Global Commodity Manager, Power, Google Cloud

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience.
• 4 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
• Experience in commodity management, contract negotiation, and supplier development.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience in commodity management or supply chain management.
• Experience with cloud, hyperscale, or data center products.
• Experience with data center power architectures.
• Experience with supplier capacity planning, contract management, and cost modeling.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and understand new concepts.

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.

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.

Responsibilities

• Support cross-functional teams through supplier selection process and capacity planning for new platforms.
• Support negotiations and secure comprehensive agreements with suppliers.
• Maintain industry knowledge and keep stakeholders aware of supplier and market conditions.
• Support development of long-term sourcing strategies for Power hardware (e.g., Tray/Rack Power, Batteries) and implement supply chain improvements.
• Manage supplier relationships and performance in technology alignment, cost, quality, and delivery.