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X Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following:
Atlanta, GA, USA; Austin, TX, USA; Addison, TX, USA.
Minimum qualifications: - Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
- 5 years of experience in program or project management.
- Experience in Logistics and transportation.
- Experience in transportation planning, capacity planning, or network optimization.
Preferred qualifications: - PMP or other relevant project/program management certification.
- MBA or Master's degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 5 years of experience managing cross-functional or cross-team projects.
- Experience within the data center, semiconductor, or high-value hardware industry, managing complex and high-stakes physical inventory.
- Demonstrated experience presenting complex strategic plans and financial analyses to senior leadership and executive audiences.
- Ability to analyze and model complex datasets using tools such as SQL, Python, or Tableau to influence strategic decisions.
About the jobA 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.
Through sophisticated, data-driven forecasting and long-range planning, we anticipate future needs, identify potential constraints, and proactively mitigate risks long before they impact operations. We are the architects of a resilient and optimized supply chain, working cross-functionally to develop the innovative strategies that enable our network to scale for the challenges of tomorrow. As our hardware infrastructure and data center footprint expands exponentially, we face the critical challenge of strategically planning our transportation network to stay ahead of demand. This is not just a logistics operations role; it's a strategic capacity planning opportunity at the heart of our growth engine, driving the efficiency of a $3-4B annual logistics spend.
In this pivotal role, you will build the critical planning infrastructure that provides the forecast signals necessary to create robust, forward-looking transportation strategies.You will develop the blueprint that dictates how we scale our transportation capabilities for the next decade, ensuring that our infrastructure can be deployed anywhere in the world with speed, efficiency, and precision.
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 - Architect the foundational transportation planning infrastructure to generate high-fidelity forecast signals, enabling the creation of multi-year strategies across our network of Warehouses, Data Centers, Suppliers, and Contract Manufacturers (CMs).
- Develop, manage, and continuously improve predictive models used to forecast long-range capacity requirements, deliberately layering in complex network and sourcing strategies.
- Provide strategic insights derived from these forecast signals to directly shape transportation operations, including developing milk run strategies, executing carrier capacity planning, and right-sizing the dedicated fleet.
- Establish and lead monthly forecast reviews and a recurring planning cadence with cross-functional partners (Transportation Operations, Sourcing, Finance), communicating assumptions, risks, and strategic recommendations to achieve consensus on the network roadmap.
- Author compelling business cases, rooted in capacity forecast data and ROI analysis, to secure critical transportation infrastructure investments and support the annual and quarterly budgeting cycles.
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