage commodities. - Knowledge of the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) and Tape Storage industry, manufacturing, assembly and test processes. - Excellent investigative skills in industry analysis, cost modeling, quotation analysis, roadmap development, and supplier selection. 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...