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Google · 1 day ago

Global Category Manager, Data Center Equipment

Austin, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$174K/yr - $258K/yr

10+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company that is seeking a Global Category Manager for Data Center Equipment. In this role, you will manage a team to deliver sourcing and supply chain objectives, develop category strategies, and conduct strategic negotiations to optimize costs and improve processes for data center infrastructure products.

AppsArtificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud StorageSearch EngineSEO

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Manage a team of Global Category Managers within the Equipment Supply Chain organization

Deliver sourcing and supply chain objectives for products in the data center infrastructure space

Develop and execute category strategies to achieve total cost of ownership, lead time, capacity, innovation and quality objectives for the products managed through close collaboration with Google cross-functional teams (e.g., Engineering, Quality, Operations, Finance, etc.)

Conduct strategic technology negotiations including contractual agreements to deliver cost, lead time and capacity objectives for the organization

Implement supply chain, inventory and process improvements through supplier performance metrics, scorecards, business continuity plans and regular business reviews

Qualification

Category strategySupply chain managementData center infrastructureSupplier managementIndustrial engineeringNegotiation skillsRelationship managementLeadership skillsCommunication skillsTeamworkConflict resolution

Required

Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience

10 years of experience in category strategy, negotiations and supply chain management

3 years of experience in data center infrastructure equipment and supplier management

Preferred

MBA or Master's degree in a technical or engineering field

5 years of experience in data center infrastructure

Experience working with general contractors, integrators and suppliers in a large infrastructure environment

Experience with industrial engineering and construction programs (e.g., data centers)

Excellent leadership and influencing skills

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Trends of Total Sponsorships

2025 (8763)

2024 (8872)

2023 (9682)

2022 (11626)

2021 (9109)

2020 (9785)

Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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