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Global Commodity Manager, Power
GoogleXinbeiUpdate time: June 16,2019
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Job Description

Minimum qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, related science field or equivalent practical experience.
  • 2 years of relevant experience managing commodities.
  • Experience managing and negotiating agreements.
  • Ability to travel as required.

Preferred qualifications:

  • 10 years of commodity management experience with power electronics, conversion, and distribution components.
  • Experience with Open Compute hardware, including 48 volt point of load.
  • Understanding of worldwide power commodity supply base and technologies for server and storage infrastructure.
  • Understanding of UPS, switching mode power supplies, including AC/DC and DC/DC board mount power conversion with various topologies.
  • Understanding of rack bus bar commodity.

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're always on call to keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute commodity strategies through close collaboration with Google engineering and commodity teams.
  • Manage supplier relationships and performance in technology alignment, cost, quality/delivery, and implement supply chain improvements.
  • Lead cross-functional teams through robust sourcing and supplier selection for new platforms.
  • Conduct negotiations and secure comprehensive agreements with supplier executives.
  • Maintain a high level of industry expertise and keep stakeholders aware of supplier/market conditions.
At Google, we don’t just accept difference—we celebrate it, we support it, and we thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products and our community. Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing this form.
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