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Program Manager, Supply and Material Planning, Global Infrastructure

Taipei City, Taiwan (On-site)

Program Manager, Supply and Material Planning, Global Infrastructure

1 Hour ago • 2 Years + • Logistics

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Job Description

As a Supply and Material Planning Program Manager at Google, you'll be responsible for material supply planning, procurement, and inventory management of critical data center products. You will work closely with cross-functional teams (NPI, Demand Planning, Purchasing, Engineering, Fulfillment, and Contract Manufacturing) to develop and execute material plans throughout the product lifecycle. You'll optimize inventory, drive process improvements, and collaborate on projects to enhance capabilities across the organization. The role requires establishing supply/material plans to meet demand and financial objectives, developing inventory buffer strategies, and ensuring material availability to meet customer needs. You will also contribute to maintaining continuity of supply and enhancing planning processes.

Must have:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
2+ years program/project management experience
Supply/demand planning experience
Materials and inventory management experience
Cross-functional team collaboration
Problem-solving skills

Good to have:

Master's degree or MBA in Supply Chain Management
Experience with diverse technical/non-technical groups
Forecasting/planning/supply chain process improvement experience
Experience with spreadsheet software, SQL, and scripting

Minimum qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
2 years of experience in program or project management.
Experience in supply/demand planning with supply chain management (e.g., forecasting, supplier management, manufacturing, warehousing, fulfillment, reverse logistics, etc.).
Experience in materials and inventory management.

Preferred qualifications:

Master's degree or MBA with emphasis in Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
Experience interacting with diverse technical and non-technical groups, spanning all organizational levels.
Experience in forecasting/planning/supply chain and implementing process improvements.
Experience with spreadsheet software, SQL, and scripting.

About the job

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.

Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.

As a Supply and Material Planning Program Manager, you will be responsible for material supply planning, procurement and inventory management of our critical data center products and drive optimal planning decisions to enable customers meeting their objectives while balancing inventory. You will work closely with NPI, Demand Planning, Purchasing, Engineering, Fulfillment, and Contract Manufacturing to develop and oversee the execution of the material plans through the product life cycle. You will use your problem solving skills to establish and drive metrics, drive process and system improvements to accomplish efficiency and scalability goals and directly support our rapidly growing infrastructure at our global data centers.

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 keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

Establish the supply/material plan to position materials to address different demand scenarios while meeting the financial objectives of the business.
Develop and justify inventory buffer strategies that optimize cost and flexibility.
Partner with cross-functional teams to procure materials and ensure availability to fulfill customer needs. Drive cross-functional projects to implement new capabilities and improve existing ones across the organization.
Collaborate with NPI and Spare teams to manage the planning process, ensuring alignment with the product life cycle.
Ensure continuity of supply by implementing ongoing enhancements to the planning process.

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A problem isn't truly solved until it's solved for all. Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe. Bring your insight, imagination and a healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.