Global Commodity Manager, Memory

Minimum qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience. • 4 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management. • Experience in commodity management, contract negotiation and supplier development. Preferred qualifications: • Experience in memory commodity management (DDR5 DIMM, MRDIMM etc) and supplier management. 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. As a Memory Commodity Manager, you will play a critical role in strategically managing supplier relationships. You will provide inputs to the commodity strategy and execute on them to build, scale, and deliver memory DIMM's through the product lifecycle with degree of effectiveness and efficiency with guidance from executive team members. You will lead cross-functional supplier selection, performance management through metrics and supplier reviews and drive supply chain improvements. You will engage with engineers on next generation technology initiatives by fostering vendor development of solutions and road maps and maintain a sensitivity for industry/technology intelligence and market supply/demand conditions. 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 • Lead cross-functional teams to drive Server DRAM technologies at memory suppliers. • Maintain a level of industry and technology expertise as well as supplier and market conditions. • Develop sourcing strategies for Server DRAM and execute on them. • Manage supplier relationships and performance in technology alignment, cost, quality, and delivery, discuss agreements, and implement supply chain improvements. • Address material management, shortages, and Clear to Build (CTB) activities, acting as the escalation point between internal teams and Memory suppliers.