Inventory Program Manager, Devices and Services
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 2 years of experience in program or project management.
- Experience in inventory, supply chain, logistics, or procurement.
Preferred qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Inventory, Supply Chain, Business Analysis or Logistics or equivalent practical experience.
- Experience with working in a collaborative, cross-functional environment.
- Ability to work with team player and motivate others.
- Ability to work in a changing business environment.
- Excellent project management and 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.Our goal is to build a Google that looks like the world around us — and we want Googlers to stay and grow when they join us. As part of our efforts to build a Google for everyone, we build diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and we aim to cultivate a sense of belonging throughout the company.
In this role, you will be supporting the core Inventory Management functions. You will have experience in third-party logistics management and will be responsible for ensuring the accuracy, control, and optimization of the global inventory assets. You will manage the complete inventory lifecycle, spanning forward and reverse logistics for all inbound or outbound transactions across the network of third-party logistics warehouse providers. You will partner daily with Google's operations team, third-party logistics, and cross-functional teams to execute transactions, maintain precise systematic inventory levels, and drive process improvements. You will be managing inventory health, including the disposition of Excess and Obsolescence (E and O) stock, to ensure operational continuity and protect financial health.Google's mission is to organize the world's information and make it universally accessible and useful. Our Devices & Services team combines the best of Google AI, Software, and Hardware to create radically helpful experiences for users. We research, design, and develop new technologies and hardware to make our user's interaction with computing faster, seamless, and more powerful. Whether finding new ways to capture and sense the world around us, advancing form factors, or improving interaction methods, the Devices & Services team is making people's lives better through technology.
Responsibilities
- Develop, own, and execute the end-to-end global strategy for Excess and Obsolete inventory, including prevention, data-motivated disposition channels, and alignment with financial reserve planning.
- Lead inventory planning programs by developing models and policies to optimize stock levels, improve inventory turns, and mitigate stock-out risks across all product lifecycles.
- Drive cross-functional alignment between Operations, Finance, and Planning teams to ensure inventory strategy supports achieving business and financial objectives.
- Establish and govern the global Key Performance Indicator (KPI) framework for inventory performance, identifying systemic risks and driving optimization programs with the third-party logistics partners.
- Act as the lead business partner for inventory-related systems and Information Systems (IS) programs, defining requirements for global scalability, control, and reporting.
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