Logistics Operations Manager

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 7 years of experience developing operational process solutions, and working with cross-functional teams.
• Experience managing operations in multiple locations simultaneously.

Preferred qualifications

• MBA or Master's degree in a related field or CSCMP certification.
• 7 years of experience using data analysis to drive decision making.
• 7 years of experience building relationships with stakeholders or clients.
• Experience in data center equipment environments or computer component manufacturing.
• Ability to be successful in operations management, problem-solving, third-party logistics vendor relationships, budget creation, and cost management.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to apply structured thinking and logic to your work and provide solutions to challenges.

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.

In this role, you will be the leader of how Google optimizes logistics processes while incorporating current industry standards and best practices. You will be responsible for process improvement recommendations, change management, standardization of user documentation, creating processes that drive action and interacting with all partner teams.

You will lead new project initiatives for the Americas server operations logistics with a duration of three months to two years, create Business Requirements Documents (BRD), work with key stakeholders, drive innovation, understand operational impacts and create presentations/documents for the leadership team.

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: $136000 - $197000 (USD) + 15% bonus target + bonus + equity + benefitsLearn more about benefits at Google.

Responsibilities

• Own the day-to-day logistics operations management of multiple data centers or warehouse locations.
• Create, lead, and support cross-functional company initiatives/projects. Manage Third Party Logistics (3PL) partners with associates on their teams dedicated to our account.
• Manage and monitor metrics for key performance indicators (KPIs), vendor performance scorecards, and development of business cases to support logistics process changes and/or improvements. Drive alignment and prioritization of initiatives in a fast-paced environment with many interdependencies.
• Manage quarterly budgets, invoice control, capital improvement projects within your locations and relationships with multiple internal customers at data centers.
• Recognize improvement opportunities to the cost and/or quality of services to be provided. Be proactive in turning these thoughts into a documented business case, present the business case to your peers and management for approval, and provide ongoing project management.

Google is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

See also Google's EEO Policy and EEO is the Law. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing our Accommodations for Applicants form.

Benefits

Paid Sick Days, Performance Bonus, Professional Development, 401K, Stock Options, Employee Events, Retirement / Pension Plans, Tuition Reimbursement, Work From Home, Life Insurance, On Site Cafeteria

Skills

Alliance/Partner Marketing, Best Practices, Budget Management, Budgeting, Business Administration, Business Case, Business Development, Capital Project, Change Management, Communication Skills, Cost Control, Cross-Functional, Customer Relations, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data Warehousing, Documentation Standards, Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO), Establish Priorities, Industry Standards, Leadership, Logistics, Logistics Management, Logistics Processes, Manufacturing, Network Operations Center, Operations Management, Operations Planning, Operations Processes, Performance Metrics, Problem Solving Skills, Process Development, Process Improvement, Product Development, Project Schedule, Project/Program Management, QoS (Quality of Service), Requirements Management, Risk Analysis, Schedule Development, Scorecarding, Third-Party Logistics (3PL), Time Management, User Documentation, Vendor/Supplier Evaluation, Vendor/Supplier Relations

About the Company

Google

Build for everyone

Since our founding in 1998, Google has grown by leaps and bounds. Starting from two computer science students in a university dorm room, we now have thousands of employees and offices around the world. These Googlers build products that help create opportunities for everyone, whether down the street or across the globe.

It starts with how we work together. We’re building a company where people of different views, backgrounds and experiences can do their best work and show up for one another. A place where every Googler feels like they belong.

So whether you develop new technology or creative campaigns, craft beautiful products or breakthrough partnerships, your work here is a chance to accomplish things that matter. Bring your insight, imagination, and healthy disregard for the impossible. Bring everything that makes you unique. Together, we can build for everyone.

Benefits

We strive to provide Googlers and their loved ones with a world-class benefits experience, focused on supporting their physical, financial, and emotional wellbeing. Our benefits are based on data, and centered around our users: Googlers and their families.

They’re thoughtfully designed to enhance your health and wellbeing, and generous enough to make it easy for you to take good care of yourself (now, and in the future). So we can build for everyone, together.

Learn more about Google’s benefits on this site featuring Googlers’ experience.

How we Hire

Google’s hiring process is an important part of our culture. Googlers care deeply about their teams and the people who make them up. In order to build for everyone, we know that we need a wide range of perspectives and experiences, and a fair hiring process is the first step in getting there.

Learn more about our hiring process.

Company Size

10,000 employees or more

Industry

Computer Software

Founded

1998

Website

https://goo.gle/4dbno6V