Global Supply Chain Manager, Packaging
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Minimum qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, a related field or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in global supply chain management in consumer electronics, including experience with manufacturing and supply chain processes.
- Experience in packaging, printed materials, and kitting operations or related fields.
- Experience working in technology with procurement and supply chain management.
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience collaborating and working cross-functionally with Engineering and Product teams.
- Experience working and partnering with supplier management at a global scale.
- Experience working in strategic sourcing and commodity management and with international supply base partners.
- Knowledge of packaging materials and development.
- Excellent communication, sourcing, consulting and collaboration skills.
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.
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.
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 and execute global supply chain and commodity specific strategies.
- Manage suppliers to ensure readiness, assurance of supply, and overall quality for the product builds and sustaining operations.
- Initiate purchase orders, track spend, understand component lead time, and evaluate associated supply chain risks.
- Create Request for Quotation (RFQ) templates and prepare RFQ documentation for general supply management to review.
- Drive cost reductions and influence partners for cost effective supply chain solutions.
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