About This Role
Working with Engineering teams to ensure Google has the necessary supplies and equipment for innovative products, this role uses industry knowledge and strategic supplier relationships to optimize total cost of ownership for Google's global infrastructure. It suits a manager who can ensure uninterrupted supply for next-generation hardware platforms at Google's scale.
Responsibilities
- Manage critical supplier relationships through geopolitical diversification, such as a Southeast Asia footprint strategy, and establish secure dual-sourcing pipelines for highly constrained raw materials to guarantee uninterrupted supply for next-generation hardware platforms
- Develop supply chain diversification strategies and execute against those strategies for supply assurance
- Formulate analytical models to reconcile demand forecasts against supplier capacities, proactively resolving allocation deficits
- Synthesize complex hardware demand forecasts against tier-1 fab and sub-tier material capacities to guide executive decision-making
- Partner with hardware design engineering, Design for Manufacturability (DFM), quality, and finance to align technology roadmaps with sourcing strategies
- Drive cost modeling and total Cost of Ownership (TCO) optimization
Requirements
- 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 commodity management, sourcing, procurement, or materials management in the electronics industry
Nice to have:
- Experience managing supplier relationships, including capacity planning, performance tracking, and proven success deploying supply chains with high technology products
- Proven technical proficiency in electronics supply chain processes in PCBs, PCBAs, interconnects, ICs, or other related electronics products
- Advanced analytical proficiency in demand/supply matching, capacity planning, scenario modeling, and bridging forecast gaps to mitigate component and raw material shortages
- Ability to identify and execute mitigation strategies for supply chain risks, such as capacity constraints or geopolitical challenges, using dual-sourcing or similar pipelines
About the Company
Google's Technical Infrastructure team develops and maintains data centers and builds the next generation of Google platforms, making Google's product portfolio possible. They ensure networks are up and running, providing users with the best and fastest experience possible.
