Program Manager, Supply-Demand Planning, Network Infrastructure

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 2 years of experience in Program Management.

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or Master's degree in Business Process Management, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or related disciplines.
• Experience with supply/demand planning, material planning, data center infrastructure, or capital investment decision making.
• Experience leading cross-functional process improvements with the ability to collaborate and influence across multiple levels of an organization.
• Knowledge of the tools and elements of project management.
• Ability to shift between detailed analysis and big picture thinking and customizing communication based on the audience.
• Excellent investigative, and verbal/written communication skills.

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. 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 short and long term supply and demand models that seek to minimize total costs and inventories while maintaining/improving service levels for data center networking infrastructure parts.
• Work with partner teams in procurement, materials management to track supply commits and provide supply response to upstream deployment teams.
• Drive product success by keeping ourselves and others accountable for metrics such as forecast accuracy, inventory, excess and obsolescence (E&O), material spend, Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) and gross margins.Utilize advanced analytics (statistical modeling, SQL, etc.) to evaluate the supply chain's ability to meet demand and provide data-driven insights.
• Partner closely with customers and partner teams to identify gaps and drive process improvements (lead time reductions, alternative source setups, sales and operations planning process setups etc).