Global Commodity Manager, SSD/NAND
Listed on 2026-07-09
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Supply Chain/Logistics
Procurement / Purchasing, Operations Management
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience.
- 12 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
- Experience in NAND commodity management (NAND technologies, SSD) and supplier management.
- Experience in industry analysis, cost modeling, quotation analysis, roadmap development, and supplier selection.
- MBA or Master's degree in a technical or engineering field.
- Experience with data center SSD/NAND commodities.
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.
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.
US: $236,000 - $330,000 (USD) + 25% bonus target + equity + benefits
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Responsibilities- Lead cross-functional teams to drive Solid State Drives (SSD) or Not-AND (NAND) technologies at key NAND suppliers.
- Maintain a level of industry and technology expertise as well as supplier and market conditions.
- Develop sourcing strategies for NAND/SSD and execute on them.
- Manage supplier relationships and performance in technology alignment, cost, quality, and delivery, negotiate agreements, and implement supply chain improvements.
- Address material management, shortages, and Clear to Build (CTB) activities, acting as the escalation point between internal teams and NAND suppliers.
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