Global Category Manager, Google Cable Landing Station Build

Google; London; On-site; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech company in London is seeking a Technical Program Manager to lead complex projects in procurement and supply chain management. The role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to achieve strategic objectives and conducting complex negotiations. Ideal candidates have a Bachelor's degree in a technical field and significant experience in supply chain management. This position offers an exciting opportunity for professional growth within a top technology firm.

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
• 2 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience in managing and partnering with external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver sourcing and supply chain objectives for products.
• Develop and execute category strategies for cost and quality objectives.
• Conduct strategic technology negotiations for cost and capacity objectives.

Skills

Procurement and supply chain management

Project management

Stakeholder management

Technical category management

Contract negotiation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field

Job description

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Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
• 2 years of experience in program or project management, leading multi-disciplinary projects.
• Experience in managing and partnering with external stakeholders.
• Experience in technical category management, contract negotiation and supplier development.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience with large-scale industrial engineering and construction programs, preferably Cable Landing Stations or Data Centers.
• Experience working with general contractors, integrators and suppliers.
• Excellent leadership and influencing 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 Technical Program Manager at Google, you'll use your technical expertise to lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You'll work with stakeholders to plan requirements, identify risks, manage project schedules, and communicate clearly with cross-functional partners across the company. You're equally comfortable explaining your team's analyses and recommendations to executives as you are discussing the technical tradeoffs in product development with engineers. Behind everything our users see online is the architecture built by the Technical Infrastructure team to keep it running. From developing and maintaining our data centers to building the next generation of Google platforms, we make Google's product portfolio possible. We're proud to be our engineers' engineers and love voiding warranties by taking things apart so we can rebuild them. We keep our networks up and running, ensuring our users have the best and fastest experience possible.

Responsibilities

• Deliver sourcing and supply chain objectives for products in the gCLS (Google-owned Cable Landing Station) 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 (engineering, quality, operations, finance, legal, treasury, policy, tax etc).
• Conduct complex strategic technology negotiations including comprehensive 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 reviews.
• Manage contract approvals and signature execution processes.