Program Manager, Data Center Equipment, Demand and Supply Planning
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8 years of experience in program management.
- 5 years of experience in leadership roles, with/without direct reports.
- 4 years of experience managing projects.
- Experience using Material Requirements Planning tools.
Preferred qualifications:
- 8 years of experience managing cross-functional/team projects.
- 5 years of experience in supervisory roles.
- Ability to communicate/collaborate cross-functionally with technical and non-technical groups spanning all organizational levels.
- Excellent spreadsheet/database skills, and ability to create models and navigate within them to manage supply chain processes.
About the job
Google's projects, like our users, span the globe and require managers to keep the big picture in focus while being able to dive into the unique engineering challenges we face daily. As a Technical Program Manager at Google, you lead complex, multi-disciplinary engineering projects using your engineering expertise. You plan requirements with internal customers and usher projects through the entire project lifecycle. This includes managing project schedules, identifying risks and clearly communicating them to project stakeholders. You're equally at home explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical trade-offs in product development with engineers.
Using your extensive technical and leadership expertise, you manage various Engineering-specific programs and teams.
As a Program Manager for Demand and Supply Planning, you will be responsible for the data center equipment planning for sustaining and new products, interpret the data center demand signal and translate it to a demand and supply plan for equipment, and drive optimal planning decisions. You will work with Data Center Supply Planning, Purchasing, Engineering, Fulfillment, Commodity Management, and Contract Manufacturing teams to develop and oversee the execution of an accurate supply and inventory plan through the product lifecycle.
You will apply the knowledge of supply chain principles and your problem solving prowess to key planning processes. You will establish and drive metrics, drive process and system improvements to accomplish efficiency and scalability goals, and influence the growing data center infrastructure supply chain.
Please note that the compensation details listed in US role postings reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits. Learn more about benefits at Google.
Responsibilities
- Manage material supply, including inventory, to meet existing and new product demand requirements to meet business objectives, coordinate with Demand Planning on changes to demand which impacts delivery of key components as demand needs fluctuate.
- Identify and solve supply chain gaps and inefficiencies. Document process solutions and requirements. Define and manage business metrics and goals to manage supply chain performance.
- Leverage market intelligence and statistical inputs towards driving continued, sustained improvements of inventory models and supply chain buffers.
- Develop short- and long-term supply models to minimize total costs and inventories while maintaining service levels, develop and justify inventory buffer strategies that optimize cost and flexibility.
- Lead a planning team, and mentor, develop, and motivate them to be a highly functional team to help transform planning.
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