Vendor Manager

Role Overview: As a Program Manager at Google, you will lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects from start to finish. You will work 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 will be your responsibility to coordinate the players and keep them up to date on progress and deadlines. Key Responsibilities: - Own the day-to-day logistics operations management of multiple data center locations. - Create, lead, and support cross-functional company initiatives/projects. - Manage third-party logistics partners with associates on their teams dedicated to the account. - Manage and monitor metrics for key performance indicators (KPIs), vendor performance scorecards, and development of business cases to support logistics process changes or improvements. - Drive alignment and prioritization of initiatives in a changing environment. - Manage quarterly budgets, invoice control, and capital improvement projects within the locations. - Manage relationships with multiple internal customers at data centers. - Recognize improvement opportunities to the cost or quality of services to be provided. - Turn thoughts into documented business cases, present the business case to peers and management for approval, and provide ongoing project management. Qualifications Required: - Bachelor's degree in Business, Logistics, Operations, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent practical experience. - 5 years of experience in managing warehousing and supply chain operations. - 5 years of experience in working and managing third-party logistics relationships. - MBA or Master's degree is preferred. - 5 years of experience in analyzing data and generating business insights to guide business decisions. - Experience in data center logistics. - Experience in managing contact center support operations globally and developing solutions and tools in partnership with business teams. - Experience in risk, change management, process management systems like Kaizen, Six Sigma, Lean, etc. - Experience in working with multiple cross-functional business teams and stakeholders to set up and stabilize new product operations.,