Strategic Sourcing Manager, Thermals
Our Sourcing Specialists tell the story of Google to the world. They care deeply about cultivating relationships, have lively, thoughtful conversations with their candidates, and know our organization and its products well enough to articulate life-changing opportunities. As an expert in the talent needs of our business, you’ll be an adviser to the extraordinary people you find, engage, and guide through Google’s hiring process. By the time you’ve introduced a would-be Googler to our partners in recruiting, they are comfortable, well informed, and excited about the possibilities that await them here. The demands of our company, as it continues to grow and transform the industry, are great. Your analytical mind, curiosity, and sincere approach to your work make you exceptional enough to meet them.
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 team 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
- Lead comprehensive commodity strategies for complex liquid cooling solutions, specifically cold plate loops.
- Drive supplier selection, negotiate commercial terms, and formalize long-term agreements, including engineering development agreements and master supply agreements.
- Partner with technical teams to ensure design-for-manufacturability and seamless transitions to mass production.
- Oversee overall supplier performance management, integrating rigorous quality management with cost, delivery, and execution metrics to drive continuous improvement.
- Lead process optimizations at supplier facilities to enhance manufacturing yields, cycle times, and cost efficiency.
Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in a business, technical or engineering field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 4 years of experience in global commodity management, sourcing, or hardware procurement.
- Experience in drafting and negotiating commercial, master supply, and engineering development agreements.
Preferred qualifications:
- Master's degree in Business Administration, Mechanical, Electrical, Chemical, or Material Science Engineering with a focus on thermodynamics or fluid dynamics.
- 8 years of experience in sourcing thermal management solutions, liquid cooling hardware, cold plates, or high-volume mechanical components.
- Experience managing international supplier footprints, navigating geopolitical risks, and scaling complex sub-tier hardware supply chains.