
Senior Global Category Manager, Data Center Equipment, Switchgear
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The Senior Global Category Manager will define and execute strategic sourcing for new data center infrastructure equipment and manage suppliers and integrators. The role works with engineering and other cross-functional teams to meet cost, lead-time, capacity, innovation, and quality objectives. It also involves strategic technology negotiations and supply-chain improvements across Google’s global infrastructure.
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Senior Global Category Manager, Data Center Equipment, Switchgear
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XIn accordance with Washington state law, we are highlighting our comprehensive benefits package, which is available to all eligible US based employees. Benefits for this role include:
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Health, dental, vision, life, disability insurance
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Retirement Benefits: 401(k) with company match
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Paid Time Off: 20 days of vacation per year, accruing at a rate of 6.15 hours per pay period for the first five years of employment
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Sick Time: 40 hours/year (increased to 69 hours/year for Seattle) including 5 discretionary sick days per instance
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Maternity Leave (Short-Term Disability + Baby Bonding): 28-30 weeks
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Baby Bonding Leave: 18 weeks
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Holidays: 13 paid days per year
Note: By applying to this position you will have an opportunity to share your preferred working location from the following: Austin, TX, USA; Atlanta, GA, USA; Kirkland, WA, USA; Sunnyvale, CA, USA .
Minimum qualifications:
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Bachelor's degree in a technical or engineering field or equivalent practical experience.
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10 years of experience in procurement and supply chain management.
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5 years of experience in category or commodity management, contract negotiation and supplier development.
Preferred qualifications:
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Master's degree in a technical or engineering field or MBA.
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Experience working with general contractors, integrators and suppliers in a large infrastructure environment
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Demonstrated experience with industrial engineering and construction programs, preferably data centers.
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Direct experience managing Data Center Infrastructure.
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Demonstrated strong leadership and influencing skills.
About the job
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.
At Google, we know that every employee has something important to say, and that every employee is integral to our success. Googlers thrive in small, focused teams and high-enthusiasm environments, believe in the ability of technology to change the world, and are as passionate about their lives as they are about their work.
As a Category Management at Google, you will be responsible to define and execute Google’s strategic sourcing for new data center infrastructure equipment and supplier management. You will be an innovative and accomplished expert with extensive knowledge of infrastructure technology management, strategy development, sourcing and supplier/integrator relationship, performance and cost management. You will have a balance of both tactical and strategic experience and have technical knowledge, business and commercial acumen, program management fluency, and possess strong communication, negotiation, teamwork, conflict resolution and relationship management skills.
The AI and Infrastructure team is redefining what’s possible. We empower Google customers with breakthrough capabilities and insights by delivering AI and Infrastructure at unparalleled scale, efficiency, reliability and velocity. Our customers include Googlers, Google Cloud customers, and billions of Google users worldwide.
We're the driving force behind Google's groundbreaking innovations, empowering the development of our cutting-edge AI models, delivering unparalleled computing power to global services, and providing the essential platforms that enable developers to build the future. From software to hardware our teams are shaping the future of world-leading hyperscale computing, with key teams working on the development of our TPUs, Vertex AI for Google Cloud, Google Global Networking, Data Center operations, systems research, and much more.
Individual pay is determined by factors including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.
US: $188000 - $274000 (USD) + 20% bonus target + equity + benefits
Learn more aboutbenefits at Google (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/benefits/) .
Responsibilities
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Deliver sourcing and supply chain objectives for products in the Data Center Infrastructure space.
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Develop and execute category strategies to achieve total cost of ownership, lead time, capacity, innovation and quality objectives for the products managed through close collaboration with Google cross-functional teams (engineering, quality, operations, finance, etc.).
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Conduct complex strategic technology negotiations including comprehensive contractual agreements to deliver cost, lead time and capacity objectives for the organization.
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Implement supply chain, inventory and process improvements through supplier performance metrics, scorecards, business continuity plans and regular business reviews.
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Google is proud to be an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. We are committed to building a workforce that is representative of the users we serve, creating a culture of belonging, and providing an equal employment opportunity regardless of race, creed, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition (including breastfeeding), expecting or parents-to-be, criminal histories consistent with legal requirements, or any other basis protected by law. See alsoGoogle's EEO Policy (https://www.google.com/about/careers/applications/eeo/) ,Know your rights: workplace discrimination is illegal (https://careers.google.com/jobs/dist/legal/EEOC\_KnowYourRights\_10\_20.pdf) ,Belonging at Google (https://about.google/belonging/) , andHow we hire (https://careers.google.com/how-we-hire/) .
If you have a need that requires accommodation, please let us know by completing ourAccommodations for Applicants form (https://goo.gl/forms/aBt6Pu71i1kzpLHe2) .
Google is a global company and, in order to facilitate efficient collaboration and communication globally, English proficiency is a requirement for all roles unless stated otherwise in the job posting.
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How this job compares
Set against the 763 open Category Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 27, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$188–274K/yr
- Texas median$115–160K/yr33 salary ranges
- US median$111–160K/yr493 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $231K, is 68% above the Texas median midpoint ($138K) — in the top quarter of Category Management salary ranges in Texas.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 56 open Category Management jobs in Texas and 763 across the US. 6% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Texas
- Amazon17 open
- 7-Eleven3 open
- Acosta Group3 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Category Management postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 660 postings).
- Education
- 399 of the 763 open Category Management jobs (52%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 27, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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