Global Commodity Manager, Memory

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a Technical or Engineering field or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
• Experience in Memory category or commodity management, contract negotiation and supplier development.

Preferred qualifications:

• MBA or Master's degree in Engineering or a related field.
• 8 years of commodity management or supply chain management experience in the data center/mission critical industry.
• Knowledge of supply base and technologies used in DRAM (dynamic random access memory) and NAND Flash.
• Knowledge of semiconductor manufacturing technology.

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

• Lead cross-functional teams to drive memory and NOT AND (NAND) flash technologies and components at key memory suppliers.
• Maintain a level of industry and technology expertise as well as supplier and market conditions.
• Understand semiconductor structures and have experience with developing models.
• Develop sourcing strategies for memory and NAND flash and execute on them.
• Manage supplier relationships and performance in technology alignment, cost, quality, and delivery, discuss agreements, and implement supply chain improvements.