Program Manager II, Data Center Supply Planning

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.

As a Program Manager, you will be responsible for the data center equipment supply planning for sustaining and new products, interpretation of the data center demand signal and translating it to a supply, capacity and inventory plan for equipment and drive optimal planning decisions. You will work closely with Data Center Supply Planning, Purchasing, Engineering, Fulfillment, Commodity Management, and Contract Manufacturing teams to develop and oversee the execution of an accurate demand, supply and inventory plan through the product life cycle. You will also work with partners to establish clear reporting around constraints and capacity risks for the assigned products.

In this role, you will use your knowledge of supply chain principles and your problem solving prowess to key planning processes. You will establish and drive metrics, drive process and system improvements to accomplish efficiency and scalability goals and influence our rapidly growing data center infrastructure supply chain.

Google Cloud accelerates every organization’s ability to digitally transform its business and industry. We deliver enterprise-grade solutions that leverage Google’s cutting-edge technology, and tools that help developers build more sustainably. Customers in more than 200 countries and territories turn to Google Cloud as their trusted partner to enable growth and solve their most critical business problems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and lead master scheduling and rough cut capacity planning processes, procedures to help drive the planning through a scalable process and system automation.
• Manage material supply, including inventory, to meet existing and new product demand requirements to meet business objectives, coordinating with demand planning on changes to demand which impacts delivery of key components as demand needs fluctuate.
• Communicate sustaining and new product material plans and status to internal customers. Identify and quickly solve supply chain gaps and inefficiencies. Clearly document process solutions and requirements.
• Develop short and long-term supply models to minimize total costs and inventories while maintaining service levels, develop and justify inventory buffer strategies that optimize cost and flexibility.
• Maintain in-depth statistical analysis to determine the demand and supply patterns, and outliers to drive data driven decision.