Supply Chain Manager, Data Center Equipment, Supply Chain

A problem isn’t truly solved until it’s solved for all. That’s why Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. As a Program Manager at Google, you’ll lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish — working with stakeholders to plan requirements, manage project schedules, identify risks, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. Your projects will often span offices, time zones, and hemispheres. It's your job to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring supply chain readiness for multiple programs with focusing on supply chain and lead time optimization, multi-sourcing and material and production readiness and ramp-up and availability for data center equipment. You will be managing supply chain risks and communicating goals to project stakeholders.

The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.

We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end supply chain readiness, inventory strategies, and clear-to-build status to enable the global production of data center equipment.
• Design and institutionalize frameworks and processes to optimize capacity, reduce lead times, and manage material flow across the global network.
• Serve as the primary liaison for suppliers, managing production schedules, purchase orders, and material commitments to ensure on-time project delivery.
• Identify supply chain risks and execute mitigation strategies while maintaining documentation of global supply maps, procurement models, and logistics.
• Partner cross-functionally with engineering, planning, and category managers to drive process improvements, system optimizations, and represent the supply chain organization in program updates.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in supply chain management, procurement, or an operation role within a manufacturing or technology environment.
• Experience with product lifecycle (e.g., prototype to production to end-of-life).
• Experience in material readiness, production control, Bill of Materials (BOM) management, production schedules and supplier performance management.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with data center, construction, cloud infrastructure, or capital equipment supply chains.
• Experience in negotiating funding and managing capacity across multiple global suppliers.
• Experience in managing products and projects, with the knowledge of project management methodologies.
• Ability to customize communications based on the audience, interact with technical, non-technical, and executive groups.
• Ability to work in an unstructured environment, with excellent thinking and judgment skills.