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 Strategic Sourcing Organization is the commercial engine powering our next generation of AI and cloud infrastructure. Operating as a technical commercial team, Strategic Sourcing bridges the gap between advanced hardware engineering and global supply chain execution. We manage the commercial life-cycle for all GPUs and related network infrastructure in a cradle to grave process. We collaborate deeply with our suppliers to enable Google's future supply for its customers is built out and deployed.
As a Strategic Sourcing Manager for GPUs, you will act as the primary commercial owner for our supplier's compute silicion stack and rack networking hardware. Operating within the Product Sourcing pillar, you will be responsible for the end-to-end commercial life-cycle of off-the-shelf (OTS) graphics processors that power Google Cloud's data center infrastructure. You will help manage the high valued commercial relationship with major GPU vendors (e.g., Nvidia, AMD), focusing on long term agreements, supply assurance, and quality execution. You will align Google’s infrastructure scale with vendor roadmaps to secure the total cost and availability for finished silicon products.