Program Manager III, Transportation Category Management, Cloud Supply Chain

Google; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 159,000 - 230,000; Full time

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Benefits

Job summary

Google in Atlanta seeks a Program Manager III in Transportation Category Management within Cloud Supply Chain. You will lead complex, multi-year supplier relationships and develop a strategic category plan across professional and software services, third party logistics, and real estate.

This is a leadership role focused on scalable, long-term value rather than day-to-day operations. The ideal candidate has 5+ years in program management, procurement or category management, and cross-functional

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience.
• Experience in procurement or category management.
• Experience leading commercial negotiations and managing supplier relationships.

Responsibilities

• Develop and document a comprehensive multi-year category strategy for transportation and related spend.
• Own supplier relationships and manage all commercial aspects to deliver a cohesive voice.
• Collaborate with executive leadership on capacity planning and long-term decisions.
• Apply cost intelligence and performance data to drive category strategy and value realization.

Skills

Program management

Category management

Supplier negotiations

Procurement

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience

Job description

Program Manager III, Transportation Category Management, Cloud Supply Chain

Atlanta, GA, USA

Mid

Experience driving progress, solving problems, and mentoring more junior team members; deeper expertise and applied knowledge within relevant area.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 5 years of experience in program or project management.
• Experience in procurement or category management.
• Experience leading commercial negotiations and managing supplier relationships.

Preferred qualifications:

• 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
• Demonstrated experience building and implementing new category management processes and frameworks from the ground up.
• Contract creation, analysis, and execution knowledge as well as supplier strategy, strategic supplier assessments, and industry benchmarking, with a deep understanding of supplier incentive programs.
• Ability to collaborate and influence across multiple levels of an organization with experience leading cross-functional process improvements and holding project leads accountable to the greater project goals.

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 Category Manager, you will be at the forefront of a new, strategic organizational design. You will be empowered to transform how Google Cloud manages its key indirect spend categories, including professional and software services, third party logistics, transportation, automation, real estate, and reverse logistics. This is not an operational role, it is a strategic leadership position designed to build a scalable foundation for the future.

You will act as the single, strategic voice to our most critical suppliers, owning the commercial relationship and long-term category vision. Your mandate is to move beyond tactical execution and drive the end-to-end strategic flow from partnering with business leaders to determine long-term demand planning within your category, category strategy, sourcing execution, and value realization to handoffs with operations who will help see this strategy realized. You will be supported by centralized centers of excellence that manage contract execution, cost intelligence, and supplier performance, freeing you to focus on high-impact strategic initiatives and executive stakeholder engagement.

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.

Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

US: $159000 - $230000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + equity + benefits

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Responsibilities

• Develop and document a comprehensive multi-year category strategy, utilizing structured methodologies and tools to align with Google Cloud's long-term goal.
• Serve as the undisputed relationship owner for a portfolio of strategic suppliers, managing all commercial aspects and acting as the single point of contact to orchestrate a cohesive one voice approach.
• Embed deeply with executive leadership in operations and global capacity planning to serve as a trusted advisor, shaping long-term business decisions and ensuring category strategies are fully integrated.
• Partner with our centralized cost intelligence and supplier performance teams to apply sophisticated should-cost and cost intelligence models in all commercial activities.

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